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THE MOVEMENT
Podcasts
Press Conference: August 7, 2008
The Washington, D.C. based ENOUGH Project announces the release of the Not on Our Watch Christian Companion: Biblical Reflections on the Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond.
Church Promotion
Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church (Alabama)
Study Guide Offers Steps on Darfur Involvement
August 21, 2008
Maryknoll Resources
United Methodist Church - GBCS
Not on Our Watch Christian Companion - Faith in Action >
United Methodist Church - GBCS
Resource to mobilize Christians against genocide - Faith in Action >
The UM Connector
Study guide helps churches mobilize against atrocities in Sudan >
Church and World.com
Study guide offers steps on Darfur involvement >
United Methodists of the California Nevada Conference
Kansas-East Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
Study Guide Offers Steps on Darfur Involvement >
Kansas-West Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
Study Guide Offers Steps on Darfur Involvement >
Hoosier United Methodists e-vents
Hoosier United Methodists Mission Opportunities >
Indiana Happenings
Matton Grove United Methodist Church (North Carolina)
Minnesota Annual Conference
West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church
Mobilize Your Church to Help End Genocide
September 19, 2008
Not on Our Watch class offered at Ginghamsburg Church (Ohio)
Not on Our Watch + Christian Companion
September 9, 2008
First Broad Street Church United Methodist Church
Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church (Tennessee)
NOT ON OUR WATCH: Holston joins movement to stop horror in Sudan >
Study guide offers steps on Darfur involvement (Texas)
Weekly Newsletter of the Central Texas Conference
August 13, 2008
Virginia Advocate
Wesleyan Christian Advocate
National Association of Evangelicals-Protecting Human Rights: Sudan
Faith in Public Life-Not on Out Watch Christian Companion National Conference Call Series >
Phone calls address Christian Response to Genocide
Faith in Action: News and Views from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society October 13, 2008
Press Releases
Not On Our Watch Catholic Companion and Discussion Guide
February 27, 2009
The Enough Project’s Darfur Christian Action campaign today launched a new study guide designed to introduce Roman Catholics to Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond by Enough Project Co-chair John Prendergast and actor/activist Don Cheadle.
Christians Take Action On Darfur With New Study Guide—The “Not On Our Watch Christian Companion”
August 7, 2008
The Washington, D.C. based ENOUGH Project is proud to announce the release of the Not on Our Watch Christian Companion: Biblical Reflections on the Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond. The Companion links individual Christians and churches to the wider Darfur movement and provides guidance for mobilizing their support.
News Clips & Coverage
Lititz Church Puts Darfur on its "Watch"
March 30, 2009
LANCASTER ONLINE — A small group in Lititz connected with the other side of the world Sunday night as members joined in prayer for an end to genocide, famine and war in Sudan's Darfur region.
Disciples Shape Initiative to Get Electronics Makers to Use "Conflict-Free" Materials
March 19, 2009
DISCIPLES WORLD — The American consumer’s reliance on cell phones, computers and other electronic devices has encouraged a boom in the extraction of precious minerals. Such consumerism, in part, fuels the actions of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they wreak havoc on the environment and commit crimes against humanity.
Speaking Up On Darfur - Capital J: The Global News Service of the Jewish People
March 19, 2009
JTA — A top Reform Jewish movement leader joined other Darfur activists and members of Congress in calling on the United States and the international community to step up their efforts to end the genocide in Darfur.
Indictment of Sudanese President Seen As Step Toward Peace in Sudan
March 5, 2009
THE CATHOLIC REVIEW — The International Criminal Court’s issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity opens the door for the United States to help bring peace to the war-torn nation, said author and anti-genocide activist John Prendergast.
Darfur: Not on Our Watch - Conversations Create the Change
February 21, 2009
jonathanmerritt.blogspot.com — While Americans fund our Starbucks addictions during economic recession with the change from beneath our couch cushions, an estimated 10,000 people die each month in the Darfur region of Sudan. The UN News Service estimates that around 400,000 lives have been lost and an additional two million refugees have been created in more than a decade of violent genocide. I have often wondered why there is not an international outcry, particularly among Christians in America who claim to be protectors of human life.
Sudan's Mundri Diocese Terrorized by Lord's Resistance Army Attacks
January 16, 2009
EPISCOPAL LIFE ONLINE — Several parishes and villages in Sudan's Episcopal Diocese of Mundri have fallen victim to a fresh wave of attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel organization whose soldiers are prolonging a two-decades-long terrorist campaign gruesomely marked by widespread massacres and child abductions.
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Addresses UN and AJWS
December 3, 2008
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE —Today marks another step in the fight for justice in Darfur, Sudan. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) presented his 8th report to the United Nations Security Council. In it he described ongoing crimes in Darfur and urged all states to cooperate with the court's efforts and to prepare for the potential issuance of an arrest warrant against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Local Parishioners Show Support for People Suffering in Darfur
November 26, 2008
CATHOLIC UNIVERSE BULLETIN — Amena had a decision to make. She had to make her decision within the few seconds given to her on the day that the militia forces, known as the Janjaweed, invaded her village in the Darfur region, which is located in Africa’s largest country, Sudan.
New Book Available for Free to Educate, Mobilize Christians on Darfur Crisis
October 24, 2008
THE GOSPEL HERALD — Many in America have heard of the atrocities taking place in Sudan’s Darfur region. Few, however, can say they know well about the ongoing crisis and even less have done something to stand against it.
Methodists help sell books on Christian response to Darfur
October 22, 2008
DALLAS MORNING NEWS — What: The United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, the One Horizon Foundation along with the Enough Project, are offering free copies of the new study guide, "Not on Our Watch Christian Companion: Biblical Reflections to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond".
News Notes
September-October 2008
MARYKNOLL OFFICE FOR GLOBAL CONCERNS — Drawing from the rich Christian humanitarian tradition as well as from traditions of public political involvement, this resource provides biblical reflections on ethical issues as well as practical guidance for action to create change in Darfur.
Mission: Darfur
September, 2008
SOJOURNERS MAGAZINE — The 2007 book Not on Our Watch, by John Prendergast and Don Cheadle, aims to raise awareness of the genocide in Darfur. Biblical Reflections on the Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, by Bill Mefford and Greg Leffel, is the newly released companion to it. Each of the eight study sessions contains scriptural reflections, discussion questions, weekly action steps, and vignettes from refugees, activists, and organizations on the ground.
Adult Sunday school roundup
August 29, 2008
UM PORTAL — Attention Sunday school program chairs: Is the curriculum already lined up for your adult Sunday school class this fall? If so, congratulate yourself for thinking ahead. For the procrastinators among us, staff writer Mary Jacobs takes a look at new materials for Bible studies and other topical studies, ranging from 8 to 18 weeks in length.
Study guide offer steps on Darfur involvement
August 11, 2008
WASHINGTON (UMNS) — A biblically based study, developed to accompany a best-selling book on the crisis in Darfur, is available to help the Christian community mobilize against atrocities in Sudan. Not on Our Watch Christian Companion: Biblical Reflections on the Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond is an eight-week study written by Bill Mefford, director of civil and human rights for the United Methodist Board of Church and Society, and Greg Leffel, president of One Horizon Foundation.
Darfur the focus of new Bible study guide
August 11, 2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Many perspectives have been used over the years as the basis for Scripture study, but a new Bible study using ongoing genocide as its basis may be a first. The Not on Our Watch Christian Companion uses the atrocities in Darfur, a region in Sudan, for its biblical reflections.
Resource to mobilize Christians against genocide
August 8, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A biblically based eight-week study to accompany the best-seller Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond was written to help the Christian community mobilize against this most heinous crime against humanity.
Darfur Resources
August 6, 2008
UM NEXUS — The General Board of Church and Society will sponsor a press roundtable Aug. 7 to introduce a new resource intended to connect United Methodists with the plight of those suffering from genocidal attacks in Darfur, Sudan and other places around the world.