This week in Christian history: John Sung dies, Evangelical Alliance formed, Diet of Odense

Evangelical Alliance formed – Aug. 19, 1846

This week marks the anniversary of when the Evangelical Alliance, an Evangelical Christian group based in London, England, held its inaugural gathering at Freemason’s Hall.

The gathering was attended by 800 Evangelicals from across the world, including the United Kingdom and the United States, with the proceedings convening on Sept. 2, 1846.

In remarks given on the opening day of the gathering, Chairman Sir. Culling Eardley Smith told those gathered that he believed “the eyes of Angels are directed toward us.”

“I do not doubt but that gracious God who has bought us together from every part of the habitable world will cause us to come to united conclusions; so that this 19th day of August 1846, coming generations of the Lord’s people may have cause to glorify his name,” he said.