Australia:   The pastor of our South Sudan Church of the Nazarene at Mount Waverley, Melbourne, Australia, (Pastor Stephen) has recently returned from a trip to South Sudan.

Pastor Stephen found that as many as 208 family members and friends of members of the South Sudan congregation in Mount Waverly have been killed in South Sudan.   Additionally, another 102 are still missing, feared dead, in the ongoing civil unrest that has plagued the nation of South Sudan since its independence in 2011.

“Our request is that you may join in our prayers, even in your own time. Pray that the killing be stopped and that those missing may be found, alive and safe,” Pastor Stephen.

According to news reports from South Sudan, there are at least 7 different armed groups in 9 of the 10 states, with tens of thousands displaced.  Additionally, Inter-ethnic warfare that in some cases predates the war of independence is widespread.

Please join with the South Sudan CotN in Mount Waverly, as they pray for this nation, for the leaders of the nation, and for their families and friends who have been so severely impacted by this ongoing unrest.

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