Sudan churches risk letter to government on ‘systematic violations’, including church demolition
World Watch Monitor The Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) has written an open letter to the Khartoum government protesting “the systematic violation of Christian religious freedoms”, including the recent demolition of one of their churches in the Suba area of the capital, Khartoum. The SCOC represents about 220,000 of about two million Christians in Sudan, […]
Church building demolished, two Christians arrested in Sudan
Morning Star News Khartoum state authorities in Sudan demolished a church building on Sunday as Christians were preparing to worship, sources said. In the Khartoum suburb of Soba al Aradi, which began as a refugee camp for South Sudanese, a bulldozer sent by Jebel Aulia locality and the Ministry of Planning and Urban Development arrived […]
Sudan acquits pastor in trial of Christians charged with capital crimes
Morning Star News A court in Khartoum, Sudan, on Monday released a pastor from prison after acquitting him of charges punishable by the death penalty, sources said. Rev Kwa (also transliterated Kuwa) Shamaal, head of missions of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC), was acquitted of charges ranging from spying to inciting hatred against the […]