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 Alliance
Africa:
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)
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