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AWM and Pioneers to Merge

AWM U.S. and Pioneers-US have announced their joint intention to merge organizations.

For more details read the Media Release, check out the FAQs or see the summary of key reasons for the merger.

Lebanon sets Guinness World Record for Hummus

Lebanon has made history by making the world's largest serving of hummus.

Check out this BBC News article which includes a video clip to learn more.

BBC Article on Algeria

After years of civil war, Algeria is desperate to move on from its violent past. And despite security measures remaining extreme, big steps are being taken to get the country back on its feet.

(Chloe Arnold, BBC News, Algiers)

We think the full article is worth reading: Algerians keen to step out from shadow of violent past.

You can also listen to it as a Radio 4 podcast (this may disappear soon though).

Christians in Morocco urgently need our prayers

A few days ago, government officials called together the twenty foster parents of the Village of Hope orphanage in Ainh Leuh, Morocco. After searching their homes and questioning parents and foster children the parents and their (biological) children were told to pack up their belongings and leave. The reason behind this sudden expulsion was that the parents were said to be proselytising the children in their care.

The Village of Hope orphanage opened its doors ten years ago to provide care and a loving home for abandoned children who otherwise would have ended up on the streets or in large state-run orphanages. It has always been open about the fact that it is a Christian orphanage and this has not been a problem until now. It is thought that these events - as well as other recent police interest in Christian activity and the recent expulsion of other expatriates in the ...

Meeting Raided in Morocco

Christians in Morocco are concerned. A recent raid took place on a meeting of believers. Sixty policemen, including a colonel, following orders from the new justice minister, arrested those at the meeting: 18 Moroccans (including children and non-believers) and the American teaching at the meeting. All were questioned and released; the American was taken to the airport and expelled.

This is not the first incident of this kind, which is why there is concern. Christians in Morocco are concluding that there is a new national policy concerning Moroccan Christians, who would all be from a Muslim background.

An expat living in Morocco says:

The Moroccan church is growing and I think the government is trying to figure out how this is happening. With the Islamic fundamentalists, they know how this [growth] is happening. Money comes in from Saudi Arabia and the Emirates and is given to the poor in the ...

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