Moved by Faith: A Call for Peace in Sudan

Current events in Sudan are dire, and it is critical that the faith community revive engagement with Sudan not only in their local community, but also internationally. This fall clergy of all denominations will unite in prayer for the people of Sudan. Together, we can keep loud the drumbeat for engagement on peace and security for all of Sudan.

On October 2nd faith leaders delivered a powerful message to the Obama Administration calling on the President to continue his work for lasting peace in Sudan.

Signing the letter was only the first step. Sign up as a Congregation of Conscience for forthcoming details, and become part of a faith community working to bring peace to Sudan.

Darfur: A Call to Action DVD

Darfur: A Call to Action is a 20 minute documentary film produced by the Save Darfur Coalition. The film provides background on the genocide in Darfur and explores what the major religions tell us about our responsibility to our brothers and sisters there. You can watch the video by pressing play below, or you can order the Save Darfur Coalition’s Faith Packet with the DVD.

Faith Packet

The faith packet includes discussion guides for Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities and an action guide to help your community respond to the crisis.

• Action Guide (pdf)
• Interfaith Discussion Guide (pdf)
• Prayers (pdf)
• Discussion guide for Christian Congregations (pdf)
• Discussion guide for Muslim Communities (pdf)
• Discussion guide for Jewish Congregations (pdf)
• Participant Bios (pdf)
• Darfur: a Call to Action, Lessons from Faith Leaders (pdf)

• Sign up as a Congregation of Conscience
• Watch the video, Darfur: A Call to Action

Tell us what your community is doing to help the people of Darfur, and we'll post it below.

• Darfur Calls (1MB PDF). A play by Michael Hardy, Kathleen Kardon, and Rachelle Neuman of Temple Beth-El in San Antonio, TX.
• A Prayer for Darfur. From Covenant Community Church.
• Who is your Neighbor? A video from the First Baptist Church of Magnolia, TX.
• Mennonite Packet (698KB PDF) A collection of worship resources including a sample sermons, prayers, hymns and other useful information.
• In Search of Freedom: A Passover Seder for Darfur (638K PDF). An interfaith Seder guide edited by Rabbi Or N. Rose and Tamar Grimm of Hebrew College in Newton Center, MA.