What does it mean to be spiritually minded? Being spiritually minded involves being conscious of the spiritual world, which happens as the result of God’s work through the Holy Spirit. Christians who are spiritually minded grow in understanding of the kingdom of God.

Despite a context of struggle and persecution, the church in the Sudan has continued to grow, both spiritually and numerically. The author, who has spent several years living and working in Sudan with the Church Mission Society, reflects on what Christians worldwide might learn from the experience of the Sudanese church. "But God is not defeated!" is the refrain famous in Sudan as used by Ezra Lawiri.