Nearly 4 million Sudanese will vote on Sunday in a referendum for independence.
Some south Sudanese think that it is their destiny to be part of a separate nation and that it is written in the Old Testament.
Al Jazeera's Casey Kauffman reports from a village church in South Sudan.
Content on this website is for general information purposes only. Your comments are provided by your own free will and you take sole responsibility for any direct or indirect liability. You hereby provide us with an irrevocable, unlimited, and global license for no consideration to use, reuse, delete or publish comments, in accordance with Community Rules & Guidelines and Terms and Conditions.