I met Peter Dut Bol a few years ago living in a very rural village in South Sudan. He was a man of great faith who had a God given linguistic gift. His desire was to translate The Book of Common Prayer into Dinka Rik to help the Dinka pastors. [...]
About four years ago the Arabs came into Abyei and totally destroyed every single building in the town including all the churches. The local people are coming back in significant numbers and the believers are trying to rebuild this church. It will only cost $2500 to rebuild. With your support [...]
I would like to give a very big thank you to all of you who give so generously to Bringing Good News whether occasionally or on a regular basis. We have been able to help so many people this month. I was particularly pleased that we were able to send [...]
I received a great welcome from these lovely people in South Sudan who have suffered so much. I am encouraging this congregation that meets under a tree to continue to love and serve. The pastors and leaders were so receptive at the 3 days conference in Abyei always attentive, willing [...]
n Abyei town there were 6 churches before 2011. This particular ECS church had about 800 members before it was burnt for the third time by the Arabs from North Sudan on 20th May 2011. Slowly the South Sudanese have been returning but experienced a real setback last year when in [...]
Abyei town there were 6 churches before 2011. This particular ECS church had about 800 members before it was burnt for the third time by the Arabs from North Sudan on 20th May 2011. Slowly the South Sudanese have been returning but experienced a real setback last year when in [...]
When I visited Abyei in August 2012 I met pastor Santino Jok along with many others who had run for their lives when the North Sudan troops had come in and opened fire on a defenceless civilian population. It was so sad to see every single building totally destroyed except [...]
An evangelist in Aweil said to me we are living in the darkness. By that he meant there was no electricity, no TV, no running water and in many villages no schools or medical clinics. We are starting from ground zero he said. Yet as I travelled around Northern Bahr [...]
On 20th May 2011 the Northern Muslim army dressed rebels in SPLA uniforms, with an SPLA flag and singing SPLA songs they marched into Abyei, a town of 120,000 in South Sudan of mainly Christian Dinkas. They mingled amongst the civilians and then opened fire killing many people while others ran [...]
