Monday, June 3, 2024

Sudanese Arabs

Sudanese are either Arab (70%) or African (30%), generally speaking. While there are some churches for most of the African people groups, there are virtually none for approximately 35 million Sudanese Arabs. While I'm sure there are brothers exclusively focused on evangelism & church planting among Sudanese Arabs... I don't know of any. Would you ask God now to send more workers into that harvest field? Would you ask Him to raise up workers from within the harvest through targeted social media engagement?

I've known a former M from a Sudanese Arab tribe for 3 years. He has been a believer for several years, has 5 kids, and lives in Cairo so I get to see him on most trips and we zoom between trips. We talk about family, kids' schooling, evangelism to Ms, the war in Sudan, his house church, and the 2 other HCs he influences.

But the conversation in January was a difficult one. He and another brother in his church said that the situation for Sudanese refugees has become so dire that the 3 churches are not meeting because the believers have to work longer hours. They said that all of the humanitarian organizations are corrupt and that the aid doesn't get to refugees. They said that their gospel conversations have stopped because they can't visit homes if they don't bring a food basket. Would you ask God to give me both humility and discernment as I engage in this conversation and others like it?

I hope you find this Greek/English Bible to be as helpful in your study as I have.

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