European Evangelical Alliance Explained

European Evangelical Alliance
Main Classification:Protestant
Orientation:Interdenominational Evangelical
Leader:Connie Duarte and Jan Wessels
Fellowships:World Evangelical Alliance
Founded Date:1952
Area:Europe
Headquarters:Bonn, Germany
Brussels, Belgium
Members:23 million

European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) is an interdenominational organization of evangelical Christian churches in Europe. It is the European section of the World Evangelical Alliance and is based in Zürich and Bonn.

The EEA has existed as a regional group since the 1950s, but traces its roots to the 1846 conference at which the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) was established.[1] It represents 23 million evangelical Christians across Europe[2] and is one of the four main regional church bodies in Europe.[3]  It also has an office in Brussels and is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance[4]

The Co-Secretary General of the EEA are Connie Duante and Jan Wessels since October 2022.[5] In 2022, the EEA signalled its opposition to antisemitism with its adoption of the IHRA working definition.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About EEA . European Evangelical Alliance . 2023-07-17.
  2. https://worldea.org/european-evangelical-alliance-appoints-new-general-secretaries/ WEA website, Retrieved 2023-07-20
  3. Web site: The WCC Regions: Europe . World Council of Churches . 2023-07-17.
  4. Web site: European Evangelical Alliance | lobbyfacts. www.lobbyfacts.eu.
  5. Web site: European Evangelical Alliance would welcome more young people of colour . CNE.news . 2022-10-07 . 2023-07-17 .
  6. Web site: What Is Antisemitism? Evangelicals Favor Different Definitions . Christianity Today . 2022-05-16 . 2023-07-17.