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South Sudanese bishop to advise Archbishop of Canterbury on Anglican Communion Affairs

The Bishop of Kajo-Keji in South Sudan, the Rt Revd Anthony Poggo, is to become the Archbishop of Canterbury’s new adviser for Anglican Communion Affairs.

04 October 2016

South Sudanese Christians unite in prayer

ll Saints Cathedral in Juba was the setting for an ecumenical prayer service yesterday (Thursday), organised by the South Sudan Council of Churches.

19 August 2016

Gunmen attack bishop's house in Juba

A group of men fired bullets into the house of the assistant bishop of Juba in South Sudan in the early hours of Sunday as they tried to force their way into the building.

10 August 2016

Refugees turn C of E into fastest growing religious group in Finland

The Church of England is the fastest growing religious group in Finland, growing by 20 per cent over the past year; the Suffragan Bishop in Europe, the Rt Revd David Hamid, has said.

02 August 2016

Anglican agency Sudra distributes aid to hundreds of South Sudanese

The relief agency of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan & Sudan is distributing relief items to people who took refuge in response to last month’s violence.

01 August 2016

Sudan's Anglicans await decision on province

Anglicans in Sudan are waiting to hear if they will become a new, separate province of the Communion after a team led by the secretary general visited the country on a fact-finding trip.

29 July 2016

Gun battle ends South Sudan youth festival

A three-day youth festival in the Anglican Diocese of Juba came to an abrupt end as hundreds of young people were forced to flee a gun battle that erupted without warning.

28 July 2016

Army praises Anglican diocese for refugee crisis mobilisation

The Diocese of Northern Uganda has been praised by the country’s armed forces for its crisis response in support for the thousands of refugees streaming into the country from South Sudan.

21 July 2016

Anglican Alliance helps to co-ordinate global response to South Sudan violence

The Anglican Alliance is helping to co-ordinating the response from Anglican churches and agencies around the world to the ongoing violence in South Sudan.

20 July 2016

Churches respond to on-going violence in South Sudan

The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has lamented the latest escalation of violence in Juba, South Sudan.

20 July 2016