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Encyclopedia > World Evangelical Alliance

The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is an organization based in Vancouver, Canada, which serves as a network for evangelical organizations and denominations around the world. The word evangelicalism usually refers to a tendency in diverse branches of conservative, almost always Protestant, Christianity. ... A religious denomination, (also simply denomination) is a large, long-established subgroup within a religion that has existed for many years. ...


Founded in London in 1951, the World Evangelical Alliance has its roots in the launch, in 1846 of the Evangelical Alliance in the UK and currently claims "WEA is a network of churches in 127 nations that have each formed an evangelical alliance and over 100 international organizations joining together to give a worldwide identity, voice and platform to more than 420 million evangelical Christians"[1]. The governing body of the World Evangelical Alliance is the Executive Council, whose membership is drawn from among member organizations around the world. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Evangelical Alliance is a London-based charitable organization founded in 1846 which claims to represent over 1,000,000 Christians in the United Kingdom. ...


A General Assembly meets every four years to formulate a program for the Alliance, which is then carried out through the office of the International Director, and by the staff of WEA's various commissions and ministry departments.


Regional Organizations

Association of Evangelicals of Africa (AEA)


European Evangelical Alliance


Evangelical Fellowship of Asia


Evangelical Association of the Caribbean


Evangelical Fellowship of the South Pacific (EFSP)


Latin American Evangelical Fellowship (FIDE)


North American Council, WEA =National Association of Evangelicals The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) is an agency dedicated to coordinating cooperative ministry for evangelical denominations of Christians in the United States. ...


External links

  • Official website
  • Chinese Evagelical Church in Finland (CECF) 芬兰华语福音教会 赫尔辛基
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