View the full July 2016 newsletter here We train our chaplains in hand-to-hand combat for their personal protection not only for self-defense but for the protection of the innocent. Pastor Joe McCormick, from Calvary Chapel Mountain View, Utah, brings a team of brothers to work with the chaplain cadets every year. The training-team have impressive […]
View the full June 2016 newsletter here Death is no stranger to our chaplains and although our casualties have been extreme, we are winning the war for souls. Just this week, Nuba chaplains, Marcus Almark and Justin Margeny, were wounded in attacks. Also, an Equatoria chaplain, Joseph Otieno, fell into an ambush. Thankfully, all three […]
View the full April 2016 newsletter here It is not an easy task to live the life of a conqueror for Christ’s Kingdom, therefore, training is essential to the believer’s life. While we have tremendous support in the South Sudan Army to train chaplains, we will always have our adversaries; such as, men who are […]
View the full February newsletter here On November 18, 2015, I landed in South Sudan with a full schedule of meetings and a long list of things to be accomplished. The tenth class of chaplain cadets is currently in training and I was scheduled to teach them on the day that I arrived. Class ten […]
View the full January newsletter here It was an ominous morning at the chaplains’ training base in Nimule, South Sudan. I had risen at 5:00 AM to spend time alone with the Lord. At 7:40 AM, machine gun fire erupted outside the compound. Within seconds, the chaplains were running to the armory to retrieve their […]
View the full December newsletter here Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) is responding to the Lord’s call to help the persecuted believers globally. For security reasons, I am unable to disclose to you the two new countries where we will be working. I can only emphasize we will be operating in countries that offer danger beyond […]
View the full PDF November 2015 Newsletter Joseph Kuyok Lengudi, chaplain C00153, is a first lieutenant in the South Sudan Army. After his graduation from chaplaincy training, we lost contact with him for eight years as he was deployed to the farthest edge of enemy territory. After many years of no contact from Joseph, he […]
Download the full PDF newsletter here. During the annual refit and refresher course, I sat down with several of our chaplains and had a chance to talk with them one on one. One conversation that I had stands out among the rest is one that I had with Reech (Santino) Yel. He was selected by […]
Download the full PDF newsletter here. When the first member of my staff was killed, it caused me to spend a great amount of time thinking about the danger for those who served with us and what it had cost the family of this individual. It is a sobering experience for anyone who has ever […]
Download Full PDF Newsletter Senior Chaplain Paul Koul graduated on April 15, 2001, from our second class of chaplains. Paul was then deployed to Bahr el Ghazal, with the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan. He has been serving for 13 years as a frontline chaplain. Paul is […]