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Eleven Killed in Airstrike on Baptist Church in Sudan

By Ken Camp
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Congregants in Sudan mourn recent attacks on Christian communities. (Video screengrab)

An airstrike on a Baptist church in Sudan less than a week before Christmas killed at least 11 people, including eight children, an organization focused on international religious freedom reported.

The Sudan Armed Forces airstrike hit Al Ezba Baptist Church in Khartoum North on Dec. 20. It damaged the worship facility, the church’s nursery—which was occupied at the time—and several residential buildings, Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported.

Attacks on houses of worship continued after Christmas. On Dec. 30, Sudan Rapid Support Forces attacked a Sudanese Church of Christ in Al Hasaheisa, Gezira State, during a prayer service, forcing the 177 Christians who had gathered to leave, CSW reportado. At least 14 people were assaulted and injured.

It came weeks after a separate airstrike of a mosque en Dec. 7. Soon after that attack, more than 100 civilians were killed when the Sudan Armed Forces hit a crowded marketplace in Kabkabiya in western Darfur.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom reported in April more than 150 churches had been damaged since the war in Sudan began in 2023.

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On Dec. 20, 2024, an airstrike on Al Ezba Baptist Church in Khartoum North, Sudan, killed at least 11 people, including eight children, an organization focused on international religious freedom reported. (Photos courtesy of CSW)

“We pray for God to give the two warring parties the wisdom to stop the war. The longer it continues, the more innocent children and civilians will die,” Pastor Philemon Hassan of Al Ezba Baptist Church said.

“In Al Ezba area, people are dying either in this way or for the lack of basic humanitarian needs. Some can’t afford to leave the area, and those who can, are afraid to leave because they could be arrested for falsely being affiliated with the RSF.”

In October, more than 100 members of the Sudanese Church of Christ moved from Al Ezba to Shendi in River Nile State, seeking to escape the violence. In Shendi, 26 men were arrested by the Sudan Armed Forces Military Intelligence Unit and accused of being affiliated with the Rapid Support Forces.

Khataza Gondwe, advocacy director for CSW, expressed condolences to the families of those killed and injured in the Dec. 20 airstrike.

“It is particularly deplorable that most of the fatalities were children who died in a place where they should have been safe. The high number of child casualties illustrates the continuing disregard for civilian lives by both warring parties throughout this conflict,” he said.

Este artículo apareció originalmente en The Baptist Standard y ha sido reimpreso con permiso. 

Ken Camp, based in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, is the managing editor of The Baptist Standard. 

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  1. Wondering when the “human rights” community will mourn these REAL genocide victims–somehow, I don’t think I should hold my breath.

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