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The World Assemblies of God Fellowship (WAGF) has led the Commission on Religious Liberty (CRL) for more than a decade. The Pentecostal World Fellowship (PWF), also recognizing the need of persecuted Christians around the world, asked the PWF World Missions Commission (WMC) to attend to the concern. In 2016, the World Missions Commission established a Task Force for Religious Liberty.
OBJECTIVES
- To help persecuted Christians and the suffering church
- To empower Pentecostal congregations (and ministries) to assist persecuted churches
- To bring together Pentecostals globally in partnership with other evangelical initiatives for the suffering church
- To maximize resources so as to facilitate awareness and advocacy of persecuted Christians
- To raise the profile of Christian persecution and the suffering church with our respective global bodies
Members of the Pentecostal commission on religious liberty
- Lead Team:
Rev. Wendy Wright, USA
Rev. Ihsan Özbek, Turkey
Rev. Mikael Jägerskog, Sweden
- Members:
Rev. Mark Brink, USA
Dr. Janet Buckingham, Canada
Rev. Randy Hurst, USA
Rev. Harun Ibrahim, Finland
Rev. Edwin Jung, Austria
Dr. Susanna Kokkonen, Finland
Rev. Yuriy Kulakevich, Ukraine
Dr. Peter Kuzmic, Croatia
Dr. David Lopez, Latin America
Rev. Rauli Lehtonen, Sweden
Dr. Opoku Onyinah, Ghana
Rev. Dikran Salbashian, Jordan
Rev. Mervyn Thomas, CMG, United Kingdom
Rev. John Vincely, India
Dr. Tissa Weerasingha, Sri Lanka
