The world’s largest evangelical organization announced on Monday that it has created a task force on human trafficking.

World Evangelical Alliance, which represents 420 million evangelical Christians worldwide, named Commissioner Christine MacMillan, who was the group’s spokesperson on human trafficking, as head of the new task force to prevent and combat human trafficking.

The task force will be responsible for developing strategic and effective actions and tools that will help to equip local churches and their leaders to respond to victims of human trafficking. more >>

The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) officially recruited the largest alliance of churches in South Korea on Tuesday, adding to its network believers from the world’s second largest missionary-sending country following the United States.

Upon joining, the Christian Council of Korea (CCK), a church alliance representing 64 denominations and 21 organizations, renewed its vow to co-operate in world evangelization nearly two years after it formed a “historic” partnership with the WEA.

“I believe God is glorified through this and He blesses us abundantly," CCK’s president, the Rev. Eom Shin Hyung, said during a speech welcoming WEA officials to South Korea. more >>

The head of the largest evangelical body in the world released a statement Sunday night on the Gaza-Israel conflict in which he avoided blaming either side for the current outbreak in violence but instead urged the international community to make all possible efforts to end the complicated hostility.

“The God who is near wants to bless the Jewish people but not at the expense of the Arab people and He wants to bless the Arab people but not at the expense of the Jewish people,” said the Rev. Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, international director of the World Evangelical Alliance.

The statement was also signed by the WEA ambassador to the Holy Land, the Rev. Harry Tees. more >>

A born-again Christian for 60 years and a long-time member of a global evangelical body, John Langlois has witnessed the growth of evangelicalism from its despised, minority stage to the highly prominent Christian movement it has become today.

After joining hundreds of other evangelical leaders from around the world at the World Evangelical Alliance's General Assembly last week, Langlois sees the evangelical movement maturing but still struggling to break stereotypes and to take on a bigger role in society.

The Christian Post caught up with Langlois, an executive council member of the WEA, at the WEA meeting in Pattaya, Thailand, to hear his insights about evangelicalism and the growing global body. more >>

American evangelicals are often noted for their engagement in the political process and major impact on election outcomes. Evangelicals outside the United States, meanwhile, have also played key roles in their own country’s politics – albeit much less known.

Evangelical leaders from Argentina to Sri Lanka have mobilized Christians in their country to respond to issues such as gambling, divorce, and anti-conversion laws. Many times, the topics that evangelicals address are responses to existing problems they see in their society.

In the small South Asian country of Sri Lanka, the Evangelical Alliance there had to step up to educate the church, Christians and the public about the danger posed by a proposed anti-conversion legislation. more >>

PATTAYA, Thailand – After five days of intensive meetings and vision setting at the World Evangelical Alliance’s first general assembly in six years, over 500 evangelical leaders did more than just renew their commitment to taking the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

Participants of the WEA General Assembly in Pattaya, Thailand, also passed six major resolutions, expressing the concerns of 128 national Evangelical Alliance leaders on issues related to religious liberty, peace-making, the global financial crisis, HIV and AIDS, poverty, and creation care.

“We commit ourselves to listen with understanding to our children, youth, women, and the most marginalized – especially people living HIV – so that we can work together for a healthy and safe future which will enable all people to live in the abundant life Jesus promised,” expressed one resolution calling evangelicals to action in the fight against HIV/AIDS. more >>