Now in its third year of broadcast, ‘My Church’ in Algeria is reaching thousands of remote communities across North Africa, it was reported in early August.
A secluded Protestant church in the Algerian mountains has quickly grown to over 1,600 members. Daughter churches are now meeting to accommodate numbers.
Programme producer Samia Jallali Kessai is heartened by the commitment of many members: ‘In the winter, it is very difficult to find a way up to the mountains. People have to wake up at five o’clock to get transport. The church service starts at 9.30 am, but by 8 am you will find that the church is full and many cannot find a seat’.
