Day 7 - North Africa

Living as a Christian in a Muslim country

What percentage of people in North Africa are Christian?

Country: Percentage of Christians:
Algeria
Less than 1%

Egypt
Coptic Orthodox 9 % Other Christian 1 %

Libya
Other religions 3% (includes Christians)

Morocco
Christian 1.1%

Sudan
Christian 5% (mostly in southern Sudan and Khartoum)

Tunisia
Christian 1%

Western Sahara
None known.

Source: www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook

Kids Spot

Do you know all the places in the Bible where Egypt is mentioned?

Egypt as a place and as a nation is one of the most frequently mentioned names in the Bible.

1. When Abram was struggling to survive a famine he made the journey to Egypt to escape the severest part of the famine. Genesis 12:10.
2. Joseph, the great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers. Eventually Joseph becomes second in charge to Pharaoh over all of Egypt.
3. Moses leads the Israelite slaves out of Egypt to the Promised Land.
4. The book of Exodus describes the leaving of Egypt, and the time afterwards crossing of the Red Sea and wandering in the desert.
5. In Jeremiah’s time, some Israelites returned to Egypt, despite his warning that God would not support them. Jeremiah prophesied that Egypt too would be defeated by Babylon. Many of the prophets have prophecies against Egypt. Egypt remained a symbol of military power.
6. In the New Testament, God told Joseph to flee to Egypt with his wife and baby son Jesus because Herod was going to kill all the boys in Bethlehem. Jesus, with His family, then came out of Egypt and returned to Israel, just as all the Israelites did, when God saved them, as described in Exodus. Today, Jesus still comes to seek and save the lost.

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