
The starting point of mission
There are many ways we could answer the โWhy mission?โ 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
โI met Jesus on the TVโ. Samara smiles at my confusion. โOne day, I was flicking through the TV channels looking for something to watch. I found this man talking about religion in Arabic. But this wasnโt 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 Shiโa, 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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