The Music

EVEN IN SORROW
A Recorded Project for the Persecuted Church in Sudan

Written and sung by Sudanese Youth Choirs on location in Sudan, the heart and soul of these songs declare God¹s goodness, love and faithfulness toward His people from the midst of the most intense torture and persecution of Christians in our world today. The event which we experienced in one tragic day, on September 11, the Sudanese have experienced on a weekly basis for the last 19 years.

Most of the people you hear singing have, thus far, survived the horrors of this "holy war". Some of the voices you hear have not. The voices simply and profoundly question one of the deepest concerns in the history of our creation; "Where is God in the midst of our suffering, and why do His people suffer?" Though many of them believe that their suffering is punishment for their sin, like Job and even like their Savior, the song of their lives declares, "..though He slay me, yet shall I trust Him!"-Job

The songs are reformatted in "World-beat" style to make them more accessible to western listeners, featuring the voice of Slater Armstrong, along with the Sudanese choir. As of yet, there is no slice of the market pie for this music. It is a work of pioneering a new place in the Christian Music market for the songs of Christians on the "front lines" to be heard. One of the songs on this album, Follow Him, was featured in the worship leader resource, Song DISCovery, this past July. It is already attracting interest for use in churches in the U.S., though its context is undeclared!

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT is to transmit and "amplify" these songs of faith under persecution, in hopes that the church in the west might awaken and join our voices with theirs in intercession, financial support and calling for international intervention on their behalf. "Even In Sorrow" will generate relief funds which will be sent directly to Sudanese Churches who participated in the project, as well as established and trusted agencies already working in the Sudan. The writers are credited and will receive writer royalties.

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Listen to excerpts from the songs