Historyof Christianity in the lands of My Toil

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE LANDS OF MY TOIL: PROF. M. M. NINAN
Anthropologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard wrote a trilogy of books:
The Nuer, published in 1940,
Kinship and Marriage Among the Nuer, published in 1951, and Nuer Religion, published in 1956.
https://archive.org/details/nuerreligion00evan
https://ia902205.us.archive.org/9/items/nuerreligion00evan/nuerreligion00evan_bw.pdf
In a study of the culture Kuku Tribe in comparison with Hebrew culture I
have shown that they are actually identical even to the minute detail.
There is also a tradition that they are descendants of Moses through his
Cushite wife of whom Mirium and Aaron complained. According to the
tradition they were sent back to Cush. They even have a tradition which
says the Red sea was parted for them to cross over and reach Cush.
When I entered into the Juba University in 1984 there were only two
denominations of Christians in South Sudan - the Roman Catholic Church
and the Anglican Church.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/religious-beliefs-in-south-sudan.html
In South Sudan, about 6.2 million people out of a population of over 16 million people or 37.2% of the
population are Roman Catholic Christians. The Catholics in the country are part of the worldwide
Catholic Church headed by the Pope in Rome. South Sudan has one Ecclesiastical province with one
archdiocese and six dioceses. Roman Catholic Christian missionaries came to Sudan in 1842 as part
of the missionary work that was carried out in East Africa. They built schools and hospitals and
improved the lives of the locals who were affiliated with the traditional religion. Due to the success of
the missionary work, most of the locals abandoned their religion and joined the Roman Catholic
leading to its spread and popularity. “Pentecostal Movement” was essentially developed internally as a
revival. I was very much involved in it in the establishment of the Sudan Pentecostal Church, Sudan
Theological College and in the ordination of the first 16 Pastors in the Juba Christian Center along with
Pastor Adi Severine Ambrose.
Episcopal Churches And Other Forms Of Christianity
The Anglicans through the Church Missionary Society entered into Sudan in 1899 converting tens of
thousands through their missionary work and preaching. Currently, the Anglican Church represented
by the Episcopal Church of Sudan is the second largest church in both Sudan and South Sudan after
the Catholic Church. The province consists of 36 dioceses, each headed by a bishop.
The United Presbyterian Church began its work in Sudan in 1900. The Presbyterian Church emerged
from the Southern part of Sudan (the current South Sudan) as a result of the missionary work that was
largely accepted in the South and opposed in the North.
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