The Nuba mountains of Sudan are home to that country’s largest Christian community. And this community has been under a humanitarian blockade since 2011. This means there is a shortage of nearly everything, from food, to medicine, to fuel. But there is no shortage of courage. A couple years ago, we introduced you to a…
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“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 3:14) The current war with Iran might not be a “World War” but it certainly has global reach. Persecution Project works primarily in areas heavily influenced by traffic in and out of the Persian Gulf. With…
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On Christmas Day, the world learned of President Trump’s ordered strike against Islamist terrorists in Nigeria for their relentless persecution of Christians. But at the same time, more than a thousand miles away in Sudan, the Islamist regime of Abdel Fattah al Burhan launched a strike against Nuba Christian worshippers at a Christmas Day celebration. …
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Dear Persecution Project Family, Since April 15th, 2023, the population inside Southern Kordofan Sudan (Nuba mountains) has swelled by more than 1.6 million souls, bringing the total number to more than 4.5 million! All of the recent arrivals were forced to flee with only what they could carry. The current war has resulted in mass…
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by Matt Chancey, VP/Deputy CEO Twenty-five years ago, Brad Phillips asked me to join the board of directors of Persecution Project. I agreed out of friendship to Brad but also from a sense of basic duty. While I had no personal connection to the persecuted church in Sudan, I had been taught my whole life…
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Background On April 15th, 2023, fighting erupted on the streets of Sudan’s capital city, Khartoum, between factions in the military. The subsequent civil war in Sudan has resulted in more than a million ethnic Nuba people fleeing to their ancestral homeland in Southern Kordofan. However, the area is very remote and has experienced great difficulties…
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We are so grateful to the generous supporters of Persecution Project. The reports from the two main hospitals we support in the Nuba mountains of Sudan are full of gratitude and encouragement – even if they also convey news of desperation and need. When we began our Therapeutic Feeding Program for “severely wasted” children, we…
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Millions of Sudanese are currently living in famine conditions. This results in what is termed “severe wasting” where a person deprived of nourishment for so long can no longer eat regular food and continues to “waste away” until dying of starvation. For the Christian refugees fleeing to the comparative safety of the Nuba mountains, many…
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“He has filled the hungry with good things.” (Luke 1:53) When Persecution Project received the distress call from doctors in the Nuba mountains last year, we were not sure whether we could take on such a great challenge. Hundreds of children were reportedly dying every day. Mothers watched as their little ones wasted away from…
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By Matt Chancey We have received a lot of inquiries about how Persecution Project’s emergency therapeutic feeding program is progressing, so I wanted to use this article to provide an update to our ministry partners. For background, we launched this program in November 2024 in response to the appeals of two Persecution Project-supported hospitals in…
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