North Africa
Our strategy in North Africa is to preserve the Christian presence where it is under threat or in persecution, helping to sustain developing churches, while also training and sending church planters to areas where no churches currently exist. Because North Africa’s evangelical churches are quite young with many believers only in the faith for a few years, organizational development and leadership training are top priorities. Additionally, we focus on evangelistic media, creative holistic outreach, and ministry to women and children—marginalized groups who have special needs for spiritual and physical development.
Our strategy in North Africa is to preserve the Christian presence where it is under threat or in persecution, helping to sustain developing churches, while also training and sending church planters to areas where no churches currently exist. Because North Africa’s evangelical churches are quite young with many believers only in the faith for a few years, organizational development and leadership training are top priorities. Additionally, we focus on evangelistic media, creative holistic outreach, and ministry to women and children—marginalized groups who have special needs for spiritual and physical development.
Despite its strong Christian heritage, the region of North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Morocco) has been greatly influenced by Islam since the seventh century. Most North Africans are at least nominally Muslim, causing some to call this region the “Land of the Vanished Church.”
With few evangelical Christians and the serious risks involved in openly sharing the Gospel, evangelism of the region’s 174 million people is a great challenge. In recent years, the difficult environment for Christianity has intensified with civil unrest taking place in three of the five countries as a result of “Arab Spring.” Extremist Islamic groups are gaining power with an agenda to Islamize the entire region and rid it of its Christian presence. Despite these challenges, more and more North Africans are finding salvation in Jesus Christ and boldly taking up the challenge to reach their countrymen for the Lord.
Area Director
Allan
Hearing Jesus in a Dream
December 29, 2018
Jamal* is a young Muslim man who belongs to an Islamic group. He is a very religious man who prayed in the Mosque five times a day, as Islam and…
Lighthouse
December 28, 2018
I met Sukru* in one of our trainings in the Middle East. He found it surprising that someone from a foreign country would speak his language.** This allowed him to…
A New Perspective on Discipleship
November 23, 2018
One of our ministry’s higher education branches was established in 2004, back when several countries in the Middle East and North Africa had no seminary or Bible college options. Today…
Led to the Lord through Dreams
October 12, 2018
Our ministry recently received a call from a man who had seen a video that we had created and posted to our Facebook page. His first questions for us was…
It All Started with a Videotape
October 11, 2018
A brother, whose first contact with the Gospel was a few years ago, shared his story with us: “In my village’s market, I discovered a Christian videotape in my mother…
International Peace Festival in North Africa
October 7, 2018
This year for the second time, the Lord gave us the opportunity to participate in the International Peace Festival, which is carried out annually in North Africa. Our ministry was…
EGAW: Showing love to our neighbor
September 22, 2018
My name is H*. Three years ago, my husband decided that he wanted to join a literacy class, as he had never learned to read or write. He had heard…
New Graduates Blessed by the Timothy School
September 19, 2018
Nora*, a forty year old student at our school, recently gave us her testimony in tears. She told us that she thought her life was over and had no meaning,…
Persecution Leads Family to Ministry Work
August 15, 2018
Rose is currently a member of our media team, where she works on subtitling our programs from a local language into Arabic. This is her testimony of how she ended…
A Model of Discipleship
August 8, 2018
A young man from the northeast of Morocco accepted Jesus for the first time five months ago. Right away, he started sharing the Gospel with some of his friends at…
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General Ministry Fund – North Africa
Our strategy in North Africa is to preserve the Christian presence where it is under threat or in persecution, helping to sustain developing churches, while also training and sending church planters to areas where no churches currently exist. Because North Africa’s evangelical churches are quite young with many believers only in the faith for a few years, organizational development and leadership training are top priorities. Additionally, we focus on evangelistic media, creative holistic outreach, and ministry to women and children—marginalized groups who have special needs for spiritual and physical development.
