Dear friends in Christ of the Diocese of New Jersey,
One year ago, on July 9, 2011, the human family witnessed the birth of a new nation, South Sudan.
Yet, today, as we celebrate the anniversary of the birth of South Sudan, the Sudan Committee of the Diocese of New Jersey....charged by Bishop Councell and Diocesan Convention of 2008 to provide a passionate, Gospel-based witness for the Episcopal Church of Sudan and the people of Sudan.....desires to call the attention of our Diocesan Family and Congregations to the terrible conditions of war, famine, flight of refugees and the human devastation in the border areas between Sudan and South Sudan, the struggle for peace and justice in both nations, and the courageous protest movement emerging in the nation of Sudan (North Sudan).
We remind the Diocese that the President of Sudan, Gen Bashire is sought by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Darfur/Sudan and Bashire's government has unleashed a bombing offensive in the border areas of Sudan and South Sudan which is indiscriminate and has resulted in considerable loss of life among civilians.
The New York Times and other American media has covered this aggressive, war-like policy of the Government of Sudan--and this policy of war-like aggression has been utterly condemned by world governments and human rights agencies.
For example, the Diocese of Kadugli of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, in the Nuba Mountains, is in total disarray, its churches destroyed, its people, men, women and children-- murdered and its people made refugees by the thousands; the Bishop of Kadugli, Bishop Andudu has fled to South Sudan in Juba---which is the location of the Archbishop of Sudan and the center of the Episcopal Church of Sudan.
The Sudan Committee calls on our sister and brother Christians in the Diocese of New Jersey to:
*Pray for the Episcopal Church of Sudan and the people of Sudan.
*Pray for accountability and justice in Sudan on the part of the United Nations and the United States.
*Read news coverage and follow unfolding events in Sudan and South Sudan--by the NY Times, the BBC, The Sudan Tribune, and Al-jazeera.
*Follow the Web site of the Episcopal Diocese of Sudan (www.sudan.anglican.org<http:/
*Consider a gift of immediate assistance to the Church of Sudan through Episcopal Relief and Development for short-term immediate aid. There is a massive refugee problem and starvation danger at present in the border areas of Sudan and South Sudan.
*Consider a gift to the Theological Education Scholarship Fund of the Sudan Committee of the Diocese of New Jersey--seeking to provide desperate aid to empower the voice of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and its theological schools in Sudan and South Sudan-- through its clergy leadership in these times of crisis--when the Church of Sudan is in critical need of prophetic voices for justice and peace.
Checks to our Theological Scholarship Fund to the Episcopal Church of Sudan can be made to "Sudan Committee Scholarship Fund, Diocese of New Jersey, 808 W. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08618.
Thank you for your kind and compassionate consideration, in the name of Jesus who brings Good News to the Oppressed for this response to the human rights crisis in Sudan and South Sudan.
Faithfully,
The Sudan Committee of the Diocese of New Jersey
Hugh Brown, Jane Brady, Marcus Gales, Alicia Graham-Hicks, Deborah Piggins, Martin Oguike, Nancy Hite Speck, and Sharon Sutton"
One year ago, on July 9, 2011, the human family witnessed the birth of a new nation, South Sudan.
Yet, today, as we celebrate the anniversary of the birth of South Sudan, the Sudan Committee of the Diocese of New Jersey....charged by Bishop Councell and Diocesan Convention of 2008 to provide a passionate, Gospel-based witness for the Episcopal Church of Sudan and the people of Sudan.....desires to call the attention of our Diocesan Family and Congregations to the terrible conditions of war, famine, flight of refugees and the human devastation in the border areas between Sudan and South Sudan, the struggle for peace and justice in both nations, and the courageous protest movement emerging in the nation of Sudan (North Sudan).
We remind the Diocese that the President of Sudan, Gen Bashire is sought by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Darfur/Sudan and Bashire's government has unleashed a bombing offensive in the border areas of Sudan and South Sudan which is indiscriminate and has resulted in considerable loss of life among civilians.
The New York Times and other American media has covered this aggressive, war-like policy of the Government of Sudan--and this policy of war-like aggression has been utterly condemned by world governments and human rights agencies.
For example, the Diocese of Kadugli of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, in the Nuba Mountains, is in total disarray, its churches destroyed, its people, men, women and children-- murdered and its people made refugees by the thousands; the Bishop of Kadugli, Bishop Andudu has fled to South Sudan in Juba---which is the location of the Archbishop of Sudan and the center of the Episcopal Church of Sudan.
The Sudan Committee calls on our sister and brother Christians in the Diocese of New Jersey to:
*Pray for the Episcopal Church of Sudan and the people of Sudan.
*Pray for accountability and justice in Sudan on the part of the United Nations and the United States.
*Read news coverage and follow unfolding events in Sudan and South Sudan--by the NY Times, the BBC, The Sudan Tribune, and Al-jazeera.
*Follow the Web site of the Episcopal Diocese of Sudan (www.sudan.anglican.org<http:/
*Consider a gift of immediate assistance to the Church of Sudan through Episcopal Relief and Development for short-term immediate aid. There is a massive refugee problem and starvation danger at present in the border areas of Sudan and South Sudan.
*Consider a gift to the Theological Education Scholarship Fund of the Sudan Committee of the Diocese of New Jersey--seeking to provide desperate aid to empower the voice of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and its theological schools in Sudan and South Sudan-- through its clergy leadership in these times of crisis--when the Church of Sudan is in critical need of prophetic voices for justice and peace.
Checks to our Theological Scholarship Fund to the Episcopal Church of Sudan can be made to "Sudan Committee Scholarship Fund, Diocese of New Jersey, 808 W. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08618.
Thank you for your kind and compassionate consideration, in the name of Jesus who brings Good News to the Oppressed for this response to the human rights crisis in Sudan and South Sudan.
Faithfully,
The Sudan Committee of the Diocese of New Jersey
Hugh Brown, Jane Brady, Marcus Gales, Alicia Graham-Hicks, Deborah Piggins, Martin Oguike, Nancy Hite Speck, and Sharon Sutton"
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