Please keep the people of Sudan in your prayers. In the coming days, we urge all Americans to pray for peace in the Sudan and to call for strong action from the international community to restore stability in a land whose people have been entangled far too long in violence. [From Joint Statement on Sudan] Read on for more.
From: Bishop Mark S. Hanson <bishop@elca.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:46 AM
Subject: Joint Statement on Sudan Issued by ELCA, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishops
6/6/08
Dear Colleagues in Ministry:
Please note that on Thursday, June 5, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church and I released a joint statement on continuing violence in Sudan. We both asked for prayers for peace in Sudan and action by international community to restore stability there.
The full text of the statement is on the ELCA Web site at: http://archive.elca.org/bishop/messages/m_080604.html
Blessings to you in your ministry!
The Rev. Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
God’s work. Our Hands.
