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Rideau Park United Church
January, 2010
Minute for Mission – Sudan
Sudan has faced over twenty years of a civil war that has brought violence, death, and destruction. With the signing of peace accords between the Government and the South in January 2005, new hope came to the country. Yet conflict remains in areas of the country such as Darfur, and both peace and development remain strong concerns. KAIROS works through the New Sudan Council of Churches in the areas of human rights, peace building, and community development. Below are background documents on Sudan, many of which present perspectives and analysis from our partners in the region.
In recent months there has been a resurgence of hostilities in Sudan that threaten the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, re-ignite war in Western Sudan (Darfur), and provoke armed conflict in Eastern Sudan.
The All Africa Conference of Churches has released an urgent message on December 11, 2009 to churches around the world, saying, “It is time for the world to hear the wake-up call and salvage the situation in the Sudan. As churches in Africa we believe that this urgency is a Kairos moment that calls for action.”
This follows an earlier appeal of August 2009 from the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC), a United Church partner calling on various stakeholders to join hands to consolidate and sustain peace efforts throughout and for Sudan.
The United Church of Canada has been a partner of the Sudan Council of Churches for more than two decades. At a critical time for the future of Sudan, this peace is in danger of collapsing. The churches and the people of Sudan urgently need support to rescue the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and ensure that it is fully implemented.
For further information on the situation in Sudan and on what you can do, please go to:
http://www.united-church.ca/justice
“What does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8