PAPER 3 – THE GROWTH OF CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIANITY IN SUDAN

PRESENTED TO
PROFESSOR MARK NICKENS

FOR

CHHI 302 – DO1

BY
REV. JOSEPH T. WHITAKER, III
LU23755920
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
NORTH SUDAN----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUTH SUDAN----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONCLUSION------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIBLIOGRAPHY---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Introduction
Islamic countries are among the most dangerous environments to plant and cultivate the life-giving seed of Christianity. North and South Sudan fall under such potentially precarious locations. As in any country where the true seed of God’s message of salvation is planted, then the growth of Christianity is to be expected. Contemporary Christianity is in fact growing in both the North and South Sudan.
North Sudan During the end of the first century after Christ, Coptic Christianity made its way into the area of northern Sudan. At that period of time, North Sudan was known as Nubia. Sudan has a population of nearly 40 million people, with the largest number of people in the north. Approximately 16% of the Sudan population is Christian, with around