On October 23, I was one of 32 people crowded into the temporary office of the World Evangelical Alliance at Cape Town 2010. Twenty-eight of the people were representing the evangelical community of Sudan at what has been hailed as the most diverse gathering of the church ever. The rest of us were there to hear our Sudanese brothers and sisters’ hopes and apprehensions as they approached the January 9 referendum on separate statehood for southern Sudan.
The Sudanese representatives said, “Pray, pray, pray.” Pray for a fair and free election, without violent incidents or intimidation. As they took turns speaking, almost everyone earnestly repeated that phrase. They meant it.
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David Neff–Sudan's Politics of Prayer
On October 23, I was one of 32 people crowded into the temporary office of the World Evangelical Alliance at Cape Town 2010. Twenty-eight of the people were representing the evangelical community of Sudan at what has been hailed as the most diverse gathering of the church ever. The rest of us were there to hear our Sudanese brothers and sisters’ hopes and apprehensions as they approached the January 9 referendum on separate statehood for southern Sudan.
The Sudanese representatives said, “Pray, pray, pray.” Pray for a fair and free election, without violent incidents or intimidation. As they took turns speaking, almost everyone earnestly repeated that phrase. They meant it.
Read it all.