Ill. At a Sudan consultation for U.S. church leaders yesterday, top leadership from southern Sudan's churches outlined four actions that U.S. churches can do to effectively help the overwhelmed churches of southern Sudan. They also provided perspective on the war and issue of slavery that surprised some in attendance. Runn said that in his own letter to the United Nations General Secretary, he included an appeal to end the north's bombing of civilian populations and called for a no-fly zone to allow humanitarian aid to reach affected areas. In providing perspective on the civil war, Runn said that the war is not a Muslim crusade on the part of the north, but is rather a war of values.
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The purpose of the consultation was to help U.S. church leaders better address the increasing concern expressed in their congregations for Sudan and to clarify the most effective ways to assist the church, from the perspective of the Sudanese church. World Relief is the international assistance arm of the National Association of Evangelicals.