Algerian authorities’ church building closure campaign escalates after peaceful protest
From Barnabas Fund:
Algerian authorities have escalated church closures with three churches sealed on 15 October – just days after the Algerian Protestant Church Association (EPA) on 9 October held a peaceful protest outside the provincial government offices.
Church leaders and Christians from across the country gathered for the public demonstration, an unusual event for Christians in Algeria, with hand painted protest banners in French and Arabic asking for unfair church sealing to end. Churches pastored by EPA leaders who took part in the protest were among the three ordered to be sealed later that same day.
The authorities moved in to forcibly evict worshippers from the Full Gospel Church in the city of Tizi Ouzou in 15 October, which is pastored by the EPA’s president. Around 700 church members, plus 300 other Christians who also used the building, have been left without a place of worship.
The second largest Protestant church in the country, the Source of Life Church in Makouda, was also sealed.
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