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World Evangelical Alliance
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is an international body that brings together evangelical Protestant alliances from countries around the world. It traces its origins to the Evangelical Alliance founded in London in 1846.
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- Word of Life Press (Korea)Institutions
Word of Life Press is a Christian publishing house founded in Korea in 1953 by the American mission agency TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission). It publishes Christian books, operates Christian bookstores, and carries out literature ministry.
- Lausanne MovementInstitutions
The Lausanne Movement is an evangelical world mission movement that began at the International Congress on World Evangelization (the First Lausanne Congress), held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1974. The Lausanne Covenant, adopted at that congress, is the movement's foundational document.
- Emerging ChurchHistory
The emerging church was a church-renewal movement that arose in the Western evangelical world, particularly in the United States, from the late 1990s through the 2000s. It sought forms of worship, community, and mission suited to postmodern culture, and it spread not as a denomination but as a loose "conversation."
- Josh McDowellPeople
Josh McDowell (born 1939) is an American evangelical Christian apologist and evangelist. He became widely known through his 1972 book Evidence That Demands a Verdict and lectured at universities around the world as a speaker with Campus Crusade for Christ.
- Voluntary PovertyChristian Life
Voluntary poverty is the choice to live simply and without desire for wealth, out of purity of heart. In Christianity, it denotes an attitude of faith that is not bound by possessions but relies on God and embraces a modest life.
- World Council of ChurchesInstitutions
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is an international fellowship of churches founded in 1948 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is the leading representative of the ecumenical movement, which seeks the unity of the church across denominational lines, and its members include some 350 churches from the Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and other traditions.
- World Mission Society Church of GodHeresies & Cults
The World Mission Society Church of God is a religious group that split from an organization founded by Ahn Sahng-hong in Busan in 1964. Its members believe Ahn Sahng-hong to be Christ at His Second Coming and Zahng Gil-jah to be "God the Mother." Major Korean Protestant denominations and ecumenical bodies have designated the group as heretical.
- World Evangelization Mission AssociationHeresies & Cults
The World Evangelization Mission Association is an evangelistic movement led by Ryu Kwang-su and is also known as the "Darakbang (Upper Room) Evangelism Movement." Beginning in the mid-1990s, a number of Korean Protestant denominations designated it as heretical or pseudo-Christian. Controversy arose in 2013 when the Christian Council of Korea lifted its heresy designation.
- World Communion SundayFeasts & Seasons
World Communion Sunday is a Sunday on which churches around the world celebrate Communion on the same day to commemorate the unity of the church. It is usually observed on the first Sunday of October.
- World VisionInstitutions
World Vision is an international Christian relief and development nongovernmental organization. It began in 1950, during the Korean War, when the American missionary Bob Pierce and Korean church leaders, including the Rev. Han Kyung-chik, began helping war orphans and widows.
- World Christian PopulationHistory
The world Christian population is an estimate of the number of people worldwide who identify themselves as Christians or are affiliated with a church. As of 2020 it stood at roughly 2.3 to 2.5 billion, and over the course of the twentieth century its center shifted from Europe to Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
- World (Biblical Concept)Bible
In the Bible, the "world" refers to the universe and humanity that God created, and also to the order of human society that has turned away from God and stands in opposition to him.
- Korea World Missions AssociationInstitutions
The Korea World Missions Association (KWMA) is a Korean Protestant cooperative body for overseas missions that brings together the mission boards of various denominations and mission organizations. Established in 1990 as an incorporated association, it publishes annual statistics on Korean missionaries and has led the "Target 2030" movement.
- '80 World Evangelization CrusadeHistory
The '80 World Evangelization Crusade was a large interdenominational evangelistic gathering held August 12–15, 1980, at May 16 Plaza on Yeouido in Seoul, South Korea. It is known for its final day, when many young people resolved to commit themselves as long-term or short-term missionaries.
- Light of the WorldBible
An expression Jesus used of himself (John 8:12) and of his disciples (Matthew 5:14). It denotes one who reveals God's truth and salvation to a world in darkness.
- WCC ControversyControversies
A controversy among Korean Protestant churches over whether to join and cooperate with the World Council of Churches (WCC). It was one of the causes of the 1959 division of the Presbyterian Church in Korea into the Tonghap and Hapdong branches, and it flared up again on a large scale when the WCC held its assembly in Busan in 2013.
- Edinburgh Missionary ConferenceHistory
The Edinburgh Missionary Conference was a meeting of representatives of Protestant missionary societies held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from June 14 to 23, 1910. It discussed ways of cooperating in world mission and is commonly regarded as the starting point of the modern ecumenical movement.
- Christian WorldviewDoctrine & Theology
The Christian worldview is a framework of thought, grounded in the teaching of the Bible, for interpreting the world, humanity, history, and culture and for viewing every area of life. It is commonly explained through the pattern of creation, fall, and redemption.
- Unification ChurchHeresies & Cults
The Unification Church is a religious organization founded by Sun Myung Moon in 1954 under the name Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. It is now called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. Korean Protestant denominations, including the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), have formally declared it a heresy and a pseudo-religion.