JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan has fined seven church leaders fighting a takeover of their school in Omdurman for “objection to authorities,” a church leader said. The court yesterday (Feb. 5) found Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) elder Yohanna Tia guilty under articles 182/183 for objection to authorities and fined […]
Court in Sudan Fines Christian Leaders for Defending Church Property
Government helping Muslim business interest take over school, sources say.
February 6, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
Eviction of Pastors Upheld, Scores of Christians in Court as Sudan Takes Over Church Properties
Government ramps up campaign to rid country of Christianity.
December 13, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – An Islamist judge in Sudan upheld the eviction of two pastors from their church-owned homes while 60 other Christians have been summoned to court over their refusal to relinquish property, sources said. Judge Adam Tahir Haj Adam on Dec. 3 rejected an appeal of the Aug. 15 eviction of […]
Accuser of Five Church Leaders in Sudan Fails to Appear for Court Hearing – Again
SCOC pastors arrested for refusing to stop worship service.
November 22, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The police officer who accused five church leaders of refusing an order to stop worship services in Sudan again failed to show up at a hearing on Tuesday (Nov. 21), casting further doubt on the legitimacy of the charges, sources said. The officer who arrested the Sudanese Church […]
Five Church Leaders in Sudan Arrested after Refusing to Cancel Worship Service
Government harasses, questions more pastors in effort to take over denomination.
October 23, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In an ongoing bid by the government of Sudan to take over leadership of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC), police on Sunday (Oct. 22) arrested five SCOC church leaders after they refused to comply with an order to refrain from worship, sources told Morning Star News. Police officers […]
Port Authorities in Sudan Detain Bible Shipment without Explanation
Container held for more than two years.
October 20, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan have detained a container of Bibles in Port Sudan without explanation for at least two years, a source said. A Bible Society in Sudan representative told Morning Star News the container was one of two containing Arabic Bibles detained more than two years ago. The other […]
Sudan Detains, Interrogates Elder in Campaign to Take over Church
Authorities continue bid to rid country of Christianity.
September 26, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A month after seven church leaders were arrested, interrogated and released on bail, police in Sudan detained and questioned another church leader in Omdurman on Friday (Sept. 22), sources said. Elder Mahjoub Abotrin of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) was arrested from his home in Omdurman, across the […]
Pastors Arrested in Sudan as Government Moves to Take Over Church
Seven leaders interrogated, released on bail.
August 28, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police in Sudan arrested and interrogated seven church leaders last week in Omdurman, Sudan before releasing them on bail, sources said. The Christian leaders were jailed for six hours on Wednesday (Aug. 23) and charged with refusing to comply with an order to turn over leadership of their congregation […]
Police in Sudan Evict Two Pastors from Their Homes
Church leaders and their families living on the street.
August 21, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In further efforts to help a Muslim businessman take over church property, police in Omdurman, Sudan evicted two church leaders and their families from their houses, sources said. Police on Tuesday (Aug. 15) raided the two houses belonging to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC), one near the Omdurman Evangelical […]
Sudan Orders Christian Schools to Operate on Sundays
Educational institutions are not to take the day off.
July 28, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In an ongoing campaign to rid the country of Christianity, officials in Sudan this week ordered all Christian schools in the capital to regard Sunday as a work day, sources said. The Ministry of General Education of Khartoum State sent a letter dated July 26 (Wednesday) ordering all Christian schools […]
Pastor, Christian Activist Sentenced to Prison in Sudan Are Released
Presidential pardon frees two remaining Christians in false case.
May 11, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A pastor and another Christian serving a 12-year sentence in Sudan were freed today after they were granted a presidential pardon, sources said. The Rev. Hassan Abdelrahim Tawor had been in prison since his arrest in December 2015, as was Abdulmonem Abdumawla of Darfur. They were convicted on baseless […]