Love is the keynote: origins of the Evangelical Alliance
Discover the foundations and early days of the Evangelical Alliance, as we celebrate our 175-year history
On 1 October 1845, 216 Christian leaders gathered in Liverpool’s Medical Hall to share a big vision of uniting to make Jesus known. Ten months later in London, the Evangelical Alliance was born. 175 years on from that birth, the vision remains strong.
As evangelicals, those who met by the Mersey emphasised the supreme authority of scripture, the centrality of the cross, personal conversion, and gospel activism. These emphases derived from the...
Cooperation improved as overseas mission advanced with technology and imperial expansion. The London Missionary Society (1795) and the British and Foreign Bible Society (1804) were founded as...
Many at Liverpool were concerned by a resurgence in Catholicism. That concern brought Anglican and Free Church Evangelicals together, leading to further cooperation as the Evangelical Alliance...
