 In 2006, Ordinance 06-03 was passed in Algeria to regulate religious places of worship to register with the government in order to operate.This resulted in churches being closed and regular ministry to Christians being curtailed, particularly in Kabylie.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 The closures came in waves, including a wave that lasted from November, 2017 to October, 2019 and resulted in eighteen churches being forcibly closed.