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
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…
Family Religion Abandoned in Favor of Christ
August 7, 2018
“My name is Grace. I was raised in a city that was not very diverse, in a time when there was a greater religious tolerance than there is today. I…
Divine Appointment Leads to New House Church
June 22, 2018
We have trained each of our national workers who work in our ministry in various capacities. Last year we had a monthly training for church planting, and we began to…
Camp Opens Her Eyes to a Whole New World
June 21, 2018
Several years ago, I was surrounded by a group of children, the friends of the nephew of one of my friends. Today these “children” are youth, and my friend has…
Discipleship Group Leads to Transformed Life
June 13, 2018
A couple of AWEMA church planters planted a church over the course of two years in an area in northern Egypt, and subsequently handed it over to the Church of…
Woman’s Healing Brings Village to Christ
June 9, 2018
A member of our community had been very sick for quite some time. Her husband had taken her to many doctors and specialists, and had even tried witchcraft and sorcery,…
Jesus Revealed to a Family through a Dream
May 16, 2018
There was a family in the people group we are ministering to whose son who was very dedicated to Islam. His parents were very proud of him. With no warning,…
New Believers Bring their Families to Christ
May 12, 2018
God continues to bless the work our ministry is doing with new believers. A new sister in Christ is currently facing difficult health challenges, and we brought her to our…
Ministry in Spite of Opposition
April 21, 2018
Over the last month and a half, the government has become more and more disruptive to the work our ministry is doing. In spite of this, I am encouraged that…
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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.
