Pray for: Algeria

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Key Stats

Religion & Geography
Category Statistic
Continent: Africa
Capital: Algiers
Population: 46,278,751
% Urban: 74.3 %
Population Under 15 Yrs: 31 %
Official Language: Arabic and Berber. French and English are widely used, and 25% speak one of the Berber languages
Languages: 22
Literacy Rate: 80 %
Life Expectancy: 76.4 yrs (76/236)
HDI Ranking: 91 / 189
% Christian: 0.3 %
% Evangelical: 0.2 %
Largest Religion: Muslim
% Largest Religion: 97.3 %
People Groups: 38
Least Reached People Groups: 34
% Unevangelized: 59 %
Persecution Ranking: 19 / 50

Algeria

Title: Algeria

Tier: 1

Type: country

The growth of the Algerian Church over the past decade is an answer to prayer! Many years of hard work by missionaries and praying people produced beautiful fruit. Most believers come from a Kabyle Berber background, but faith grows among Arabs and most other people groups as well. The Christian community enjoys a spirit of unity, which stands out from the long history of conflict among ethnic groups. Some received supernatural visions of Jesus, but most came to Him through personal evangelism. New fellowships began throughout Algeria, partly because Berber believers moved into unreached Arab areas with the Gospel.

Algeria

Title: Algeria

Tier: 1

Type: country

The Church has a very indigenous, truly Algerian way of expressing faith. Scriptures and study materials, worship styles, and even training and leadership reflect Algerian culture well. Algeria needs more workers to help strengthen the local church and to bring the gospel to the unreached millions. Several agencies reach out to Algerians through radio, literature, satellite TV, portable media, and Bible correspondence courses. Praise God for the increase of these resources, and pray for wider distribution! With the growing pressure on churches in Algeria from the government, it is very important to have Christian resources in languages and formats that will allow the persecuted church to continue to grow and spread.

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Content taken or adapted from Operation World, 7th Edition (2010) and Pray for the World (2015). Both books are published by InterVarsity Press. All rights reserved.