The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has expressed appreciation for the King's Meadows Bangalore Declaration on the Sanctity of the Biblical View of Human Sexuality, a theological statement prepared by participants of the "Restoring the Sexually Broken in the Body of Christ" conference held in Bengaluru, India, in October 2025. Released through the WEA on 27 June 2026, the declaration represents a regional contribution from Indian church leaders and pastoral workers, reflecting their theological convictions and pastoral concerns within the Indian context.
The WEA, which represents more than 600 million evangelicals across 143 national alliances worldwide, commended the declaration's effort to hold together biblical conviction, human dignity, pastoral compassion, and the church's calling to be a community of grace and truth. The Bangalore consultation brought together practitioners and theologians from across India to address how local churches can minister to those experiencing sexual brokenness while maintaining fidelity to Scripture. For the global free evangelical family, the declaration offers a significant case study in how regional churches in the Global South are developing their own theological resources to address pressing contemporary challenges.
The statement emerges at a time when the global church continues to navigate complex questions around human sexuality, identity, and pastoral care. By recognising the Bangalore Declaration, the WEA signals the importance of regional and contextual voices contributing to the broader evangelical conversation, particularly from churches in Asia and the Global South whose perspectives have often been underrepresented in international theological discussions. The full written statement is available for download via the WEA website. WEA leadership noted that the declaration is shared as a regional contribution, with the organisers expressing their desire to hold together biblical conviction and pastoral compassion in the church's ministry.
Source: World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) — worldea.org
