AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria - Africa

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Feb 13: Algeria

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Algeria

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Africa

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Geography

Area: 2,381,741 sq km
Agriculture is possible on the Mediterranean coast, in the Atlas Mountains and at oases; 80% is desert.
Population: 35,422,589    Annual Growth: 1.52%
Capital: Algiers
Urbanites: 66.5%
HDI Rank: 104 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 41 (85% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Arabic and Berber. French and English are widely used, and 25% speak one of the Berber languages    Languages: 22 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Muslim

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	99,183	0.28	7.5
Evangelicals	84,081	0.2	8.1
Muslim	34,462,637	97.29

Answer to Prayer

The Church is a very indigenous, truly Algerian expression of faith. Scriptures and study materials, worship styles and, increasingly, training and leadership are all expressed in culturally relevant ways. The resources available to believers in their own languages and forms, once scarce, are multiplying.
     For an additional 2 Answers to Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

Challenge for Prayer

Pray for the active mission force. Pray that God would raise up more workers to help strengthen the local church. Work is under way in many areas. Especially pray for these:
a) Relief work remains very much an urgent priority, but one that requires sensitivity.
b) Christian music. Much is being written in Kabyle, less so in other languages. Pray for increased production quality and wider dissemination of this valuable tool for witness and discipleship.
c) Work among the children of Christians. There is no ministry specifically geared for children. Pray for strong discipleship of Christian children at home; at school they are bombarded with Quranic teaching.
d) The leadership of the Algerian Church in Europe, and for missionary calls to their homeland. There are over 3,000 Algerian Christians in Europe, many of whom fled the violence or persecution back home. Pray for many to be raised up as apostles to their own people.
     For an additional 9 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Algeria.