Protestantism

Protestantism

Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...

is a minority in Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

. The small Christian generally practices its faith without government interference. The Protestant Church of Algeria

Protestant Church of Algeria

The Protestant Church of Algeria is a small religious body formed in 1972 by the union of several smaller Protestant denominations in Algeria.The church has about 1,500 members, mainly in the northern coastal region of the country...

 likely has tens of thousands of followers. It is a Reformed Church. The Protestant Church of Algeria is one of only two officially recognized Christian organizations in the country.
The Minister of Religious Affairs has called the evangelical Church "dangerous".

Converts expose themselves to the risk of attack by radical extremists.
Missionary groups are permitted to conduct humanitarian activities without government interference as long as they are discreet and do not proselytize openly. Algerian Christians are concentrated in Kabylie

Kabylie

Kabylie or Kabylia , is a region in the north of Algeria.It is part of the Tell Atlas and is located at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Kabylia covers several provinces of Algeria: the whole of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia , most of Bouira and parts of the wilayas of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Jijel,...

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Since, 2006 missioning Muslims can be punished with up to five years of prison.
Algeria is a country with a major impact of islamism

Islamism

Islamism also , lit., "Political Islam" is set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system. Islamism is a controversial term, and definitions of it sometimes vary...

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List of Denominations

• Armée du Salut
• Assemblées de Dieu
• Eglise Adventiste du Séptieme Jour
  Seventh-day Adventist Church
  The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
  
  
• Eglise Evangélique Copte
• Eglise Protestante d'Algérie
  Protestant Church of Algeria
  The Protestant Church of Algeria is a small religious body formed in 1972 by the union of several smaller Protestant denominations in Algeria.The church has about 1,500 members, mainly in the northern coastal region of the country...
  
  
• Frères Larges
• Mission Baptiste Evangélique
• Mission Biblique de Ghardaia
• Mission d'Afrique du Nord
• Mission Evangélique au Sahara
• Mission Evangélique de Médéa
• Mission Evangélique du Sahara
• Mission Rolland

Source of the list: The World Christian Encyclopedia, Second edition, Volume 1, p. 57