WEC International

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WEC International

Founder(s)	C. T. Studd
Type	Evangelical Missions Agency
Founded	1913
Area served	49 Countries
Slogan	Reaching People - Planting Churches
Website	International homepage, Australian homepage USA homepage, UK homepage,

WEC International is a mission agency which focuses on church planting, and emphasises the importance of shared life in a local church as a vital expression of Christian life. WEC prioritises the planting of churches among indigenous people groups and Unreached people groups, who have little or no access to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

1 History
2 WEC today
3 Policies
- 3.1 Financial
4 See also
5 References

[edit] History

WEC was founded in 1913 by Charles Studd (CT), the cricketer. The organization began as the Heart of Africa mission, changing its name to Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade.^[1] Studd's son-in-law Norman Grubb took over the leadership in 1930, expanding the organisation and establishing recruitment bases in Toronto, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Charlotte, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Uruguay and France. Grubb continued to lead the movement until retiring from the position of International Secretary at the end of 1965.^[2]

Later, recognising the misunderstandings of using the word "crusade", the mission was re-named as Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ (WEC International).

[edit] WEC today

WEC International has 1,719 active workers from 49 nations working in multicultural teams all over the world. The current International Director of WEC is Australian Trevor Kallmier.

WEC has a number of training bases and educational institutes in various branches across the world, from where they equip and send men and women onto the mission field. Eastwest College of Intercultural Studies in New Zealand, founded in 1996 by ex-director of the New Zealand branch and regional secretary for the West Pacific, Allan Shadbolt, is one such example.^[3]

[edit] Policies

[edit] Financial

WEC International believes that God can provide for their needs without standard fundraising. That He will be able tell His servants to give the needed money with them only asking God, and not people what their needs are.