[1] While exact numbers are not precise, estimates of members range from 100,000 to 150,000 in about 40 to 50 parishes nationwide, primarily in the northern coastal region of the country.

The first synod of the Reformed churches was held in 1843 and the French Methodists began mission work in Béjaïa around 1883.

[3] After the traumatic independence of Algeria, many local Christians fled the country and by 1970, mission run schools and properties have been nationalised.

[5] In 2006, Ordinance 06-03 was passed in Algeria to regulate religious places of worship to register with the government in order to operate.

[7] The EPA and other Christian communities in Algeria continued to receive harassment by Algerian government throughout the period with churches being closed and Christians arrested and charged for conversion, proselytization, and blasphemy[8] The closures came in waves, including a wave that lasted from November, 2017 to October, 2019 and resulted in eighteen churches being forcibly closed.