Tag: Sudanese Church of Christ

Who owns the church? Sudan court puts elders on trial for trespass and theft

October 21, 2019 Sudan Churches, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ

Several churches are in conflict with the Sudanese government over ownership of their properties and are facing fines and destruction of church buildings. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A criminal case against eight leaders of a Sudan church is testing the application of a law that puts church property under the control of the government. The eight leaders of the Sudanese Church of Christ were arrested in August 2017 after they refused to hand over control of the . . . Read More

Sudan: 13 Christians arrested in Darfur, another church told to hand over property

October 17, 2018 Sudan Darfur, NISS, Nyala, Omdurman, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ

Sudan's Christians feel that recent developments such as the handing back of property to churches and the release of a shipment of Bibles, were merely "cosmetic" efforts to placate the international community into normalising relations. (Photo: Getty Images)

Sudanese security officials arrested 13 Christians in the western region of Darfur on Saturday, 13 October. The Christians were taken from a home they share in the city of Nyala, southwest Darfur, by officials belonging to the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) but it is not clear on what . . . Read More

Sudanese government gives back 19 properties to church body

September 26, 2018 Sudan Churches, Sanctions, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudanese Church of Christ

While church properties were returned to the SCOC, other church bodies like SPEC are also in conflict with the government over the ownership of their properties in Bahri (Khartoum North) and Omdurman. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

The Sudanese government has returned ownership of 19 properties to the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC), two years after it confiscated them. The land-ownership documents were handed back on Monday (24 September), a local source told World Watch Monitor. In August a Sudanese court ruled against the government and ordered . . . Read More

Sudan court rules in favour of church in governance dispute

August 10, 2018 Sudan Bibles, Churches, Omar al-Bashir, Sanctions, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudanese Church of Christ, Terrorism, USA

A Sudanese court has surprisingly ruled against the government in a case against the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) after a long-standing dispute over ownership of the church’s property. Five church leaders, including the SCOC president Ayouba Telyan, appeared in court on Wednesday, 8 August, expecting to have to defend . . . Read More

Freed Czech charity worker recalls finding hell and heaven in Sudan’s jails

July 13, 2018 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Hassan Taour, Islamic State, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Nuba Mountains, Petr Jašek, Prisons, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ

The Czech aid worker who spent 14 ½ months behind bars in Sudan has said he counted his experience a “privilege” because it enabled him to share his Christian faith with Sudanese prisoners, and praised the country’s “very courageous” Christian minority. Petr Jašek also told World Watch Monitor that two . . . Read More

Sudan government demolishes church despite pending appeal

February 12, 2018 Sudan Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudanese Church of Christ

A church belonging to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) denomination in the Khartoum suburb of Haj Yousif was demolished yesterday (11 February). The police arrived with three lorries shortly after the Sunday morning service and confiscated furniture, Bibles and musical instruments, before knocking down the 29-year-old building. The demolition . . . Read More

Sudanese church leaders back in court

February 7, 2018 Sudan Atbara, Bahri, Churches, Kadugli, Khartoum, Kosti, Port Sudan, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudanese Church of Christ

There have been new developments in two ongoing court cases against Sudan’s two main church denominations. On 5 February, a court fined seven leaders from the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) for their “objection to the authorities”. Yohanna Tia, a church elder, was fined 5,000 Sudanese Pounds ($275). Rev. Dawoud . . . Read More

‘Discreet and systematic persecution of Christians’ in Sudan

December 15, 2017 Sudan Religious freedom, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ, USA

Sudanese government started demolishing this Sudan Church of Christ (SCOC) building in the Suba region, 20 km south of the capital, Khartoum, early May 2017. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A new report on Sudan, published earlier this week by the Enough Project, says the US must consider Sudan’s persecution of Christians and other minority groups before it lifts the remaining sanctions against the country. The report, ‘Radical Intolerance: Sudan’s Religious Oppression and Embrace of Extremist Groups’, says Sudan is . . . Read More

US tells Sudan to ‘immediately suspend’ church demolitions

November 20, 2017 Sudan Censorship, Churches, Mariam Ibrahim, Minorities, NISS, Pentecostals, Religious freedom, Sanctions, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudanese Church of Christ, USA

The US Deputy Secretary of State has called on Sudan to “immediately suspend” its demolition of churches and to hold a roundtable discussion with Christian leaders to resolve disputes. John J. Sullivan, speaking at the Al-Neelain Mosque in Omdurman on Friday (17 November), said “the treatment of members of religious . . . Read More

Sudan: two church leaders fined, trial of five others postponed

November 7, 2017 Sudan Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudanese Church of Christ

The Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) in Bahri, North Khartoum marked for demolition by order of the government in June 2014. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Two Sudanese church leaders have been found guilty of criminal misappropriation and trespass, following a long-running dispute over church land and property. Rafat Samir, chairman of the Lands and Buildings Committee of the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC), and Daniel William, the deputy chairman, were each fined 5,000 Sudanese pounds (approximately . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye