Mission Network News

Topping today's news ministry leaders in Sudan have mixed reviews of the government upheaval there. The Bridge International's R-K Ulrich says they are working among the refugees in Uganda and those returning to Southern Sudan. She says the Muslim government has been trying to stamp out Christianity in the south. She says she's concerned violence will resume. "There's always a risk to be taken in a country like that. Because people go in and they rebuild. If the government makes the decision that they become a more hard line government again, they may come back again and raid the whole area and pull the people out again." Ulrich says they're equipping pastors to be leaders. "As they go in, instead of it being the chief that is doing magic and witchcraft, the chief is the pastor who gives the good news of the Gospel. So we have helped finance some educational programs, carpentry tools and wood work, setting up some Bible Schools."