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    TOP CHRISTIAN LEADERS JOIN 'SAVE DARFUR' RALLY

    Christian Post, CA
    May 1 2006

    WASHINGTON - Christian speakers were among the religious leaders,
    human rights activists, politicians, athletes and actors that convened
    to rally for greater U.S. involvement in the Darfur conflict on Sunday.

    Tens of thousands of demonstrators wearing T-shirts and waving signs
    such as "Never Again - Stop the Genocide," "Don't allow Sudan's
    sin to become a shame on the World!" and "No Excuses!" filled the
    National Mall demanding an end to what the United Nation calls one
    of the world's worst humanitarian disasters.

    Prominent Christian leaders were among politicians, a Nobel Prize
    winner, an Academy Award Winner, and heads of non-government
    organizations invited to speak at the "Save Darfur" rally.

    The Rev. Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs of
    the National Association of Evangelicals, prayed for the situation
    in Darfur during his speech.

    "We pray your blessings, your comforting will fall upon the enslaved,
    the victims on this day. They are there but we are here and when
    they are persecuted, we are persecuted," prayed Cizik. "When they
    are hungry, we are hungry. Grant us the knowledge to understand that,
    Heavenly Father.

    "We pray as well for the political leaders of the world, that their
    conscience would be stricken with the lost and suffering and that
    they would be moved to action. We are people of conscience and
    together we can stop the genocide. May it be so. Amen," concluded
    the NAE representative.

    Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.,
    also called for action, encouraging the United States and other
    countries to make a stronger commitment to saving Darfur.

    "Our nation has to get onboard," declared McCarrick. "Every nation
    has to get onboard. Now is the time. Now is the time to put our money
    where our mouth is. Now is the time!"

    With at least 180,000 people dead and some 2 million homeless,
    according to The Associated Press, the ongoing violence between the
    government militias and ethnic minority rebels in the western Darfur
    region is one of the most serious in the world today.

    "This issue that we face today is not only an issue for Americans
    but for every citizen of the world," the Rev. Geoff Tunnicliffe,
    international director of the World Evangelical Alliance, said
    on Sunday.

    "The Scriptures make it very clear that we must stand with those who
    are voiceless and powerless. Today we stand with the Darfur people
    and speak out loudly against the outrageous atrocities they are being
    subjected," Tunnicliffe said.

    Other Christian leaders that spoke at the Save Darfur rally included
    Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics &
    Religious Liberties Commission; the Rev. Walter Fauntroy of New Bethel
    Baptist Church of Washington, D.C.; the Rev. John L. McCullough,
    executive director and CEO of Church World Service; Tony Kireopoulos
    of the National Council of Churches; and the Rev. Fr. Tateos Abdalian
    of the Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church.
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