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
Forced to Hide Her Faith
March 1, 2019
In our country in North Africa, the presidential elections don’t have an official date set but are scheduled for 2019. We are concerned about the future of the country and…
Touched by Jesus through Television
February 28, 2019
Our vision at House of Hope is to see a church in every village, town, and city of the Maghreb country (northwestern Africa). Last year, our team had someone praying…
Bold Faith in Hard Circumstances
February 21, 2019
Muki* is a new believer, he is currently a university student. One day while he was on Facebook, he came a crossed a video that explained why Jesus is not…
Walking to Jesus
February 18, 2019
Ashaki* is a five-year-old girl who, when she was born, due to lack of care in proper medical supervision, suffered from a broken hip at the moment of delivery. Since…
Jesus Reveals Himself
January 31, 2019
Jesus reveals Himself in a mosque. A lady from North East Africa had often been going to the mosque to pray, for the last two years. Jesus appeared and revealed…
God Provides Everything – Even a Husband
January 30, 2019
*D is a woman who has been a convert for years but who do not attend church. She isn’t able to attend church or leave her home due to the…
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…
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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.
