The Alliance World Fellowship (AWF) unites churches and ministries related to The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). God used Dr. A.B. Simpson to start this movement in the 1880’s, which developed into a mission-minded denomination with partners in many nations under a variety of names.
National leaders from all over the world were brought together for the first time in Nyack, New York, in 1975. That meeting resulted in the official formation of the AWF as a fellowship that would meet once every four years with the following specific purposes:
- To affirm our commitment to the Bible, God’s Word, as His complete and authoritative written revelation to man.
- To bear testimony to the particular truths of the Fourfold Gospel: Christ our Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer and Coming King.
- To support and encourage one another in the task of Mission and Evangelism which we understand to be the special calling of the church.
- To provide opportunity and encourage expression of fellowship among members of the Alliance World Fellowship.
- To provide a non-legislative means of consultation and cooperation among the world community of the member churches.
- To share our mutual concerns and insights relating to the various crucial spiritual and temporal issues of the church.
- To promote ministerial and missionary education.
- To uphold one another in prayer and administer relief in times of crisis.
- To advance unity of theological and moral standards among the members of the Alliance World Fellowship.
- To promote the exchange of personnel in special areas of ministry.