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The Spiritual Need in North Africa

North Africa refers to the northernmost region of the African continent, commonly including countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. The region is part of the 10/40 Window, which, including the Middle East, Central, and Southeast Asia, contains two-thirds of the world’s population and most of the world’s unreached people groups.

The Islamization and Arabization of North African culture began between the A.D. 600s and 1000s, when Muslim Arabs from the Middle East traversed the region in a wave of conquest. Today, Islamic beliefs and cultural identities make up 99.9% of the population in some North African countries. Most Muslims have had no opportunity to hear the truth of the gospel. Islam teaches explicitly that God has no Son (Qur’an 112:3), causing many Muslims to reject the gospel message by default without first seeking to understand it. Many assume Christians to be polytheists. In a harsh, shame-based society, North Africans desperately need Christians to live among them to demonstrate the lovingkindness and grace of our God.

Less than two percent of the population of many North African countries profess faith in Christ. Missionaries are often some of the only evangelical Christians in this region. The Traveling Team estimates that there is only one Christian missionary for every 405,500 Muslim people in the world.

Yet, anecdotal reports have poured in from throughout the Islamic world of Muslims seeking God and, through extraordinary circumstances, coming into contact with Christians, churches, and with the Bible. This often results in conversion. We believe that through faithful proclamation of the gospel, the church of Jesus Christ will be built among all the nations—including the Islamic world.

Share The Gospel In North Africa

What does it look like to meet physical needs, share Christ, and risk persecution to serve in a 99.9% Islamic country? ABWE missionaries in North Africa are tilling the soil, building trust, avoiding security risks, and praying that God gradually opens hearts to the gospel.

In this almost exclusively Muslim region, we seek to practically demonstrate the love of Christ by meeting spiritual and physical needs through services like medical care, education, teaching English, and developing small businesses. We see God working through personal relationships, hospitality, and a variety of services that demonstrate to people and their communities the reality of Jesus’s love. Through relationships founded on trust, Christian workers have opportunity to present the story of the Bible to their Muslim friends and neighbors and challenge them to follow Christ as Lord.

Our international Christian school in one North African country has been providing quality Christian education to children in grades K-12 for over 20 years. The school not only supports parents working in the country, but it serves as a training ground for the next generation of Christian workers. For qualified individuals who share our vision for the next generation, both teaching and leadership positions are open.

Christians are a small minority in these countries, and it is of utmost importance to build trust with and among national believers in the midst of persecution and turmoil in order to strengthen and advance the gospel. The need is immense for servant-leaders, fully dependent on God, willing to learn the language and culture, and work side-by-side to advance the gospel.

Will you join us in pioneer missions to unreached people groups in North Africa?

 

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Projects

Christian International School (CIS)

Christian International School (CIS) in North Africa has been providing a quality KG-12 Christian education for more than 20 years—equipping students to impact their world for Christ and providing longevity to many Christian workers and tent-makers partnering with the local community.…

Discipling Believers (North Africa)

The leaders of this project, Aquila and Priscilla (not their real names), focus on discipling North African and Middle Eastern believers so that the nationals can go on to lead churches and ministries among their own people in this region. Aquila and Priscilla do it primarily through summer camps, English camps, and a nine-month internship program designed for intense discipleship. …

Discipling Believers (North Africa)

North Africa is largely hostile to the gospel. Yet amidst the persecution, God is raising up young nationals to know him and lead churches and ministries in his name. From their training center, they go out to countries across the region to places where they are uniquely gifted to serve with their appearance, language, and cultural understanding.…

LG Egypt MINA

Around the Middle East, sports activities act like an open door into relationships and conversations with youth in Majority communities. In war-torn regions where conflict is a way of life, Arel uses athletics and play to connect with the next generation and share the Gospel.…

LG Leadership and Refugees with Robin and Salina (Middle East)

The gospel is going out into Syrian refugee communities through compassionate care and trusting relationships. This passionate couple understands the languages and cultures of the Middle East. Together, Robin and Salina use their perspective to serve refugees and displaced Majority communities within the region in a near neighbor country.…