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WORLD EVANGELICAL

FELLOWSHIP PLANS

NEW STRATEGY

ECWA NEWSNumber 17, page 4

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS

are fully aware of the importance

of unity. Where Christians be-

lieve in the fundamental teach-

ings of God's Word there should

be a desire for working together.

The World Evangelical Fellow-

ship exists to foster much need-

ed unity and fellowship among

Christians.

Following the International

Congress On World Evangeliza-

tion, the General Assembly of

W.E.F. took place in Switzer-

land. Among the key personnel

present were Dr. Billy Graham,

Dr. Donald Hoke, Rev. Jack Dain

and Rev. John Slott.

Under the chairmanship of

Dr. Ben Wati of India, the out-going president of W.E.F., the

Assembly took the following

resolutions:

1. The W.E.F. Theological

Association was reorganized with

the goal of promoting the evan-

gelical theological position

throughout the World. Rev.

Bruce Nicholls, a missionary from

New Zealand to India, was ap-

pointed as the Executive Sec-

retary, and Mr. John Langlois,

a British lawyer, was made the

Administrator. Some key evan-

gelical theologians from North

America, South America, Asia,

Africa, Europe and Australasia

were appointed to the Theolog-

ical Association, with Byang Ka-

to of Africa as the convener of

their meeting.

WORKING TOGETHER

2. World Evangelical Com-munications Association. A steer-

ing committee was set up with

Dr. Ben Armstrong of the United

States of America as the con-

vener. The initial emphasis of

the Association will be in the

area of broadcastings.

3. An International Mission

Commission of the W.E.F. was

recommended to be organized.Plans are still under way for

establishing this Commission.

It was stated that the Con

tinuation Committee of ICOWE

will take note of the existence

of W.E.F. As a matter of fact,

membership in the two bodies

will overlap, so there will be a

spirit of working together be-

tween them.

A.E.A.M. is not yet a member

of W.E.F., but it is a clearing

house for W.E.F. in Africa. The

following A.E.A.M. members and

affiliates are also members of

W.E.F:

The Evangelical Fellowship of

Rhodesia

The Evangelical Fellowship of

Senegal

The Sierra Leone Evangelical

Fellowship

The South Africa Evangelical

Council

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The Evangelical Fellowship of

Zambia

SUITABLE SUCCESSOR

The International Secretary ofW.E.F., Dr. Clyde Taylor, who

has served W.E.F. for a number

of years, requested not to be

elected to office again. But he

was willing to continue until a

suitable successor is found. The

Assembly is in the process of

appointing two people to head

up W.E.F. One will deal with

administration, and the other

with finances.

Before adjourning, the Assem-

bly elected the following mem-

bers of the Executive Council for

the next four years:

PresidentDr. Hudson Armerd-

ing, U.S.A.

Vice-PresidentRev. Stephanus

Damaris, Indonesia

Recording SecretaryDr. By-

ang Kato, Africa

TreasurerMr. Gordon Land-

reth, England

Council members:

Rev. Claude Noel, Haiti

Rev. C. L. Rema, India

Rev. A. J. Dain, Australia

The new Executive Council will

probably meet in Nairobi in 1976.

The W.E.F. publication,WORLD

NEWS, can be received free and

post paid from:

The World Evangelical Fellowship,

100 Western Union Building,

Washington, D.C. 20005,

United States of America.

For Theological News, write:

John E. Langlois,

Merevale Forest,

Guernsey, Channel Islands,

United Kingdom.