For around two decades, twice a week, MERF’s Somali language radio programmes have aired Christ’s good news far and wide in the midst of an overwhelmingly harsh Islamic environment. By God’s grace, many respond to the gospel. Inquirers are carefully followed up. MERF puts Somali Bibles in the hands of hungry souls, and translates, prints and distributes basic Christian literature to build young believers solidly in the faith. Printed Bibles and Christian literature are very much in demand....

If God is God, then He is sovereign over all things. Our world view affirms a divine Providence who governs human history. He doesn’t just govern the orbits of the planets. He is sovereign over everything. That’s the idea that defines our whole understanding of human life, our whole understanding of economics, our whole understanding of government, our whole understanding of education. That concept is on a collision course with every philosophy in human history that would deny the sovereignty...

Prior to independence Algeria was home to more than a million who would have identified as being from a Christian background (mainly French). The majority were evacuated to France in 1962. Today around 98% of Algeria’s 44 million population would identify as Sunni Muslim. Some would claim there has been a modest rise in Algerians calling themselves non-religious, particularly among younger adults. Algeria’s constitution declares Islam to be the state religion, but also declares that freedom...