{"id":171,"date":"2009-03-07T09:12:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T14:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=171"},"modified":"2009-03-07T09:13:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-07T14:13:13","slug":"sudan-covenanters-lose-lives-in-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2009\/03\/sudan-covenanters-lose-lives-in-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan Covenanters Lose Lives in Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the following initial news item we have learned that 151 people lost their lives in this violence in Malakal last week.\u00a0\u00a0 Rev. Abraham Tuach Kier, President of the ECC of Sudan, reported that some Covenanters and their relatives were killed.\u00a0 We do not know how many Covenanters died.\u00a0 Many people were left homesless and displaced by the violence.\u00a0 Since the incidents last week things have calmed down.<\/p>\n<p>Doe the increased risk in traveling after the violence the ECCS has postponed its Annual Meeting which was scheduled to start March 15.\u00a0 Below is the Covenant webnews article.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item6888\">Sudan Covenanters Lose Lives in Violence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your prayers for peace to be restored to Sudan and for all those impacted by the violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=171&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the following initial news item we have learned that 151 people lost their lives in this violence in Malakal last week.\u00a0\u00a0 Rev. 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