Archbishop Welby urges prayers as violence mounts in South Sudan

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Kendall Harmon

The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Anglican Communion to pray and advocate for an end to the intense fighting which has overtaken large regions of South Sudan in recent days.

Over 500 people are feared dead in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, where fighting first broke out. The violence has since spread, particularly affecting Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile States.

Archbishop Justin wrote to Anglican primates and moderators… [yesterday] at the request of Archbishop Daniel Deng Yak, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan.

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One comment on “Archbishop Welby urges prayers as violence mounts in South Sudan”

Jill Woodliff says:

January 8, 2014 at 4:25 pm

I sifted through past prayers to find some that could be used today. Prayers of [url=http://anglicanprayer.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/south-sudan/]protection[/url], [url=http://anglicanprayer.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/sudan-22/]light[/url], [url=http://anglicanprayer.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/sudan-21/]identity[/url], and [url=http://anglicanprayer.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/sudan-19/]God’s kingdom[/url]. There are many wonderful prayers in [url=http://anglicanprayer.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/sudan-collection/#more-15477]this collection[/url].