Category Archives: Persecution Stories

A Man Called "Morris"

A Man Called "Morris"

by Brad Phillips Every now and again, I like to rummage through some old pictures of PPF ministry activities and remember how good God has been to us through the years. Recently, I ran across several early photos of refugees arriving in Southern Sudan from Darfur. They were on the run, severely discouraged, and starving. […]

Attack in Sudan Kills Pastor, Destroys PPF-Supported Church

Attack in Sudan Kills Pastor, Destroys PPF-Supported Church

Persecution Project Foundation was contacted in early January by Pastor Francis Ayul of Faith Evangelical Baptist Association of Churches (FEBAC), one of the pastors we support in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan. He wrote to tell us about a violent attack that had occurred in the village of Atar in the early morning […]

In Memory of a Boy Named James

In Memory of a Boy Named James

At PPF, we try not to be a “gloom and doom” ministry that communicates urgency and tragedy in every correspondence. We like to report good news — and there is much of it in Africa, despite the mostly negative reports we hear in the news.

Boys Kidnapped in Upper Nile

Boys Kidnapped in Upper Nile

The shooting war in Southern Sudan may be technically over, but the “Spiritual War” continues unabated. Recently, PPF received a report from one of our pastor contacts that 91 boys were abducted from the area of Akoka in the Upper Nile State and taken to Khartoum.

Persecution Story: Deng-Deng

Persecution Story: Deng-Deng

Deng Deng was a young boy in southern Sudan when Arab horsemen thundered into his village. As a seven or eight year old, he was quickly abducted by the Janjaweed militia and sold into slavery in the north to a Moslem master. When the master asked Deng Deng to perform a job that was too […]

Persecution Story: Amet

Persecution Story: Amet

Persecution Project Foundation workers found Amet sitting alone under a tree in the desolate region of Jaac, a Darfur refugee camp located in northern Aweil County, in the Bahr el-Ghazal region of southern Sudan. He was brought there by the United Nation’s International Organization for Migration along with several thousand other refugees. He was left […]

Persecution Stories: Leah

Persecution Stories: Leah

Leah was a child in the village of Badura, in the Nuba Mountains of central Sudan when radical Islamist forces attacked. During the raid, the Arab Popular Defense Force troops killed, looted and destroyed all they could find. Many people escaped, but because she is blind, Leah did not. In the confusion, Leah was left […]

Persecution Story: Joseph

Persecution Story: Joseph

In 1987, a group of Murahaleen (Arab slave raiders) rode in on horseback and invaded the Dinka village of Aweil in Bahr el Gazal. They killed everyone they could catch, except for the women and children. These they kept alive for the slave markets in the north. Santino Garang, a young seven-year-old Dinka boy, watched […]