tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26290947734344322592024-03-13T01:14:15.176-04:00Evangelical Church of South SudanBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04590333630522367207noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-50688088299491250582011-09-02T01:32:00.005-04:002011-09-02T02:44:53.356-04:00Cattle Raiders Killed Two Widows Two Active members of Women of Hope Mission (WHOM) were shot by cattle raiders on their way to fetch water. The ladies had also lost their husbands in the same way-through the barrel of guns. One of the victims was Susan Okore. Her husband was killed 2004; in 2008 she remarried to a brother of her late husband Hillary. Okore left behind five children, the youngest is 3 Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-47234585966684243682010-04-11T23:39:00.003-04:002010-04-12T00:07:45.467-04:00Preparations for Easter during Holy WeekDominic writes "Easter week, that is from Monday to Sunday, we spent most of our time in Church activities. Let me brief you on the most of the areas of prayers during Easter week. The theme was "THE SUFFERING OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE HANDS OF UNGODLY ROMAN GOVERNMENT". I just translated from Juba Arabic we used. Many people especially children attended the church services throughout the week.Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-82979699549879528442010-01-18T21:53:00.008-05:002010-01-20T22:52:43.429-05:00Watch in 2010from WORLD magazine--January 16, 2010Hope remains tenuous for South Sudanese leaders marking the fifth anniversary in January of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed with leaders in the predominantly Islamic North. The 2005 CPA ended two decades of civil war waged by Muslim in the North against Southern Christians who refused to submit to Islamic law. The war left more than 2 million Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-61706961161323303012009-12-08T20:30:00.002-05:002009-12-09T09:39:22.974-05:00ECSS Continues To Provide Hot Lunch to School Children in South Sudan TBC continues to assist a total of 1,601 pupils in Eastern Equatoria State (EES), South Sudan. These pupils are in schools run by Evangelical Church of South Sudan (ECSS). Because of this year's drought and crop failure, there is hunger and children are starving. The pupils will be having hot meals of a cup of porridge or beans even during and after the Christmas holidays. The head Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-88489648546711525032009-11-05T08:56:00.001-05:002009-11-05T09:03:01.634-05:00Feeding program at ECSS schools
Here are some pictures of the feeding program. Through your faithful support, Trinity has been able to help subsidize this project, and in doing so provide a hot meal to the children in the area.
Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04590333630522367207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-2954562316445450872009-10-19T15:24:00.006-04:002009-10-20T18:18:52.882-04:00ECSS Feeds Starving School ChildrenDear friends, thank you very much for helping to feed hungry children in South Sudan and encouraging them to attend school, improve their academic performance and have a brighter future.This month or October 2009, The Evangelical Church of South Sudan (ECSS), in partnership with Christian friends in USA, has been providing daily lunch to over 1000 pre-school, kindergarten and primary school Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-32374370711500288962009-08-28T08:10:00.000-04:002009-08-28T08:10:43.319-04:00July 23, 2009 -- Dominic Reports on Current News
Dominic writes "I heard over radio (BBC frequency) on how Pres. Obama is planning to change American healthcare. It may not be an easy venture. He has to convince the parliamentarians/senators on how the government is going to meet the huge cost. Most leaders in African countries had a great expectations from Obama but it seems he is losing popularity especially in his father's country, KenyaDonna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-66504584399905591592009-08-28T08:09:00.000-04:002009-08-28T08:09:50.549-04:00In 2007, The Ox-Plow Project And Mill Grinding Projects Begins
Women of Hope Mission (WHOM) projects of posho-mill and ox-plow kicked off in late 2007 and 2008. These projects are supported by ECSS friends at Trinity Baptist Church, Nashua, NH USA. The beneficiaries of the projects are very much excited and are grateful to God for His provision. The project of the grinding mill is located in Loming village where Jordan Anguramoi is pastor and the one of Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-11568004658199606222009-08-27T14:00:00.000-04:002009-08-27T14:00:11.770-04:00Arrival of New Baby in July 2009On July 13, 2009, Dominic and Rejoice welcomed a new baby girl into their family. She was born by cesarean and mother and baby are doing well. They named her Tabitha Imita, (Tabitha from the Bible and Imita after a great great grandmother). She joins Loni, Joseph, Mercy and Donna in the family. All are excited and thankful for her safe arrival.Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-15370707465283397532009-06-04T02:43:00.006-04:002009-08-23T14:06:05.440-04:00October 2008, Dominic celebrates 2 year anniversary A prayer meeting was held to give praise to God, for the 2 year anniversary of Dominic's major surgery to remove serious diseased kidney which was affecting his other good one. He had a kidney infection while attending NEGST and the medical doctor told him to ignore it. They lacked financial resources to get a second opinion. He was forced to receive good medical attention in lateDonna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-62159747585511894632009-06-03T21:13:00.020-04:002009-08-25T09:40:24.774-04:00TBC is providing scholarship to train one ECSS pastor in KenyaLet us introduce Jordan Anguramoi, ECSS pastor in Loming village in South Sudan.Jordan has sent to us his brief history and testimony:Family Background I come from the family who does not know God. My father was a polygamous person with three wives; my mother is a first wife. She had seven children, four died and we remain three, a sister who is married and a brother who is our last born.Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-72642403739655428072009-06-01T19:57:00.008-04:002009-08-13T20:11:47.882-04:00ECSS Pastoral TrainingECSS held a pastoral training last April. Two pastors/trainers from Kenya joined us. The training went very well, thank you. We think that training and equipping local Church leaders and evangelists prepares ECSS Churches for a long-term growth and provides a solid base of significant Church outreach in the future. We are planning to train evangelists, and Church leaders in evangelism, Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04590333630522367207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-48792464858690214402009-06-01T19:50:00.008-04:002009-08-13T20:04:50.570-04:00ECSS Elementary Schools Report Starting the Southern Sudanese's education system after years of war is an emergency. The Evangelical Church of South Sudan (ECSS) thinks that supporting education is one of the best ways to address the issue of Islamization of the country, accumulated illiteracy, war orphans, inter and intra tribal conflicts, poverty, cattle raiding and AIDS.As the social infrastructure of Southern Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04590333630522367207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-27078062078318218372009-05-28T17:53:00.004-04:002009-06-01T20:33:08.344-04:00Dominic begins a prison ministry in ToritA weekly Bible Study was started in Torit prison, the first of its kind. During the first visit, 10 prisoners gave their lives to Jesus Christ. Prisoners ask for some Bibles and the Juba Arabic hymnals, each cost about $2.50. The hymnals are available in Torit but the Juba Arabic Bibles are out of stock at that time. They have the Otuho New Testaments Bibles. Trinity Baptist sent some funds Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-22514296105836894072009-05-18T09:18:00.020-04:002009-05-26T11:43:59.700-04:00Past TripsApril 2008 - First Mission Team from TBC visits ECSS in South Sudan On April 1, 2008, Joel and Rebecca Martin with John and Donna Shekleton arrive in Nairobi, Kenya to do basic hygiene instruction with HIV/AIDS prevention in rural communities of Kenya and South Sudan. After serving a week at the Malooi AIC Church and Pastor Kioko Mwangangi's rural home, the team arrived in South Sudan. There Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04590333630522367207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-70967015662837038912009-05-15T09:19:00.003-04:002009-06-01T20:34:34.552-04:00A brief history of ECSSIn the late 1980's, young Sudanese men and women from the Southern Sudan, fleeing the constant fighting and persecution of the war in Sudan, began to arrive in Kenya. Some of these Sudanese settled in the Dadaf refugee camp, others in the outskirts of the town of Thika, and still others in Nairobi.Some of these refugees became Christians. Instead of seeking resettlement overseasor in neighboring Donna Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773074258228301671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629094773434432259.post-31773156057507725402009-01-01T08:52:00.000-05:002009-06-04T08:52:49.980-04:00Statement of Faith1. We believe the scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will.For the salvation of men, and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.2. We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04590333630522367207noreply@blogger.com