Evangelicalism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Evangelical humanitarian aid == [[File:Wvi_relief.jpg|thumb|right| Emergency food distribution in a disaster area in Indonesia by [[World Vision International]], in 2009.]] In the 1940s, in the United States, [[neo-evangelicalism]] developed the importance of [[social justice]] and [[Christian humanitarian aid]] actions in Evangelical churches.<ref>Daniel Silliman, [https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/august-web-only/gods-internationalists-david-king-world-vision.html World Vision Helped Evangelicals Become Social Activists—Within Limits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020144243/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/august-web-only/gods-internationalists-david-king-world-vision.html|date=October 20, 2022}}, christianitytoday, USA, August 2, 2019</ref><ref>David P. King, ''God's Internationalists: World Vision and the Age of Evangelical Humanitarianism'', University of Pennsylvania Press, USA, 2019, p. 47, 121</ref> The majority of evangelical Christian humanitarian organizations were founded in the second half of the 20th century.<ref>Brian Steensland, Philip Goff, ''The New Evangelical Social Engagement'', Oxford University Press USA, USA, 2014, p. 242-243</ref> Among those with the most partner countries, there was the foundation of [[World Vision International]] (1950), [[Samaritan's Purse]] (1970), [[Mercy Ships]] (1978), [[Prison Fellowship International]] (1979), [[International Justice Mission]] (1997).<ref>Wendy Murray Zoba, ''The Beliefnet Guide To Evangelical Christianity'', Three Leaves Press, USA, 2005, p. XX</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page