Leaders of a church in Khartoum North, Sudan, received no prior notice before authorities razed the building this month, according to sources.
Morning Star News, quoting sources, reported that bulldozers demolished a Pentecostal church in the El-Haj Yousif area of Khartoum North on July 8. Police and members of the armed forces were on site during the destruction.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide noted that the church, whose building dated to the early 1990s, is part of the Sudan Pentecostal Church denomination.
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At first, no reason was given for the demolition. Later, however, authorities said the church “was destroyed as part of a drive to remove ‘unregulated’ buildings throughout Khartoum state, according to Christian support group Open Doors,” reports Morning Star.
The news outlet says church leaders see the demolition as more evidence of the rise in persecution of Christians in Sudan. Morning Star states that 4.5% of Sudan’s population is Christian.
World Watch
Sudan is No. 5 on Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List of the 50 places most difficult to be a Christian.
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