About AEA

The Association of Evangelicals in Africa

Introduction

The Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) is a Christian umbrella organization representing National Evangelical Fellowships in all of Africa.

The membership also includes international Christian Non-Governmental Organizations or development and missionary agencies based in Africa.

Founded in 1966, AEA Headquarters is in Nairobi, Kenya, where it is registered as a Charitable Christian organization (society). AEA currently comprises 40 National Evangelical Fellowships as full members and continues to work in the remaining countries to bring churches together for a fully-fledged National Fellowship. AEA is one of the regional associations of the global evangelical movement—the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA).

Statement of Faith

The Association affirms the following as fundamental to Biblical Christian belief:

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, as originally given by God, are divine, inspired, infallible, entirely trustworthy, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
ONE GOD, eternally existent in Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, God manifest in the flesh, His virgin birth, His sinless human life, His divine miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His mediatorial work, and His personal return in Power and Glory.
THE SALVATION of lost and sinful humans through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, by faith apart from works, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
THE HOLY SPIRIT, by whose indwelling the believer is enabled to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ.
THE UNITY of all those who, having believed in Jesus for their salvation, have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and compose the Church, the Body of Christ of which He is the Head.
THE PERSONAL EXISTENCE OF SATAN, whose intent is to oppose God, frustrate His purpose, and whose ultimate end is consignment to eternal punishment.
THE BODILY RESURRECTION of all the dead; of the believers unto everlasting blessedness and of the unbelievers unto judgment and eternal punishment.

Basis of Unity

The Association affirms the following as the basis of our unity across denominational and regional differences

The Holy Scriptures of the Old and the New Testaments (a total of 66 Books) are the Word of God. It is divinely inspired, infallible, entirely trustworthy, and serves as the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
God is One. The One God is eternally self-existent in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Matthew 28:19).
Jesus Christ is Saviour and Lord. As God, He was manifest in the flesh. We believe in His virgin birth, His sinless human life, His divine miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His present mediatorial work and His future personal return in Power and Glory (Luke. 1:32-33; John. 1:1-4; 1 Timothy. 2:5-6; 6:13-16).
The Holy Spirit is God. As the third Person in the Godhead, He indwells every believer upon conversion and enables the believer to live a holy life; to witness in power, and to work for the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 5:3-4; Matthew. 28:19; Acts 1:8).
Man was made in the image of God and sinless. By choice, Man fell out of favour into sin. In God’s mercy, SALVATION comes to every lost and sinful person freely and simply by faith in Jesus Christ, who shed His blood for sin and through regeneration by the Holy Spirit (Genesis. 1:26-28; 3:1-21; John 1:11-13; 1 Corinthians 12:13).
All true believers in Jesus Christ are One Body, the Church, of which He is the Head (1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians. 2:14-22).
Satan is a fallen angel whose intent is to supplant God and frustrate His purpose and whose ultimate end is consignment to eternal punishment (Luke 10:17-18; Revelation 20:10).
Bodily resurrection of all the dead will take place someday. Believers in Christ will rise unto everlasting blessedness while unbelievers will rise unto judgment and eternal punishment (Revelation 20:11-15; 2 Corinthians 5:9-10).