Washington - Alaska District LWML
Mission Grants 2010 - 2012
The Sudan has been at war with itself for 17 years and many Sudanese have fled their homeland. Statistics indicate that approximately 740 Sudanese families reside within a 25-mile radius of King of Kings Lutheran Church in Renton, WA. Resting on the promise that God will bless the Sudanese community He brought to our doorstep, the mission of King of Kings is to support ordained Sudanese Pastor Matthew Both in his outreach to the Sudanese in the Northwest. Pastor Both has completed his Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology training (EIIT) to become a licensed deacon and was ordained for word and sacrament ministry to the Sudanese in Washington on July 12, 2009. Pastor Both conducts worship services in Nuer two Sundays a month, holds Bible studies in homes, visits families in their homes and hospitals, shuttles people without cars to and from church services, assists with citizenship and housing, teaches English to adults and Nuer to the children, and serves as an interpreter at local hospitals. He also ministers to the Nuer-speaking Sudanese from North Seattle to Auburn, to those in Kennewick, Washington and visits Dinka and Equatoria ethnic groups in the area.