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North Africa Mission


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    • N.A.M. (North Africa Mission)
    • NAM (North Africa Mission)
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    • Descriptor

        Religious institutions
    • Associated Locale

        Algeria
    • Associated Locale

        Africa, North
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Field of Activity

      Missions to Muslims

      Christianity

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    • Sources

      • found: Steele, F.R. Not in vain, the story of North Africa Mission (subj.)t.p. (North Africa Mission) ack. (mentions "our American office" and also London office; NAM) pref. (mentions three missions, North Africa Mission, Algiers Mission Band, Southern Morocco Mission, "now merged into one family" but does not give name) CIP data sheet (work covers history "from its inception in 1881 to modern day") [appears to be ind. evang. body]
      • found: Encyclopedia of modern Christian missions, [1967]:p. 502 (In 1964 the Algiers Mission Band was absorbed by the North Africa Mission)
      • found: Yale University WWW Site, 23 Mar. 2007:Missionary Periodicals Database page (Mission to Kabyles and other Berber Races continued as the North Africa Mission)
      • found: Cross & crescent (Upper Darby, Pa. : 1978), 1987:cover (Arab World Ministries; founded as North Africa Mission)
      • found: Jisc Archives Hub website, viewed 12 April 2023:under Arab World Ministries Archive (Christian mission; the original Mission to the Kabyles and Other Berber Races was established in 1881, later changing its name to the North Africa Mission in 1888; by 1900 mission work in the region had expanded to include Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia)
      • found: North Africa [bi-monthly journal], May/June 1964:page [1] (The North Africa Mission, incorporating The Southern Morocco Mission; London Office: 34, Bisham Gardens, Highgate, London N.6; Glasgow Office: 64, Bothwell Street, Glasgow G.2; Field Administration Office address: 14 Rue Bugeaud, Casablanca, Morocco; sphere of operation of the North Africa Mission: Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, and formerly in Tripolitania) page [2] (the North Africa Mission and the Algiers Mission Band, from July 1964, will be unified in a kindred mission to establish a strong Christian Church among the North African people)
      • found: AWM-Pioneers website, viewed 12 April 2023(The Mission was established in 1881 and was initially called The Mission to the Kabyles and other Berber Races before it took on the more memorable name North Africa Mission; absorbed the Southern Morocco Mission in 1961, the Algiers Mission Band mission in 1965, and the Dades Valley Fellowship mission in 1983; the name Arab World Ministries (AWM) was adopted in 1987 to reflect its mission family for reaching Muslims of the Arab world, wherever they may be found, with the good news of Jesus Christ)
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    • Change Notes

      • 1981-04-28: new
      • 2023-04-13: revised
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