A book published to mark the centenary of the Episcopal Church in Sudan [ECS] declares that church in the massive African country of Sudan will continue to grow irrespective of the many problems the country and the church itself are currently facing.
Joseph Ayok lost his mother and two brothers in the civil war that has been devastating southern Sudan for the last 30 years. Joseph, a former Olympic athlete, is now a vicar in Dorset after he fled to England 17 years ago. But he hasn't forgotten his native country, and his life's mission is to highlight the suffering of people in Sudan.
Bishop Joseph B Marona has been elected Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS). He succeeds Archbishop Benjamina Yugusuk, who retired two years ago. He will be enthroned on 30 April 2000. As Archbishop of the ECS, Marona promises to bring and promote major changes. The Synod agreed to the ordination of women. Marona said he will encourage the active participation of women and youth in church leadership and pledged to make the ordination of women a reality in the ECS as soon as possible.
The General Synod of the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) on February 14, 2000 elected Bishop Joseph Marona as the third Archbishop of the ECS. He succeeds Archbishop Benjamina Wani Yugusuk who retired on February 28, 1998. Archbishop Marona will be enthroned in Juba, the headquarters of ECS, on 30 April 2000.
Marc Nikkel, diocesan missionary to Sudan for the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, has reported that there is cause for optimism in Sudan, even though the country has been torn apart by civil war for many years.
(AANA) A Sudanese Air Force Antonov plane on 5 March flew four sorties over the rebel-held town of Yei in the Western Equatorial region of southern Sudan, dropping 13 bombs
Churches operating in the southern Sudan plan to initiate and promote ecumenical peace centres to propagate peace and justice issues among local Christians.
A Sudanese Anglican priest who has just been elected to one of Africa's most influential Church posts has lamented the fact that most people around the world do not even know their own human rights. Canon Clement Janda, who was elected this week as the new General Secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches, told journalists that teaching human rights has been one of his main tasks as director of the Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation in Zambia.
The central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has urged WCC member churches, particularly those with direct links with the Sudan, "to continue and intensify their efforts to encourage and support the unified peace initiatives" by Church organisations in the north and south which are seeking to bring peace to the beleaguered African country.
The Bishop of Yei, in the southern Sudan, returned home a fortnight ago from Arua in Uganda, where he, his clergy and people have been living since their flight from the Sudanese war in 1990. In the devastated city of Yei, only a quarter of which is standing, the Rt Revd Semi Solomona's former home is now a patch of scrub littered with spent cartridges and shells.
The Church Mission Society in London has issued an urgent call for prayer and practical help for 33,000 Sudanese refugees in northern Kenya. The inhabitants of Kakuma camp are slowly dying of malnutrition because their food rations have been cut to starvation level.
A priest from Birmingham diocese is keeping 40 day vigil on bread and water outside the British Foreign Office in London from 26 September until 5 November to urge the British Government to help with a peace settlement in the Sudan after 40 years of war in the country.
Rev Dr Richard Rodgers Secretary of Light and Hope for Sudan is Keeping a 40 day vigil on bread and water outside the Foreign Office in London from Thursday 26th September to 5th November requesting a British government initiative to settle the 40 years of misery and war in the Sudan.
Christian Solidarity International, a Christian human rights group, visited Sudan recently and have expressed their fears that there could be a famine in north east Sudan. The agency found that after a poor harvest 100,000 people were at starvation level. They predict that, as the shortage of food becomes more severe, hundreds of thousands of Sudanese could flood across the border into Eritrea and Ethiopia. The CSI says that Sudan's Government has failed to acknowledge the seriousness of the situation.
In January the Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Revd David Smith, and the Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Revd David Stancliffe, went to Sudan to observe the effects of the prolonged civil war on the country. On their return to Britain in February they reported their findings.
