Churches Working for Peace in Sudan

By Kenneth Chan, Friday, September 24, 2004

The church community plays a key role in peacemaking in the Sudan, both in grassroots people-to-people peacemaking, and also in the international church community, says the Executive Secretary of the New Sudan Council of Churches

Dr. Haruun Ruun, right, Executive Secretary of the New Sudan Council of Churches, in a visit to Church World Service, called upon the U.S. churches to help work for peace in the Sudan. (Photo: CWS / Tori Whitney)

In the midst of the genocide happening in Darfur, Sudan, the churches are working for peace, said. Dr. Haruun Ruun, who spoke to a meeting of the Church World Service Education and Advocacy committee Wednesday, urged international churches and people of faith to advocate for a peaceful resolution in Sudan.

"The War has brought hatred and mistrust," Ruun said, referring to the 19-month conflict, which has been described by the United Nations as the world