The troubled nation of South Sudan has been in the news quite a lot recently because of the visit of three religious leaders. However, EBC’s Director of Training got there long before they did, though it has to be said it didn’t make the world news; only a full page article in the national daily newspaper!

John Brand has had a long association with churches and Christians in both Sudan and South Sudan and has led numerous training conferences and seminars in Khartoum and Juba.

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Now, EBC has enrolled 11 South Sudanese church leaders as students and the hope and expectation is that more will follow. Tuition will take place via emails, whatsapp and zoom. Most of these folk are already in a leadership position in one of the churches belonging to the evangelical Africa Inland Church – South Sudan (AIC-SS), and they are all recommended by the church leadership. Most have no formal training and all have very limited resources. Additionally, in John’s words, “they survive on fresh air” so are not able to make any contribution to the tuition they will receive and benefit from.

Would you be willing to prayerfully and financially support one of these students?

If you could help, you would be making a vital investment into the evangelical church in South Sudan. We will send you a brief bio of one of the students and any prayer updates we receive from them, keeping you up to date with their studies and progress. We will leave the amount of support to you but would recommend either £10 per month or perhaps a one off gift of £50 or £100.

If you would like more information, please contact John at john.brand@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk