Praying for Peace in South Sudan

Praying for Peace in South Sudan

On Saturday, seven local humanitarian aid workers were murdered in a roadside ambush outside of Juba. The aid workers (four South Sudanese and three Kenyan) were serving with a UN implementing partner that assists children. It is still not clear who attacked the humanitarian vehicle on its way to the community of Pibor. Attacks like this are becoming all too common. Over the past three years of civil war, seventy-nine aid workers have been killed while serving in South Sudan.

As we grieve for the families of these workers, we pray for peace and an end to violence in South Sudan. 

In a recent IRIN report, South Sudan Needs Peace as Much as Food, the analyst provides an important perspective on the current famine that is gripping two counties in South Sudan. The need for ending the military conflict is urgent. The world cannot continue "sending food without stopping the bullets," wrote IRIN contributor Jason Patinkin.

Humanitarian assistance alone cannot end the violence. As the church supports relief efforts, we must also pray and call for the International community to use its influence to end the war. 

FEBAC Coordinator for Christian Education and Training

John Monyjok Maluth

The deteriorating state of South Sudan is a great concern for our local church partner, the Faith Evangelical Baptist Churches (FEBAC), which are leading humanitarian relief in the communities where they are receiving displaced people North of Juba and in the southern community of Narus. 

"The fighting is the issue," shared our friend John Maluth, who we met with earlier this year in Nairobi. "People are hungry because of the fighting. People cannot work their farms and grow food because of the fighting. People cannot stay in their homes or do their jobs to make money because of the fighting. This is our greatest problem."

Please join us in praying for peace. As FEBAC is one of many organizations that are promoting peace and reconciliation across ethnic lines within South Sudan, we pray for wisdom and discernment as pastors and leaders draw people together from across this fragmented community.

We also ask that you consider contributing to the urgent relief efforts. To learn more about how you can help please see our CBM website here.

Thank you for partnering with us in this important ministry.