Answers to Prayer

1 Due to the long and terrible warfare, Christians have spread all around the country, leading to a multiplication of congregations in areas with many unreached peoples

2 The massive growth of Christianity in the southern peoples from 5% in 1960 to perhaps 70% in 2000

3 The major breakthroughs among the Bor Dinka in 1995 with collective renunciation of the old ethnic religions and wholehearted commitment to Christ

Challenges for Prayer

1 Sudan's civil war has been one of the world's longest conflicts in the 20th Century

2 Sudan's leaders proudly boast that they are the leaders of the Islamic Revolution in Africa

3 The human tragedy of Sudan was long ignored until it was revealed that the Islamic government had sanctioned the re-institution of slavery

4 The Church has grown in the midst of suffering

5 There has been persecution of the Church over much of the past 50 years, but much more since 1985

Geography

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Area 2,503,890 sq.km. Africa's largest country.

Population (2000) 29,489,719 +2.07%AGR

Capital Khartoum 10,000,000.

Peoples

Arab 45.2%.

Non-Arab 54.8%.

Literacy 46%; functional literacy nearer 33%. Official language Arabic. All languages 132. Languages with Scriptures 7Bi 15NT 12por 19w.i.p.

Economy

Enormous agricultural and mineral resources but largely unexploited because of war and decay of the communications network. HDI 0.475; 142^nd/174. Public debt 95% of GNP. Income/person $290 (0.9% of USA).

Politics

Joint Egyptian and British control 1899-1956.

Religion

The constitution offers some religious freedom, but in practice those freedoms are arbitrarily abused.

Churches in Sudan

Missionaries from Sudan

65 in 5 agencies to 7 countries

Missionaries to Sudan

260 in 30 agencies from 20 countries

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