Two Virginia parishes, St. Paul’s, Alexandria and St. Mary’s, Arlington, successfully transferred funds in July to Bishop Simon Chuang Ayok Deng in the Diocese of Renk to support ongoing training of clergy and lay evangelists to share the Gospel of Christ among the large population who have fled Sudan’s war and settled in that northernmost diocese of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan.
Abraham Yel Nhial, Bishop of Aweil, was installed in August 24 at Good Shepherd Cathedral, Wau, to serve as Archbishop of the Internal Province of Northern Bahr al Ghazal. Bishop Moses Deng Bol, his predecessor, now works as a Peace Envoy for the South Sudan Council of Churches.
Despite current severe limits on visas to visit the United States, we have received word that Bishops Thomas Tut of Ayod and Archbishop Abraham Yel Nhial expect to attend the New Wineskins mission conference September 18-21 in Black Mountain, North Carolina.