I thought that this e-mail from the Seabury Bulletin Board was quite timely in light of Rev. Primo's discussion with us yesterday. . . "Mission as Politics" has not gone away. . . .
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This message came this morning from Sudan.
At 9.00am this morning, police entered the Episcopal Church of Susdan (ECS) Guesthouse in Khartoum (which also serves as the Provincial Office) and ordered the eviction of ECS personnel and properties from the building. Staff were warned that if the order was not complied with, force would be used to ensure compliance - armed riot police were positioned at the gate for this purpose.
This is the diocesan office of Renk, Abraham Jiel's ('03) diocese that was affected. Bishop Daniel Deng Bul and his staff were not harmed physically because he told them not to resist. They have taken refuge in the Episcopal Cathedral in Khartoum. Please, fervently pray for these brothers and sisters in Christ. The Diocese of Renk is one of the Diocese of Chicago's companion dioceses.
Connie Wilson