Algerian Church Continues in Spite of Burnt Building

 Our friends at Compass Direct are reporting on an Algerian Church that is continuing to worship the Lord despite the persecution they are under from the Muslims who set their church on fire.  Here's part of the story:

ISTANBUL, January 21 (CDN) — Members of a church in Algeria’s Kabylie region gathered to worship last Saturday (Jan. 16) in their new building despite a protest, vandalism and a fire that damaged the building the previous weekend.
 
Local Muslims bent on running the congregation out of the neighborhood set fires inside and outside the building on Jan. 9.
 
Before setting it on fire, the assailants ransacked the Tafat Church building in Tizi Ouzou, a city 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Algiers. The perpetrators damaged everything within the new building, including electrical appliances. 
 
“This last Saturday the church held a service even though not everyone was present,” said Mustapha Krim, president of the Protestant Church of Algeria (EPA). “But they continue.”