Independence from Sudan: July 9, 2011
Periods of official war: 2013-2022, 1982-2005, 1955-1972
Unofficially, the land has experienced violent conflict continuously from 1955 to present, and prior to that was under British rule, and before that Islamic slave trade and oppression. “Our grandfathers were born and died in war, our fathers were born and died in war, and we were born in war. Let our children not die in war…” is a cry we hear at prayer events.
This young nation has suffered the longest conflict in African history. Since only December 2013, it is estimated that over 50,000 people have been killed and four million have been displaced. Sixty-six years of civil war have created a generation who know of no life apart from war and poverty. While the nation’s ranking as one of the world’s most dangerous places for aid workers thwarts many relief and development efforts, they are desperate for the Gospel.
In the face of the world’s worst food crisis, inflation, and daily fear of death, the Sudanese people have asked again and again: “Will you please bring us Bibles?” “Why us?” “We hear you bring discipleship and trauma counseling. We need your trauma counseling.” We have done so and will continue working with government and spiritual leaders to support the process of reconciliation and restoration through the influence of the Gospel.
We are also actively involved in the Sudanese displacement camps in the north of Uganda, bringing the Gospel teaching and discipleship. The road ahead is long, but we anticipate great success by the grace of God through the proven model formed in displacing the occult-empowered wars of Uganda.
