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Welcome to the Dolieb Hill Presbytery website. |
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Wherever you are in the world, we hope you enjoy your visit and find the online information, resources and news about our church, work and mission useful.
Dolieb Hill was the first place in which the American
Missionary begun their mission in Upper
Nile Province
in 1902, south of Malakal, twelve mile away. It had been the head quarter for the
American Mission for evangelizing other places such as Nasir, Abwong Akobo,
Benitue and Pashila. The first Bible
School was established
there to train indigenous pastors to reduce the cost of training abroad.
The
Presbyterian Church of the Sudan
has been one presbytery for almost one hundred years and despite its rapid
growth, no decision was made to decentralize the Church to become more
effective and relevant to people whom they served. People spoke about the
decentralization of PCOS in many different General Assembly meetings, which is an
effective system of church governing within Presbyterian churches around the
World. But these voices were over sighted due to logical reasons such as the war
in Sudan
for half a century and the lack of manpower to tackle these responsibilities. Read full background....
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