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Pray for Sudan Population 41 Million Religion 70% Muslim 5% Christian Positives In June 2008, Joseph Mawien, minister of the United Sudanese Fellowship, and Steve Blacket, minister of Magill Church of Christ, travelled to Sudan to meet with church and community leaders and explore the potential for a ministry relationship between our respective communities. Recently they returned with Ros Stafford-Green to grow relationships and confirm partnerships. They also delivered much needed medical supplies including birthing kits. Churches of Christ in Southern Sudan are indigenous churches founded by local leaders with the support of American churches. Since 2001 churches have been established in various parts of Aweil . A Bible College has also been established to train Churches of Christ pastors and evangelists. The churches have also developed clinics, wells, agriculture and micro-enterprises.
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Prayer Needs
The Darfur conflict, the aftermath of two decades of civil war in the south, the lack of basic infrastructure in large areas, and a reliance by much of the population on subsistence agriculture ensure much of the population will remain at or below the poverty line for years despite rapid rises in average per capita income. Sudan is the biggest nation in Africa and has for the past 40 years experienced the most wasteful and longest civil war in centuries. It is reported that 2 million people have died in the war and 4 million people are internally displaced in the country. The effects of the war has been far reaching with the social and education structures virtually wiped out and thus the literacy level of the population has been stagnant since the beginning of the war. Reports indicate that 60-70% of the school going children in the South are illiterate.
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