The first AWF Alliance Theological Symposium was held in June 2023 in France. The objective was to deepen the understanding of the history and theology of the Alliance movement and to reflect on ways the Alliance should engage in ministry and missions today.
The Guayaquil Manifesto, approved at the last AWF Quadrennial, aims to present our response to the challenges that we face today as a missionary movement. This is the first of a series of reflections on the manifesto to be written by members of the AWF International Commission of Theological Education. These reflections aim to strengthen our identity as a Christ-centered missionary movement.
The 2022 AWF EMERALD (Europe and Middle East) Regional Conference was the first regional gathering since the 2019 conference in Germany. More than 70 delegates from the region, the wider AWF family and the ICTE (International Commission on Theological Education) attended, along with more than 30 from the hosting national Alliance church.
Delegates at the AWF Quadrennial conference in Guayaquil, Ecuador were able to attend workshops about issues related to the heart of our heritage. Over three successive days, topics such as the deeper life, history of mission, and engaging the future in the light of our past were eagerly discussed.
Nepal and South Korea are now members of the Alliance World Fellowship, welcomed at the AWF Quadrennial Convocation in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The revised Statement of Faith and the Guayaquil Manifesto were approved amid a unifying atmosphere at the business sessions. The AWF officers for the next term were elected and all proposals were approved as presented.
To strengthen the Alliance DNA throughout the churches of the AWF Asia Pacific Region, the International Commission on Theological Education (ICTE) is conducting the C&MA Distinctives Webinar from March 16-19, 2021.
The AWF International Committee on Theological Education (ICTE) met in early February to discuss the forthcoming AWF Quadrennial, finalize the Quadrennial Manifesto declaration and respond to requests to amend the AWF Statement of Faith.
Forty years ago, the first Vietnamese refugee arrived in Finland and now there are more than ten thousand. The Grace Montagnard Alliance Church, led by Reverend Y Lem Rahlan, started in 2007 and their vision is to reach the Montagnards who belong to the Jorai tribe.
The International Commission on Theological Education (ICTE) is very thankful to our Lord who continues to enrich and bless theological training throughout the C&MA.
Two books on A.B. Simpson were published in 2019. One of them, A.B. Simpson and the Making of Modern Evangelicalism, will be discussed by its author Dr. Daryn Henry during the Alliance History and Thought Symposium hosted by Ambrose University on November 24, 2020.
At the recent meeting of the International Commission of Theological Education (ICTE) the submissions for the AWF Theology Award were evaluated and two winners have been selected. Congratulations go to Rev. Chris Smith from Canada and Rev. Dr. Joël Kuvuna Mbongi from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The meeting of the International Commission on Theological Education (ICTE) echoed the theme of the next AWF Quadrennial Convocation: the intersection between Deeper Life and Missions. The draft of the Guayaquil Declaration was concluded and the two winners of the AWF Theology Award were selected.
The International Commission of Theological Education (ICTE) is very thankful to our Lord who continues to enrich and bless theological training throughout the Christian and Missionary Alliance world.
“History, Theology, Thought and New Dynamics of the Christian and Missionary Alliance” was the theme of the teaching held September 3 and 4, 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, organized by the Buenos Aires Bible Institute (IBBA).
The members of the International Commission on Theological Education (ICTE) met in Nyack, New York, to discuss ways in which the AWF can encourage the Alliance National Churches to continue to embrace and promote an Alliance ethos within their ministries and contexts.
The Alliance World Fellowship (AWF) is pleased to announce the creation of a theological research prize, the AWF Theology Award.
Teachers stepped back into history at the end of June as they took part in the AWF-ICTE (International Commission of Theological Education) Young Scholars Training Initiative in Nyack, New York. Selected participants from around the world received training in Alliance Distinctives as preparation for future teaching in their respective Alliance World Fellowship regions. It was a significant step in promoting the Alliance to the next generation of leaders.
Meet Peter Laughlin, the new Chairman of the AWF International Commission on Theological Education. Dr. Laughlin will complete the term initiated by Dr. Bernie Van de Walle, who submitted his resignation following his nomination as the next Superintendent of the Canadian Midwest District.
The AWF EMERALD 2019 Regional Conference was the biggest AWF regional conference in history with more than 140 delegates present from both the region and from the wider AWF family, including Latin America.