Group Plans Rescue 3,400 Christians From Sudan Amid Eradication Threat

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sudanwoman By BosNewsLife Africa Service KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian aid group says preparations are underway to "rescue" a further 3,400 Christians from  Sudan where the "increasingly aggressive Islamic government" is "seeking to eradicate Christianity."

Sudan Government Seizes Churches, Detains Christians

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos sudanchristiansKHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Sudan face a new government crackdown involving the detention of several church leaders and members as well as the seizure of properties, BosNewsLife learned Friday April 15.

Sudan Detains Second Pastor Amid Crackdown

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service sudan-map-2KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians say authorities in Sudan have detained the second pastor of South Sudanese descent in less than three weeks in the capital.

Sudan Frees Christian Czech Missionary After International Pressure

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The Czech Republic's Foreign Ministry says a Czech Christian who was sentenced to a stiff prison term in Sudan last month has been released and returned home late Sunday, February 26, with the Czech Foreign minister. The release of Petr Jašek followed international pressure.

Sudan Destroys Church Building Amid Anti-Christian Campaign

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service presidentsudanKHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in Sudan's largest city were without a place of worship Sunday, February 23 after authorities of the heavily Sunni Muslim nation destroyed their church building, local Christians and activists said.

Thousands Of Trapped Christians Rescued In Sudan

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service sudannowKHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Some 1,500 Christians trapped in Sudan are on their way to neighboring South Sudan, as part of a massive rescue operation dubbed 'Exodus', an aid group told BosNewsLife Thursday, March 21.

Christians Killed, Abducted, In Sudan

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos sudan-2_12161238681KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- The head of Sudan's Anglican church confirmed Thursday, September 3, that armed groups are killing Christians and others in the south of this predominantly Islamic country "to disrupt a peace agreement" that ended 20 years of civil war.

NEWS ALERT: Court Orders South Sudan Pastors To Face Possible Death Sentence

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLifedownload KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- A court in Sudan has ruled that two South Sudanese pastors should stand trial on "espionage" and other charges that could carry the death penalty, despite international pressure to drop the case. Following a one-day hearing, the judge said July 2 there was "enough evidence" to prosecute Pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yen of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church.

NEWS ALERT: Pastors Facing Possible Execution In Sudan Moved To High Security Prison

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos KOBERPRISONKHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two South Sudanese pastors who could face the death penalty for what friends say are trumped-up charges have been moved to a high security prison, Christian supporters told BosNewsLife.

Pastors Facing Death Penalty In Sudan

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service 052515-Sudan-emailKHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two South Sudanese pastors jailed in Sudan's capital Khartoum and could face the death penalty as part of a wider crackdown on evangelical Christians, trial observers say. The trial of Yat Michael and Peter Yen (also named as David Yein Reith), who are held in the Omdurman prison, began May 19, BosNewsLife learned.