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The Alliance World Fellowship (or The Alliance, also C&MA and CMA) is an evangelical Christian denomination within the Higher Life movement of Christianity, teaching a modified form of Keswickian theology. [ 3][ 1][ 2] It includes 6.2 million members throughout 88 countries within 22,000 churches.
The Christian Labour Association of Canada ( CLAC) is a labour union that represents companies in the construction, healthcare, and food industries. It was established in 1952 to represent workers on the basis of "Christian social principles". The union claims that its approach to labour relations develops workers' sense of responsibility ...
The Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA) is a minor Christian right political party in the United Kingdom. The party was founded in its present form in 1999, having grown out of a cross-party advocacy group called the Movement for Christian Democracy. [ 3] The first leader of the party was Ram Gidoomal; Alan Craig took over from him in 2004 and ...
The League of Christian Employers (Dutch: Verbond van Kristelijke Werkgevers, VKW) is a Flemish Christian employers organization. Herman Van de Velde is the president of the organization. Notable members. François-Xavier van der Straten-Waillet (director of VKW) Léon Bekaert (1891-1961), Bekaert; Jan Callewaert (CEO Option) Jef Colruyt ...
More recently, Christian Peoples Alliance is a Christian democratic party that emphasizes the country's Christian heritage and advocates for the principles of "active compassion, respect for life, social justice, wise stewardship, empowerment, and reconciliation." [312]
The National Association of Evangelicals ( NAE) is an American association of Evangelical Christian denominations, organizations, schools, churches, and individuals, member of the World Evangelical Alliance. The association represents more than 45,000 local churches from about 40 different Christian denominations and serves a constituency of ...
In 2011, The Guardian raised questions over how the CLC is funded and noted structural similarities to the Alliance Defense Fund, an American conservative Christian legal advocacy group. [42] Speaking with The Guardian , Keith Porteous Wood of the National Secular Society said of the CLC, "they don't seem so keen to support religious liberty ...
The Christian Reformed Church in North America has maintained the stance since the 1970s that homosexuality is the direct result of a "broken," sinful world, but that the Church should offer a compassionate community for Christian homosexuals. "Homosexualism" (explicit homosexual behavior) is considered disobedience to God's will revealed in ...