What is "evangelical alliance"

Evangelical \E`van*gel"ic*al\, a.

1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.

2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.

3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; pre["e]minently orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of ``Justification by Faith alone;'' the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religious bodies not regarded as orthodox.

4. Having or characterized by a zealous, crusading enthusiasm for a cause.

5. Adhering to a form of Christianity characterized by a conservative interpretation of the bible, but disavowing the label 'bdfundamentalist`'b8. Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening and common work, comprising Christians of different denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool, England, in 1845. Evangelical Church.

   1. The Protestant Church in Germany.

   2. A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany in 1817.

      Evangelical Union, a religious sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also Morisonians.

The Evangelical Alliance is an umbrella grouping for evangelical Christians in the UK. Formed in 1846, the Alliance aims to bring Christians together and help them listen to, and be heard by, the government, media and society.

With offices in London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Belfast, the Alliance works across 79 denominations, 3,300 churches, 750 organisations and thousands of individual members. It is also a founding member of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), a global network of more than 600 million evangelical Christians, which in January 2015 announced plans for closer cooperation and witness with the World Council of Churches.