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Churches in South Sudan have begun peace prayers for the country that will last for 70 days. Rev. Tut Kony Nyang Kon, general secretary of the South Sudan Council of Churches, announced the prayers on 9 June, as a complex crisis, underlined by armed conflicts, food insecurity, and displacement continued to unfold in the world’s youngest nation.

The South Sudan Council of Churches, in a statement on 6 March, addressed the escalating insecurity, political tensions, and violence that threaten the peace many have worked so hard to build in the nation. 

In a solidarity message issued on the International Day of Peace, 21 September, the South Sudan Council of Churches called for fostering positive change that will bring peace to the nation.

A delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) is joining the Ecumenical Network of South Sudan (ENSS) in a solidarity visit from 18-23 September to accompany and support the church leaders in South Sudan.

During an ecumenical morning prayer held 15 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace, holding in prayer many nations across the world facing challenges to living together in harmony.

In a pastoral letter to the churches of South Sudan and to Norwegian Church Aid, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed shock and sadness about the news of an attack on Norwegian Church Aid vehicles in Imehejek, Lopa Lafon, in the Eastern Equatoria region of South Sudan.

After receiving a pilgrimage of global religious leaders, the South Sudan Council of Churches released a statement on 10 March echoing the church leaders’ call for nonviolent means to solve the nation’s problems.

The Ecumenical Network on South Sudan (Europe and North America Hub), on the occasion of International Peace Day on 21 September, released a call entitled “High Time for Peace and Accountability in South Sudan.”