Tuning into North African hearts

OM International

John* is the leader of a very effective ministry in North Africa. Five years ago Frank Fortunato and Chuck Oakley of Heart Sounds International, a ministry of OM, were invited to assess the possibility of setting up an audio and video studio in John's nation. A mission agency then funded the first phase of the studio. Later Chuck returned with a team from his church to set up a video editing studio at this training base and mentor the staff.

In a recent interview, John said the video ministry has now produced and aired 150 programmes. They have also recently completed 52 testimony-oriented audio programmes, with more in production. As a result of these broadcasts their team has planted 15 new churches!  And they now have 12 full-time and eight part-time people doing follow-up of responses to the programmes. The video ministry is now officially registered with the government as a legitimate business.

Pray for this effective ministry as it reaches into isolated homes in North Africa, and give thanks for the ongoing work of Heart Sounds International that enables nations to produce their own Christian media. In the next months, teams plan to participate in worship and recording projects in India, Myanmar, Siberia, Malawi, Philippines and Mongolia. For more information about these projects contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Job opportunities in North Africa

  • Short-term campaigns administator
    Helping to organise and run short-term programs in a North African country. Handling administrative duties for the short-term program co-ordinators. The duties include: a) Receiving and answering correspondence from prospective recruits and home offices b) Keeping in regular contact with home offices, recruiting for our short-term programs. C) Helping the short-term co-ordinators with training members of the short-term teams d) Working with the co-ordinators to improve the training program on a regular basis

Recent Stories from North Africa

Tuning into North African hearts
28 Apr, 2008
Heart Sounds International has assisted workers in North Africa as they seek to reach into isolated homes in the region.

Open doors in Mauritania
28 Feb, 2008
The Ladies Travelling Team was sent to Mauritania, where they experienced a wide-open door. The team in Morocco is involved in ministry in eight locations (evangelism, discipleship, church planting) and is experiencing open doors in a town in the heartland of the Berbers.

Baptisms and House Churches
28 Feb, 2008
One of the first known M’zab believers was baptised this summer (M’zab is an unreached people group from southern Algeria with strong Islamic traditions) and church planting teams are experiencing growth of house churches in ten different cities. Eleven students finished the Timothy School this year; 107 have graduated since the school started. They are looking for new premises.

House churches and trainign base
28 Feb, 2008
It is encouraging to see the growth and development of two house churches in two different cities. Church membership increased by at least 30 percent; recently three were baptised in one city.

The ministry training base was purchased and is now being built in January 2008.

Honeymoon for Algerian church over?
Honeymoon for Algerian church over?11 Feb, 2008
The freedom that the Algerian church has experienced until last year seems to be coming to an end with increased pressure from the government. Algerian believers have requested prayer as churches have recently been closed and several brothers stand trial.

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