With the fires in Algeria this week, let’s pray for those who have lost homes and loved ones, that God will meet them in powerful ways, comfort them, supply their needs, give them a hunger to know Him, and make a way for them to hear the Good News, know His endless love and receive His grace. Pray also for Christians in that country who face much persecution for their faith.
Lord, we ask You for those who are grieving right now, who have lost homes and loved ones in the fires. Meet them where they are in such powerful ways, they will feel Your love and hunger for You. Bring Christians into their path to share with them the Good News, and provide for them in a way that they will know You are the One who did that. Grow Your church in Algeria. Lift the veil from the eyes of those who are lost, and give them a deep longing for Truth. Be a Shield around every Christian and church. Protect them from harm and persecution in such ways that the lost around them see You as You truly are and fall on their faces in reverence and surrender. Open the way for Your Word to reach every Algerian so that they can easily understand. May Your kingdom come to every home and heart in Algeria!
Algeria is #24 on Open Doors’ World Watchlist of most dangerous countries for Christians.
“We see signs of a new revival. Muslims are coming to us; they are tired, and some clearly and openly say, ‘We want to know Christ.’”
Christian “Muslih” in Northern Africa
“The majority of Christians in Algeria are converts from Islam. They are most at risk of persecution, not just from their family and extended family, but from the wider community which includes local ethnic leaders and elders. This can involve harassment, beatings, threats and imprisonment, as well as pressure to adhere to Islamic customs. Pressure is also exerted by state officials receptive to the teachings of radical Islamic teachers. They use their influence to limit the freedoms of converts, including preventing them from expressing their views in public. Those living in the rural and religiously more conservative parts of Algeria—which acted as a stronghold for Islamist insurgents in the fight against the government in the 1990s—are particularly exposed to pressure and danger. Laws regulating non-Muslim worship prohibit anything that would ‘shake the faith of a Muslim’ or be used as ‘a means of seduction intending to convert a Muslim to another religion.’ And in the past three years, authorities in Algeria have engaged in a systematic campaign against EPA churches (Protestant Church of Algeria), which has seen 13 churches forcibly closed by the authorities. Others have received orders to cease all activities.” — Open Doors
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