This book, released in September 1996, traces the roots of WEF back 150 years, and brings the history up-to-date with thrilling stories of men and women involved in WEF -- including the work of regional fellowships, national fellowships, commissions and departments (see Table of Contents below).

Commissioned by WEF International Council for the 150th anniversary celebrations, People of the Mandate is available from the WEF North America office, Christian bookstores, Paternoster Publishing (PO Box 300, Kingstown Broadway, Carlisle Cumbria CA3 OQR, UK), Baker Book House (USA) and online at the WEA Bookstore. Paperback cost per copy: UK Sterling 6.99 or US $11.99.

Dr. David M. Howard, author of the earlier history of WEF, The Dream That Would Not Die, says:

"I am delighted with this contemporary and dramatic contribution to the ongoing history of WEF. It should be read by all who are concerned for unity in the Body of Christ around the world."

Purchase ONLINE at the WEA Bookstore!

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News Release about The People of the Mandate

HISTORICAL LANDMARK TRACES 150 YEARS OF EVANGELICAL UNITY

"The story of World Evangelical Fellowship deserves to be better known," comments British church leader and Bible expositor John R.W. Stott in endorsing People of the Mandate, the just-published history of WEF, which embraces 150 million Christians in 110 nations. Dr. Stott points out that "WEF's story, with its roots in the Evangelical Fellowship . . . is more than 100 years older than that of the World Council of Churches."

Internationally recognized Latin American evangelist Luis Palau calls the book, written by Canadian author W. Harold Fuller, "an historical landmark . . . Well-informed Christians and serious historians must read it to understand evangelicalism's great advance across the nations in the last fifty years of the twentieth century."

Tracing WEF's roots back 150 years to the formation of the Evangelical Alliance in London in 1846, the author examines the international network of WEF, and the stimulus that churches in many nations are providing to strengthen each other.

"My vision for WEF is the same one given to the church two thousand years ago--that the nations of the world should be discipled," stated Dr. Agustin "Jun" Vencer in launching People of the Mandate at WEF international headquarters in Singapore. "Key observers of world religions say that evangelicals are at the growing edge of the Christian faith worldwide, and this book explains why. It also shows why governments are showing increasing respect for evangelicals as responsible citizens in nation-building."

Dr. Vencer added that "People of the Mandate provides useful background for the forthcoming Tenth General Assembly of WEF, to be held in Abbotsford, BC, Canada, May 8-15."

Pointing out that the book is "much more than a chronicle," Dr. Stott (who drafted the historic Lausanne Covenant of 1974) continues: "The author humanizes it by introducing us to WEF's dynamic leaders and by giving examples of its vital ministry in theological and ethical thinking, evangelism and reconciliation, and the quest for social justice and religious liberty.

"The book ends with a salutary warning of the temptations which face evangelicals today and a stirring call to us to focus on the essentials which unite us."

People of the Mandate is jointly published by Paternoster Publishing, (PO Box 300, Kingstown Broadway, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 OQR, UK), and Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, USA. It may be ordered from WEA offices, Christian bookshops, or the publishers: Paternoster Publishing, Carlisle, UK., or Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI., USA. Paperback US$11.99; UK Sterling 6.99 plus postage.

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Foreword by Luis Palau
Preface
Introduction

Appendix A WEF Addresses

Appendix B Countries in which WEF has Members

Appendix C WEF Statement of Faith

Appendix D What we are called to do

Appendix E The Gospel Truth in Context. Guest editorial in The Independent, by Clive Calver

Appendix F Letter of apology from Japan Evangelical Association

Appendix G Simple Life style: How?

Appendix H WEF Statement on the ECT Debate, with background analysis

Appendix I The Singapore Covenant

Appendix J The Vision of WEF

Bibliography
Index