World Evangelical Alliance
At the global level, the Evangelical churches, groups and individuals are represented through the World Evangelical Alliance, formerly World Evangelical Fellowship, which was founded in 1951 (a first Evangelical Alliance was formed as early as 1846; it ceased to function after World War I, i.e. in the period marked by the rise of fundamentalism). The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is made up of national and regional Evangelical Alliances or Fellowships, which exist in 123 countries in the world, and group together Evangelical churches, groups, organizations and sometimes individuals. The WEA understands itself as existing: "To foster Christian unity and to provide a worldwide identity, voice and platform to Evangelical Christians. Seeking empowerment by the Holy Spirit, they extend the Kingdom of God by proclamation of the Gospel to all nations and by Christ-centered transformation within society" (WEA Purpose Statement approved by the International Council, July, 2002). This purpose is carried out by: a) providing a framework to convene, catalyze, connect, and communicate an evangelical perspective on global issues in full obedience to both the great commandment and the great commission; b) establishing and strengthening regional and national evangelical movements; c) establishing commissions, and releasing the resources of member-bodies to address and meet the needs of the global church; and d) stimulating strategic partnerships in order to strengthen Christian witness and compassionate action in every nation.
The WEA Statement of Faith reads:
"We believe in the Holy Scriptures as originally given by God, divinely inspired, infallible, entirely trustworthy; and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct (...) One God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit (...) Our Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, His virgin birth, His sinless human life, His divine miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His mediatorial work, and His Personal return in power and glory (...) The Salvation of lost and sinful man through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ by faith apart from works, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit (...) The Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the believer is enabled to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ (...) The Unity of the Spirit of all true believers, the Church, the Body of Christ (...) The Resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation."
The highest governing body of the WEA is the general assembly. It appoints an international council representative of the geographic regions of the WEA. The secretariat is lodged in an international service centre and led by an international coor-dinator/chief executive officer, who is assisted by an international leadership team. The WEA has commissions on missions, theology, religious liberty, information technology, women, and youth.
The regional members of the WEA are: the Association of Evangelicals of Africa (AEA), the Evangelical Fellowship of Asia (EFA), the Evangelical Association of the Caribbean (EAC), the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), the Latin American Evangelical Fellowship (FIDE), the North American Council, and the Evangelical Fellowship of the South Pacific (EFSP).
The precise number of national evangelical alliances which constitute the WEA was 123 in 2005; these are estimated to embrace nearly 3 million local churches and 380 million Christians.
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National Member Fellowships of the World Evangelical AllianceAfrica:Evangelical Alliance of Angola Federation of Evangelical Churches and Missions of Bénin Evangelical Fellowship of Botswana Federation of Evangelical Churches and Missions of Burkina Faso Association of Central African Evangelical Churches Fellowship of Evangelical Churches and Missions in Chad Evangelical Federation of Ivory Coast Evangelical Churches Fellowship of Ethiopia Evangelical Fellowship of the Gambia National Association of Evangelicals of Ghana Association of Evangelical Churches and Missions of Guinea Evangelical Church of Guinea-Bissau Evangelical Fellowship of Kenya Association of Evangelicals of Liberia Evangelical Fellowship of Malawi Fellowship of Christian Churches in Mauritius Association of Groupings of Protestant Evangelical Churches and Missions in Mali Evangelical Association of Mozambique Namibia Evangelical Fellowship Nigeria Evangelical Fellowship Evangelical Alliance of Rwanda Evangelical Fellowship of Senegal Evangelical Fellowship of Sierra Leone The Evangelical Alliance of South Africa Sudan Evangelical Christian Association Swaziland Conference of Churches Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe Special members: Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Tanzania and Uganda Asia:Australian Evangelical Alliance National Christian Fellowship of Bangladesh Evangelical Fellowship of Cambodia Evangelical Fellowship of India Evangelical Fellowship of Indonesia Japan Evangelical Association Korea Evangelical Fellowship National Evangelical Christian Fellowship Malaysia Myanmar Evangelical Christian Fellowship National Churches Fellowship of Nepal Vision Network of New Zealand Evangelical Fellowship of Pakistan Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches Evangelical Fellowship of Singapore Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand Caribbean:United Evangelical Association of Antigua & Barbuda Barbados Evangelical Association Dominica Association of Evangelical Churches Dominican Evangelical Fraternity (Dominican Republic) Guyana Evangelical Fellowship Council of Evangelical Churches of Haiti Jamaica Association of Evangelicals St Croix Evangelical Ministers Association St Kitts Evangelical Association Fellowship of Gospel Preaching Churches (St Lucia) Association of Evangelical Churches in St Vincent & the Grenadines Trinidad & Tobago Council of Evangelical Churches Caribbean Atlantic Regional Assembly of the Church of God Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies The Salvation Army Caribbean Territory Europe:Albanian Evangelical Alliance Austrian Evangelical Alliance Evangelical Alliance Flanders (Belgium) Francophone Evangelical Alliance of Belgium Bulgarian Evangelical Alliance Protestant Evangelical Council in Croatia Czech Evangelical Alliance Evangelical Alliance of Denmark Estonian Evangelical Alliance Finnish Committee for World Evangelization French Evangelical Alliance Alliance of Protestant and Evangelical Churches (FYRO Macedonia) German Evangelical Alliance Evangelical Alliance of Greece Hungarian Evangelical Alliance Evangelical Alliance Ireland Italian Evangelical Alliance Evangelical Alliance of Kazakhstan Latvian Evangelical Alliance Evangelical Alliance of Luxemburg Evangelical Alliance of the Netherlands Evangelical Alliance of Norway Polish Evangelical Alliance Portuguese Evangelical Alliance Romanian Evangelical Alliance Evangelical Alliance Slovakia Spanish Evangelical Alliance Swedish Evangelical Alliance Swiss Evangelical Alliance (German speaking) Swiss Evangelical Alliance (French speaking) The Alliance of Protestant Churches in Turkey Evangelical Alliance of the United Kingdom Serbian Evangelical Alliance Latin America:Argentine Alliance of Evangelical Churches National Association of Evangelicals of Bolivia Brazil National Alliance Brazilian Evangelical Association Evangelical Fraternity of Chile Evangelical Confederation of Colombia Evangelical Alliance of Costa Rica Evangelical Fraternity of El Salvador Evangelical Alliance of Guatemala Evangelical Fraternity of Honduras Mexican Evangelical Fraternity Panamanian Evangelical Fraternity Association of Pastors of Paraguay Christian Association of Evangelical Churches of Uruguay Evangelical Council of Venezuela Middle East:Cyprus Evangelical Alliance The Fellowship of Evangelicals in Egypt United Christian Council in Israel North America:Evangelical Fellowship of Canada National Association of Evangelicals (USA) Pacific:Evangelical Fellowship of Fiji National Council of Evangelical Churches of Papua New Guinea Samoa Evangelical Fellowship South Sea Evangelical Church (Solomon Islands) Tonga Evangelical Union |
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