Evangelical Friends International is an association of Religious Society of Friends Yearly Meetings (regional associations) around the world that profess evangelical Christian beliefs.
Their mission is "to help local Friends churches around the world meet the spiritual needs of their communities."
Two key issues that set Evangelical Friends apart from other Friends are their view of the Bible and their view of salvation. Evangelical Friends accept the Bible as the ultimate authority for all questions of faith and practice. Other Friends ascribe various degrees of authority to the Bible and generally emphasize personal inspiration and convictions over the text of the Bible. Evangelical Friends believe that all people are in need of salvation, and that salvation comes to a person by putting his faith in Jesus Christ. Other Friends have a range of views on salvation, up to and including Universalism (see definition #1 under Universalism).
The issue that sets Evangelical Friends apart from other evangelical Christians, is that they generally adhere to most, if not all, of the testimonies (core beliefs and values) of Friends (see "Testimonies" under Religious Society of Friends).
Evangelical Friends assert that their particular beliefs are consistent with the earliest beliefs of the Friends, including the founder, George Fox.
Over 1,100 Evangelical Friends churches representing more than 140,000 Friends in 24 countries are currently associated with EFI.
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