Histoires d'hommes et de femmes en Afrique
Découvrez comment Dieu travaille à travers la vie de gens ordinaires pour étendre son royaume. Lisez des récits d'africains et de missionnaires, envoyés du monde entier, qui cherchent à partager la bonne nouvelle avec ceux qui ne l'ont pas encore entendue.
Into the hard places
Miriam* and her husband have taken a short term trip to a creative access area. We asked them a few questions about their experiences...
What’s life like in North Africa?
Fatima’s day starts early and ends late. She explains what she normally gets up to. Each day starts with dawn prayers. Then, breakfast needs to be made...
What would you give up for God?
A missionary serving in North Africa shares their story. "As a teenager I really wanted to be cool. I was willing to do almost anything for it..."
Lamb Kefta Tagine (meatball stew)
The large dome-shape of the tagine is designed to return condensed liquid to the base. This means a minimal amount of water is needed to cook. The region of North Africa (including the Middle East) is the most water-scarce region in the world.
The starting point of mission
There are many ways we could answer the ‘Why mission?’ question. We could talk about the need to change our broken world and combat injustice. We could talk about the need to rescue people from the judgment of God. We could talk about the command of Christ and his call in the Great Commission to go to the nations.
I met Jesus on the TV
“I met Jesus on the TV”. Samara smiles at my confusion. “One day, I was flicking through the TV channels looking for something to watch. I found this man talking about religion in Arabic. But this wasn’t Islam. He was talking about Jesus.
A land in transition
The area where two of our workers are based - once a stronghold of the early church and pivotal to the development of Christianity - was overrun by the Arab conquest of North Africa. Find out more here...
What is Islam?
There are many expressions of Islam, reflected across Muslim believers from different countries and cultures. Even within the two main branches, Sunni and Shi’a, there can be differences in beliefs and practices. But all Muslims share some core beliefs, the five pillars of Islam, outlining general rules for living.
How do you plant a church in North Africa?
There is often a necessity for church planting in creative access areas to look different from what we might be used to. We asked a member of a team in North Africa what church planting might look like for them, and how they maintain their relationship with God in a spiritually isolating area.
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