Source: Sat-7, October 3, 2018<\/p>\n
Like many Christian leaders in Algeria, Samia and Salah have witnessed amazing church growth in recent years. \u201cEvery three months, the church holds baptisms, sometimes for more than 100 people. In June, 67 people were baptized,\u201d says Salah. But as political tensions have increased, churches have been subject to greater interference from governmental and local authorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey refuse to grant permission for churches to operate, and then they close them down because they don\u2019t have official permission,\u201d Salah explains.<\/p>\n
Eleven churches have been closed, including Salah and Samia\u2019s in A\u00efn Turk, near Oran. It was shut down for seven months before thankfully reopening in June. Undeterred, Salah simply says, \u201cThe more problems the Church faces, the stronger it grows.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00bb Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00bb Also read another story from Algeria, this one about a Christian husband on trial for evangelizing his wife<\/a> (Morning Star News).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Sat-7, October 3, 2018 Like many Christian leaders in Algeria, Samia and Salah have witnessed amazing church growth in recent years. \u201cEvery three months, the church holds baptisms, sometimes for more than 100 people. In June, 67 people were baptized,\u201d says Salah. But as political tensions have increased, churches have been subject to greater … Continue reading ALGERIA: Church Growth Despite Adversity<\/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-8176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176","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=8176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8177,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176\/revisions\/8177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}