Desert Sand, a colourful name to describe the arid countries of North Africa, is the name Global Ministries is giving to the gathering Kingdom momentum in that part of the world. Alliance missions actually started on the African continent with the very first C&MA missionaries arriving in the Congo in 1884. Because of those historical efforts, reproducing churches exist in numerous countries south of the Sahara.

It has been said that all the easy places have been reached and only the hard ones remain. Desert Sand certainly qualifies as a hard place because each of these North African countries is more than 99% Muslim.

Yet the Spirit of God is moving in the hearts of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada. There is a growing interest and commitment on the part of business people, career workers and people of prayer as they consider this last bastion in the fight for Africa's eternal soul. 

How you can pray:   1)  Going into a new region where more than 99% of the people don't believe that Jesus is Lord means that nothing significant is going to happen in the Kingdom unless God's people lay the ground work first - on their knees. Pray that God will break down the enemy strongholds in the Desert Sand area and establish his Kingdom for his glory. 2)  New initiatives mean that new teams are forming. Pray that the new teams in the Desert Sand area and in other parts of Africa will experience divine unity and will be shining examples of what the Body of Christ looks like. Pray that new members joining these teams will be able to transition well and soon feel at home. 3)  In all of Africa, good language skills are key. Pray for those doing Sonlife training, Bible teaching, personal evangelism and the necessary interaction with government offices. Pray that their ability to speak local languages will increase and will never impede the spread of the Gospel.