{"id":13484,"date":"2024-12-18T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T01:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13484"},"modified":"2024-12-18T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T01:03:43","slug":"north-africa-the-untold-story-of-christianity-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13484","title":{"rendered":"North Africa: The Untold Story of Christianity in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: Radical, December 12, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morocco has been a crossroads between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East for centuries. To say it\u2019s a cultural melting pot wouldn\u2019t cut it. And a closer look at its history will show how Christianity was bonded to its lands. Discover the diverse complexities that make Morocco what it is: one of the strongest Islamic strongholds today. Learn how it\u2019s all blending in today\u2019s church in unforeseen ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MHCSDLC915U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the video<\/a>, also below (12 minutes). It\u2019s part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLPWYBBat7NTnQV97d0o5Z06nxpW-sciZR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neighborhoods and Nations<\/a>, a series of video documentaries that explore the big questions, challenges, and obstacles Christians face as they navigate a complex world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Untold Story of Christianity in Morocco\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MHCSDLC915U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also from North Africa, let\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.org\/2024\/12\/06\/christian-imprisoned-in-algeria-released-after-3-years\/\">rejoice in the recent release of Suleiman Bouhafs<\/a>, a Christian imprisoned for three years in Algeria (International Christian Concern).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Radical, December 12, 2024 Morocco has been a crossroads between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East for centuries. To say it\u2019s a cultural melting pot wouldn\u2019t cut it. And a closer look at its history will show how Christianity was bonded to its lands. Discover the diverse complexities that make Morocco what it is: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13484\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">North Africa: The Untold Story of Christianity in Morocco<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13485,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13484\/revisions\/13485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}