Greetings my friends, our Gospel preaching is not limited to one place. We thank God that the ministry began in Sudan in the highly populated areas of the southern Blue Nile, in the areas of Ingessana, Uddu and Jumdzhum. A wide door for the Gospel was opened in northern Sudan, and we are so grateful that God used our disciples, Abdel, Saddam, Jalfu, Gadir, Abusaal, and others to reach the local population.
Last August, we visited churches in Sudan and heard about the persecution of our leaders, pastors, and ordinary believers. Pray for Pastor Abusaal. His Father-in-law, had learned that he had become a Christian, he took his wife and children, saying that he would return them only after Abusaala converted back to Islam! His wife, not believing in Christ, also doesn’t want to continue to live with him. Abusaala is now looking for money to pay his parents in law to buy out the children. He needs to pay $600 to get his children back. They wanted to sue Abusaal for adopting Christianity, and he was to appear before an Islamic court in Maban. Please pray for him!
Many Blue Nile residents are refugees in northeastern South Sudan, and they are among the people who were not able to reach Sudan. Pray for awakening in this region of the country and about opening new churches. Also, for existing communities, which today, among the hatred and hostility of the local population, perform ministry in the name of Christ.
Ministry in Sudan – Edward Dima