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International Day of Prayer (IDOP) 2022 Online Service

Join, pray, stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering for their faith! With prayers, praise and a message taken from Hebrews 10:32-35 where it says: Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

IDOP 2022: Highlighting Blasphemy and Apostasy Laws “The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do Is to Convert from Islam to Christianity” The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) on November 6 and 13, 2022, presents an opportunity to highlight the clear trend of worsening religious freedom around the world. Read More

You're Invited! Webinar on Supporting Victims of Conflict Related Sexual Violence - November 14, 2022 High rates of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) have been reported since the start of the Ukraine war, with thousands of women, children – and men – suffering severe physical and psychological injury as a result. How can we, the church, best support those who have experienced this devastating trauma? Register

WEA to Hold Next General Assembly in Second Half of 2025, Focus on Involving Younger Leaders At its recent Senior Leadership Team meeting, the leadership of the World Evangelical Alliance confirmed that its next General Assembly would be held in the latter part of 2025, with exact date and location yet to be confirmed. The WEA GA will also put a greater emphasis on involving younger leaders to cast the vision for the unique role that Evangelical Alliances play at the national, regional and global levels. Read More

Growing Faith in the Context of Faith Decline: Concerns of the Global Church The decrease of faith in families, churches, and the next generation was discussed in a WEA-hosted workshop during the recent WCC General Assembly in Karlsruhe on 5th September, 2022. Bishops, clergymen, evangelists, and a small number of lay leaders from various church were present at the workshop. It was attended by leaders from Europe, Asia, Africa, and few from North America.  Read More

Not Alone: Evangelicals Worldwide Stand with Ukraine “The Church was the first to react,” states Yuriy Kulakevych, a Ukrainian pastor who oversees international relations for the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church. “From the first day of the war, we had 601 vehicles, mainly buses and vans, that were evacuating people from the war zones. Our brothers from Baptist and independent churches did the same.” Read More

WEA SG Visits the Largest Evangelical Church on Åland, an Autonomous State Between Sweden and Finland Bp Dr Thomas Schirrmacher visited Joel Sternes, pastor of the largest evangelical church of the country, a Pentecostal church, and interviewed him for a “Thomas Paul’s Week”-video. Read More

Global Theological Consultation to Unite Formal and Non-formal Theological Education to More Effectively Train Church Leaders Worldwide The International Council for Evangelical Theological Education (ICETE)‘s upcoming global theological consultation will bring together some 500 educators from over 90 countries representing more than 200 different ministries under the theme “formal and non-formal theological education: beyond dialogue.”  Read More

WEA Leaders Attend Middle East and North Africa Evangelical Alliance's 3rd General Assembly, Pray for Unity Among All Christians The Middle East and North Africa Evangelical Alliance (MENA-EA) held its third general assembly from 26 to 28 September in Jordan.The 45 participating delegates represented nine national alliances, partner organizations, prospective members, and representatives of the World Evangelical Alliance accounting for more than 3.5 million evangelicals that live and worship in the Middle East and North Africa countries. Read More

WEA Secretary General Participates in the General Assembly of the Latin American Evangelical Alliance The 9th General Assembly 2022 of the Latin American Evangelical Alliance was held in October 2022 under the theme “The Role of Alliances in Latin American Churches”. The evangelical churches in Latin America have grown considerably in recent decades, and so the participation in the General Assembly was also considerable. Read More

WEA Creates Partnerships Towards a Flourishing World - Business, Faith and Community Development Alliances The CREATE Conference ran from June 20-24th 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya. It was the outcome of a partnership between the World Evangelical Alliance's Business Coalition, the Centre for Building Better Community and the Informal Settlements and Cities Consortium. The conference and ensuing movement so far include a frontrunner team with people from Argentina, Australia, Burundi, England, Germany, Kenya, Pakistan and Zambia.  Read More

Thomas Bucher Hands Over Leadership of EEA to New General Secretaries On Wednesday evening, 5 October 2022, long-time EEA General Secretary Thomas Bucher (Switzerland) officially passed the baton to the new leadership team of Connie Main Duarte (Portugal) and Jan Wessels (Netherlands). At the handover ceremony, EEA President Frank Hinkelmann gave the ceremonial address for Thomas Bucher and thanked him for his commitment to the EEA and the Evangelical movement in Europe. Read More