Interdenominationalism

Interdenominationalism is an evangelical Protestant movement of cooperation among various Christian denominations.

History

The movement has its origins in the founding of the London Missionary Society, a missionary society, in 1795 by various evangelical denominations who had an interdenominational vision of the mission. [1] It developed with the founding of the Evangelical Alliance in 1846 in London, England by 52 evangelical denominations. [2][3] Various other evangelical organizations have also contributed to the interdenominational movement. [4] In the Biblical studies, there was the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in 1947. In the christian humanitarian aid, World Vision International in 1950. There is also had the emergence of various interdenominational Bible colleges. In 1951, the World Evangelical Alliance "(World Evangelical Fellowship)" was founded by evangelical leaders from 21 countries at the first general assembly in Woudschoten (Zeist) in Netherlands. [5]

References
  1. Martin I. Klauber, Scott M. Manetsch, Erwin W. Lutzer, The Great Commission: Evangelicals and the History of World Missions, B&H Publishing Group, USA, 2008, p. 54
  2. Frank Leslie Cross, Elizabeth A. Livingstone, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press, UK, 2005, p. 582
  3. Donald F. Durnbaugh, The Believers' Church: The History and Character of Radical Protestantism, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2003, p. 293
  4. Donald M. Lewis, Richard V. Pierard, Global Evangelicalism: Theology, History & Culture in Regional Perspective, InterVarsity Press, USA, 2014, p. 267
  5. Ed Hindson, Dan Mitchell, The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History, Harvest House Publishers, USA, 2013, p. 141


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