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Reverend executed after arrest in Nuba Mountains

A church leader from the Sudanese Episcopal Church in Heban, in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, was executed extrajudicially on 23 July along with six other people from the Otoro ethnic group, after they were arrested by the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM/N). Reverend Adil Idris Jangoul...

Seminary of the Southwest elects Ruthanna Hooke as 10th dean and president

The Board of Trustees of Seminary of the Southwest has elected the Rev. Ruthanna B. Hooke, PhD, as the seminary’s 10th dean and president. Hooke will begin her service on January 1, 2027. Hooke comes to Southwest from Virginia Theological Seminary, where she serves as Professor...
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Reverend executed after arrest in Nuba Mountains

A church leader from the Sudanese Episcopal Church in Heban, in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains,...

Seminary of the Southwest elects Ruthanna Hooke as 10th dean and president

The Board of Trustees of Seminary of the Southwest has elected the Rev. Ruthanna B....

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