It’s been a tough year for the people of South Sudan. Political conflict between rival factions in the capital, Juba, took an ugly turn in December 2013 and violence spread throughout the country. Tens of thousands have been killed. The nation, still the world’s newest, remains fractured. The continuing turmoil has displaced about 1.9 million…
Construction Projects
Celebrating Over 500 New Churches in South Sudan
God receives thanksgiving and praise at a special service to mark the end of a program to restore houses of worship in South Sudan Hundreds gathered at the Akuem Cathedral in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State on Sunday to celebrate and thank God for the rebuilding of more than 500 churches destroyed as…
Discipleship, Education & Training
South Sudan: Until Everyone Hears Jesus Is Lord
The Reverend Simon Deng Dut Chok knows the pain of persecution. He still winces when he thinks about how Christians suffered for their faith in his city, Aweil, when the Muslim majority attempted to wipe them out. But he also knows the joy of a church rebuilt and how believers, once beleaguered, now praise God…
Crisis & Disaster Response
South Sudanese Refugees Struggle to Rebuild in Uganda
Refugee Margaret Jerwa continues to offer up prayers for South Sudan, even while she lives in a Ugandan resettlement camp. “I pray that they will come to God,” she said. When South Sudan celebrated independence on July 9, 2011, the international community also celebrated the end of 25 years of bloody conflict with the country’s…
Franklin Graham Statement on Sudan
Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelical Association, calls for changes to allow an opportunity for peace in Sudan
Discipleship, Education & Training
Samaritan’s Purse Provides Biblical Training to Government Leaders in South Sudan
For more than 20 years, Samaritan’s Purse has worked to meet the physical needs of people throughout South Sudan while also presenting the hope of the Gospel. As a result of the longstanding relationships we’ve built with national officials, we recently had an opportunity to provide Biblical leadership training to the country’s police chaplains, as…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Responding to Tragedy in South Sudan
The widespread violence in South Sudan between the government and opposition forces that escalated to dangerously bloody levels on December 15 has subsided for now. The fragile country that teetered on the brink of civil war has settled into a tenuous ceasefire. Peace talks that had been ongoing since mid-February between the factions are scheduled…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Discipling Church Leaders in South Sudan
Like most members of his church, Pastor Mikias and his family struggle with life in a South Sudanese refugee camp. They fled down from the Nuba Mountains in Sudan without any personal belongings and rely on monthly food rations to survive. Despite hardships, Pastor Mikias gathered together a group of Christian believers and began meeting…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Delivers Food to Many in Famine-Stricken South Sudan
It’s been nearly six years since a famine has been declared anywhere in the world, but in late February famine was officially confirmed in two regions of South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation. The government of South Sudan and the United Nations jointly announced Monday, Feb. 20, that 100,000 people in Unity State—specifically within Mayendit…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Moments of Hope Still Brighten South Sudan
The sky is blue, not a cloud to be seen, as mothers at the Yida Refugee Camp in South Sudan begin trickling in to the Samaritan’s Purse food distribution site. Some are pregnant; others are carrying their babies and young children. They’re all coming to receive their monthly ration of a special healthy and nutritious…
