{"id":271034,"date":"2026-06-04T14:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=271034"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:07:50","slug":"more-than-a-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/our-ministry\/more-than-a-building\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00c1s que un edificio"},"content":{"rendered":"        <main>\r\n            <div id=\"eop\" class=\"trigger io\"><\/div>\r\n            <header id=\"main-header\" class=\"header-scale\">\r\n                <hgroup class=\"space-small\">\r\n                    <h1>More Than a Building<\/h1>\r\n                <\/hgroup>\r\n                <div class=\"bg-img-scale\">\r\n                    <div class=\"bg-img-wrapper\">\r\n                        <div class=\"bg-img\">\r\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" 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their neighbors.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>Reminders of the agony that Christians faced years ago are all around Good Shepherd Church in Wau, South Sudan. The soil on which many lost their lives, however, is exactly where the church thrives today. <\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>A tree where enemy troops used to hang Christians for their faith now shades schoolchildren running through the yard; the buildings littered with bullet holes that once housed soldiers now host Sunday school classes for the church&mdash;one built by Samaritan\u2019s Purse.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <blockquote>\r\n                        <p class=\"h2\">&ldquo;Samaritan\u2019s Purse was sent by God to help us.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    <\/blockquote>\r\n                    \r\n                    <div class=\"grid two\">\r\n                        <figure id=\"rev-ds\" style=\"margin: 0\">\r\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1278.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                            <figcaption>Pastor Steven, now a regional church leader, has seen God sustain his congregation through the years.<\/figcaption>\r\n                        <\/figure>\r\n                        <div class=\"space\">\r\n                            <p>Regional church leader Pastor David Steven was raised and educated within the Good Shepherd Church community, watching its property weather decades of instability. Nearly killed amid the violence, he knew the arrival of Samaritan\u2019s Purse to build a central church marked a turning point. <\/p>\r\n                            \r\n                            <p>&ldquo;Samaritan\u2019s Purse was sent by God to help us,&rdquo; Pastor Steven said. He helped Samaritan\u2019s Purse identify which burned churches to rebuild in the early days of the project. &ldquo;I praise God that He wanted to do something in me to help my people. 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raising the next generation of South Sudanese in God's Word.<\/figcaption>\r\n                                <\/figure>\r\n                            <\/li>\r\n\r\n                            <li id=\"ss1_s2\" class=\"slide1\">\r\n                                <figure>\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1442__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1442__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1442__L.jpg 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1442__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                    <figcaption>Good Shepherd Church offers services in English, Arabic, Dinka, and Luo. <\/figcaption>\r\n                                <\/figure>\r\n                 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Praise the Lord!&rdquo;<\/i> (Psalm 150:6). <\/figcaption>\r\n                                <\/figure>\r\n                            <\/li>\r\n\r\n                            <li id=\"ss1_s4\" class=\"slide1\">\r\n                                <figure>\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1894__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1894__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1894__L.jpg 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1894__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                    <figcaption>Pastor Steven gives a message at Good Shepherd Church one Sunday morning. <\/figcaption>\r\n                                <\/figure>\r\n                            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The reconstruction project continues to be a foundation of our work in South Sudan and Sudan.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <details class=\"timeline card\">\r\n                        <summary>\r\n                            <i class=\"date small\">December 2012<\/i>\r\n                            <h3>Church Reconstruction Program reaches completion<\/h3>\r\n                            <span class=\"rm small\"><i>Read more about this time in history.<\/i> <b>&#8600;<\/b><\/span>\r\n                            <span hidden class=\"rl small\"><i>Close<\/i> <b>&#8599;<\/b><\/span>\r\n                        <\/summary>\r\n                        <div>\r\n                            <p class=\"small\">Yargot Episcopal Church in Aweil, South Sudan, becomes the 512<sup>th<\/sup> and final church reconstructed through the project. While the project officially ends, Samaritan\u2019s Purse continues to disciple and equip the church through various courses, programs, and seminars to serve their communities in Jesus\u2019 Name.<\/p>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/details>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>&ldquo;As we wrapped up the church reconstruction project, Samaritan\u2019s Purse intentionally started designing other programs that would enable these congregations to do more ministry,&rdquo; said Samaritan\u2019s Purse staffer Dave Philips, who formerly served as South Sudan country director. &ldquo;We transitioned from the construction of physical buildings to the ongoing work of building the body of Christ.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse ministry teams today work with churches to train pastors, Sunday school teachers, and youth group leaders to help raise the next generation for Christ. We show the JESUS film in churches around the country and also conduct Biblical marriage workshops, trauma healing and peacebuilding classes, and sports outreach programs. Through evangelism conferences, pastors and other church leaders are taught how to effectively communicate the Gospel to their neighbors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"h3\"><b><span>&ldquo;<\/span>We continue to support churches to help them effectively fulfill their spiritual mission of reaching and discipling people for Christ,&rdquo;<\/b> said John Nkunge, the ministry team lead for Samaritan\u2019s Purse in South Sudan.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <div id=\"james\" class=\"pq\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"bg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-N-348-bg__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-N-348-bg__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-N-348-bg__L.jpg 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-N-348-bg__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"fg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-N-348-fg__S.png 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-N-348-fg__M.png 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-N-348-fg__L.png 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-N-348-fg__S.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    \r\n                    <blockquote>\r\n                        <p class=\"h2\">&ldquo;I said that when I grow up, I will go and kill the one who killed my father. But today when I received this training, now I will forgive that person.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    <\/blockquote>\r\n                    <div class=\"grid two\">\r\n                        <p>At the Samaritan\u2019s Purse-built St. John\u2019s Church in Wanyjok, our courses help hurting youth like James. He had been told to hate the people who killed his father. He\u2019s harbored that hate in his heart until finally being shown how to release it through Biblical principles he\u2019s learned through our projects.<\/p>\r\n                        \r\n                        <p>&ldquo;I said that when I grow up, I will go and kill the one who killed my father,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But today when I received this training, I prayed for myself and said now I will forgive that person. I understand that I have been sent by Jesus to go and call the people to the Word of God.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    \r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <section id=\"bild\" class=\"space-large\">\r\n                    <header class=\"pq\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"bg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1048-bg__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1048-bg__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1048-bg__L.jpg 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1048-bg__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                        <hgroup>\r\n                            <h2 class=\"h1\">The Savior\u2019s Words for All to Read<\/h2>\r\n                        <\/hgroup>\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1048-fg__S.png 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1048-fg__M.png 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1048-fg__L.png 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1048-fg__S.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                    <\/header>\r\n                    <div class=\"space\">\r\n                        <blockquote>\r\n                            <p class=\"h2\">\u201cWhat has saved me all this time is the Word of God.\u201d<\/p>\r\n                        <\/blockquote>\r\n                        \r\n                        <div class=\"grid two\">\r\n                            <p>Another class developed during the reconstruction project that continues today is the Biblical Literacy and Discipleship program (BILD), which teaches the young and old how to read the Bible in their mother tongue.<\/p>\r\n                        \r\n                            <p>Children, especially young girls, in the rural regions of South Sudan and Sudan rarely attend school. Even the educated can only read and write in English or Arabic, rarely in their mother tongue. In 2025 alone, nearly 2,000 people joined the tens of thousands to graduate from our program in the last two decades.<\/p>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        \r\n                        <p class=\"h3\"><strong>&ldquo;This program has expanded the reach of the Gospel,&rdquo;<\/strong> said Christian Bester, current country director for Samaritan\u2019s Purse in South Sudan. <strong>&ldquo;The South Sudanese have an oral culture. Now the people are not just hearing it secondhand but reading His Word in their own language.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n                                   \r\n                        <ul role=\"list\" class=\"scroll-x scroll-snap\">\r\n                            <li>\r\n                                <button onclick=\"document.querySelector('#slideshow2').showModal();document.getElementById('ss2_s1').scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'instant', block: 'center', inline: 'center' });;\">\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1007__T.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                <\/button>\r\n                            <\/li>\r\n                            <li>\r\n                                <button onclick=\"document.querySelector('#slideshow2').showModal();document.getElementById('ss2_s2').scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'instant', block: 'center', 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alt=\"\">\r\n                                        <figcaption>Students also learn to write in their mother tongue.<\/figcaption>\r\n                                    <\/figure>\r\n                                <\/li>\r\n\r\n                                <li id=\"ss2_s4\" class=\"slide2\">\r\n                                    <figure>\r\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-884__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-884__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-884__L.jpg 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-884__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                        <figcaption>Monica, left, sits next to Elizabeth in the class. Having already learned to read Dinka through the program, Monica is now learning Luo to spread the Gospel to more of her neighbors.<\/figcaption>\r\n                                    <\/figure>\r\n                                <\/li>\r\n\r\n                                <li id=\"ss2_s5\" class=\"slide2\">\r\n                                    <figure>\r\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-809__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-809__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-809__L.jpg 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-809__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                        <figcaption>Our Dinka literacy book guides students page by page as they learn to read the language.<\/figcaption>\r\n                                    <\/figure>\r\n                                <\/li>\r\n                            <\/ul>\r\n                            <button class=\"x-scroll-button prev\" id=\"ss2_x-scroll-button-prev\">\r\n                                <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Previous<\/span>\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"ss2_arrow-left\" class=\"arrow\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/arrow_left.svg\">\r\n                            <\/button>\r\n\r\n                            <button class=\"x-scroll-button next\" id=\"ss2_x-scroll-button-next\">\r\n                                <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Next<\/span>\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"ss2_arrow-right\" class=\"arrow\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/arrow_right.svg\">\r\n                            <\/button>\r\n                            <script>\r\n                                const ss2SlideContainer = document.getElementById(\"ss2_scroller\");\r\n                                const ss2Slide = document.querySelector(\".slide2\");\r\n                                const ss2PrevButton = document.getElementById(\"ss2_x-scroll-button-prev\");\r\n                                const ss2NextButton = document.getElementById(\"ss2_x-scroll-button-next\");\r\n\r\n                               \/\/CHANGE offsetWidth TO clientWidth FOR FULL SCREEN\r\n                                ss2NextButton.addEventListener(\"click\", () => {\r\n                                  const ss2SlideWidth = ss2Slide.offsetWidth;\r\n                                  ss2SlideContainer.scrollLeft += ss2SlideWidth;\r\n                                });\r\n\r\n                                \/\/CHANGE offsetWidth TO clientWidth FOR FULL SCREEN\r\n                                ss2PrevButton.addEventListener(\"click\", () => {\r\n                                  const ss2SlideWidth = ss2Slide.offsetWidth;\r\n                                  ss2SlideContainer.scrollLeft -= ss2SlideWidth;\r\n                                });\r\n                            <\/script>\r\n                            <script>\r\n                                if(!!window.IntersectionObserver){\r\n                                    const sectionEls = document.querySelectorAll(\".slide2\");\r\n                                    const options = {\r\n                                        rootMargin: \"0%\",\r\n                                        threshold: 1\r\n                                    };\r\n\r\n                                    const observer = new IntersectionObserver(entries => {\r\n                                        entries.forEach(function(entry) {\r\n                                            if (entry.isIntersecting) {\r\n                                                entry.target.classList.add(\"visible\");\r\n                                            } else {\r\n                                                entry.target.classList.remove(\"visible\");\r\n                                            }\r\n                                        });\r\n                                    }, options);\r\n\r\n                                    sectionEls.forEach(el => observer.observe(el));\r\n                                }\r\n                            <\/script>\r\n                        <\/dialog>\r\n                        \r\n                        <div class=\"grid two\">\r\n                            <div class=\"space\">\r\n                                <p>Our staffers train men and women how to teach basic literacy using the local Dinka, Nuer, and Luo languages. Those trained then teach 25 others in their home churches. Upon completion, participants receive a New Testament in their language.<\/p>\r\n                        \r\n                                <p>&ldquo;The knowledge that has been given to me has made me stronger, and it\u2019s touched my heart,&rdquo; said Peter, a former BILD student who, after graduating from the program in 2012, now teaches the literacy program to others at Good Shepherd Church.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                            <figure>\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1125.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                <figcaption>\u201cIf I leave my students, I leave the whole nation,\u201d Peter said, \u201cbut if I teach them, I teach the whole nation.\u201d <\/figcaption>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    \r\n                        <div class=\"grid two\">\r\n                            <figure>\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-901.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                <figcaption>Elizabeth\u2019s age hasn\u2019t stopped her from learning to read the Bible in her mother tongue\u2014it motivates her. <\/figcaption>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n                            \r\n                            <div class=\"space\">\r\n                                <p>Among his students, Elizabeth is clearly the eldest. As a great-grandmother, she decided to join her church\u2019s BILD program because she wanted to learn to read the Bible in Dinka and teach the three generations who follow her.<\/p>\r\n                        \r\n                                <p>&ldquo;What has saved me all this time is the Word of God,&rdquo; said Elizabeth, who\u2019s been a Christ-follower for decades but had never before read her Savior\u2019s words in Dinka. &ldquo;I was not understanding what\u2019s exactly in the Bible. Even though I am old, I tell myself that I must go to the BILD program so that I can learn the Bible for my family.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/section>\r\n                <section id=\"pic\">\r\n                    <header class=\"pq\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-bg__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-bg__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-bg__L.jpg 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-bg__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                        <hgroup class=\"right\">\r\n                            <h2 class=\"h1\">A Partner in Crisis<\/h2>\r\n                        <\/hgroup>\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-fg__S.png 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-fg__M.png 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-fg__L.png 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-fg__S.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-fg2__S.png 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-fg2__M.png 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-fg2__L.png 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1099-fg2__S.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                    <\/header>\r\n                    <div class=\"space\">\r\n                        <blockquote id=\"lueth3\">\r\n                            <p class=\"h2\">&ldquo;The sheep are left without a shepherd. Let me give my life strongly so that I can lead this congregation.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                        <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"grid two\">\r\n                            <div class=\"space\">\r\n                                <p>In an area near Wau, once surrounded by lawless militias sent to suppress any sprouts of Christianity, Samaritan\u2019s Purse rebuilt Pastor Paul Lueth\u2019s church in 2011.<\/p>\r\n                                <p>&ldquo;Samaritan\u2019s Purse wiped our tears,&rdquo; said the pastor who has led his church since 2004. &ldquo;We were like orphans, but you came to us like a father and healed our wounds. God heard our prayers.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n                            <div class=\"space\">\r\n                                <p>Through persecution, Pastor Lueth was called to the ministry.<\/p>\r\n                                <p>&ldquo;When I was a young man, my pastor was killed and burned with the church. We lost a hundred of our people that day and they kidnapped my close friend. I am a survivor,&rdquo; he recalled. &ldquo;After that I said, &lsquo;The sheep are left without a shepherd. Let me give my life strongly so that I can lead this congregation.&rsquo;&hairsp;&rdquo; <\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        \r\n                        <p class=\"h3\"><strong>&ldquo;The more the persecution, the more we come close to Jesus,&rdquo;<\/strong> Pastor Lueth said. <strong>&ldquo;My church was built in the blood of the Christians before me.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n                        \r\n                        <details class=\"timeline card\">\r\n                            <summary>\r\n                                <i class=\"date small\">July 2011<\/i>\r\n                                <h3>The Republic of South Sudan becomes an independent nation<\/h3>\r\n                                <span class=\"rm small\"><i>Read more about this time in history.<\/i> <b>&#8600;<\/b><\/span>\r\n                                <span hidden class=\"rl small\"><i>Close<\/i> <b>&#8599;<\/b><\/span>\r\n                            <\/summary>\r\n                            <div>\r\n                                <figure>\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/1142SD-C-023__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/1142SD-C-023__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/1142SD-C-023__L.jpg 1800w\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/1142SD-C-023__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                <\/figure>\r\n                                <p class=\"small\">A referendum officially grants South Sudan complete independence from Sudan, becoming the youngest nation in the world to date. Samaritan\u2019s Purse opens an office in Juba, the new nation\u2019s capital, as our center of operations.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/details>\r\n                        \r\n                        <div class=\"grid two\">\r\n                            <div class=\"space\">\r\n                                <figure>\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2026\/crp\/img\/2624SD-U-1092.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                    <figcaption>Pastor Lueth has seen lives changed through the BILD program he taught for years in his community. <\/figcaption>\r\n                                <\/figure>\r\n                                \r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"space\">\r\n                                <p>Following his church\u2019s reconstruction, Pastor Lueth taught the BILD curriculum to church leaders in nearby congregations.<\/p>\r\n                                <p class=\"h4\">&ldquo;<strong>People were learning the Word of&nbsp;God,<\/strong> and it changed their life,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They stopped practicing idolatry and stopped killing each other. <strong>Love and unity came in.<\/strong>&rdquo;<\/p>   \r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <p style=\"margin-top: 2lh\">Our partnership with Pastor Lueth\u2019s faithful congregation remains intact today. Just last year, Pastor Lueth contacted Samaritan\u2019s Purse after nearby attacks flooded his community with thousands of hungry, sick, displaced families. We supplied food; shelter items such as mosquito nets and sleeping mats; personal hygiene products; and emergency medicine for his church to distribute. When cholera broke out among the people, we installed hydration points. A similar attack earlier this year displaced hundreds of families into Pastor Lueth\u2019s community, and Samaritan\u2019s Purse is once again partnering with the church to serve their neighbors in Jesus\u2019 Name.<\/p>\r\n                        <hr style=\"margin-top: 3lh\">\r\n                        <p class=\"h4\" style=\"margin-block: 1em;width: var(--width);text-align: center;text-wrap:balance\">Please prayerfully consider supporting the ongoing work of Samaritan's Purse in the Sudans.<\/p>\r\n                        <!--[donation pc = 013954 fluff = 0]---->\r\n                            <div class=\"donationItem donationitem-group\">\r\n                                <div class=\"diSlimWrap\">         \r\n                                    <div class=\"diSlimTitleWrap\">\r\n                                        <div class=\"diSlimTitle\">South Sudan Relief<\/div>\r\n                                        <div class=\"diSlimPC\">013954<\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"diSlimAmt\">\r\n                                        <div class=\"diDollar\">$<\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"diInput\">\r\n                                                <input type=\"text\" onblur='if(this.value==\"\") this.value=\"0.00\";' onfocus='if(this.value==\"0.00\") this.value=\"\";' value=\"0.00\" name=\"item\" class=\"donationitem\" data-item-description=\"South Sudan Relief\" data-allow-response=\"true\" data-response-limit=\"\" data-entity-attributes=\"\" data-max-qty=\"0\" data-authorize-only=\"false\" data-is-order=\"false\" data-item-value=\"0\" data-sku=\"013954\">\r\n                                            <\/div>         \r\n                                        <\/div>         \r\n                                    <div data-sku=\"013954\" data-item-description=\"South Sudan Relief\" class=\"diSlimBtn directCheckout green-button\">Give<\/div>   \r\n                                <\/div> \r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/section>\r\n            <\/section>\r\n        <\/main> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More Than a Building Previous Chapter Table of Contents Close Table of Contents &#215; Table of Contents Rebuilt Churches Shine More Than a Building Hope for the World Beacons of Gospel Hope Next Chapter Following the reconstruction of hundreds of churches across the Sudans, Samaritan\u2019s Purse built up local Christians to help their neighbors. 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