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South Sudan Council of Churches

Thursday November 21

WCC’s peace-building work in Africa deepens in partnership with member churches

The Rev’d Dr Ibrahim Wushishi Yusuf, World Council of Churches programme executive for Peacebuilding in Africa and coordinator of the WCC Africa Regional Programme Office in Abuja, Nigeria, reflects on the focus for peace-building work in Africa in 2025, and why inter-religious dialogue is so important

The Rev'd Rebecca King, lighting a candle at The Parish of Yeronga in August 2023

"Please pray — they will feel that prayer”

Members of our Diocesan community recently joined in a global ecumenical prayer vigil, hosted online by the World Council of Churches, which gathered clergy and lay people in solidarity, hope and lament for the people of Sudan who continue to suffer amidst the violent conflict — resources are available for online or in-person vigils

Children pray during the morning assembly at the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, South Sudan (Photo: Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth Pictures)

World Christian leaders’ ecumenical pilgrimage of peace in South Sudan set for February

After postponing their unique ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan, world Christian leaders will travel to the world’s youngest nation in February

South Sudan church official highlights country’s humanitarian crisis, as global attention turns to Ukraine

A church leader in South Sudan is urging the international community to keep its focus on the growing humanitarian crisis in the world’s youngest nation, as the globe beams its attention on the conflict in Ukraine

South Sudanese Churches shelter populations displaced by floods

Churches and schools in South Sudan are providing shelter to displaced populations – after floods caused by early seasonal rainfall – submerged their homes and farmland