600 Million Evangelicals Declare: Homosexuality Is Sin
Seoul, South Korea — The World Evangelical Alliance concluded its General Assembly on Thursday, October 30, 2025, installing Reverend Botrus Mansour as its new Secretary General and issuing the Seoul Declaration, a 15-page document addressing biblical sexuality, marriage, abortion, and religious freedom.
Mansour, an Arab-Israeli from Nazareth, is the first Arab Christian to lead the global body representing over 600 million evangelicals across 161 national alliances. He ended an 18-month vacancy in the position following the resignation of former leader Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher for health reasons.
The assembly, held at SaRang Church in Seoul, brought together over 850 evangelical leaders from around the world under the theme "The Gospel for Everyone by 2033."
The Seoul Declaration, crafted by an international group of theologians including eight from South Korea, explicitly states: "Therefore, we affirm that practicing homosexuality is sin (Romans 1:26-27), contrary to God's design for human sexuality. But we proclaim this truth not with condemnation, but in love, offering hope, healing and freedom that is found in Christ alone (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)."
The document affirms that humans are made "male and female, equal in dignity and worth," and that marriage is a "sacred union" between one man and one woman. It rejects "the culture of death that devalues the weak, the elderly, the unborn" and affirms "the sacredness of life from conception to natural death."
The declaration commits evangelicals to "boldly resisting all ideological systems that suppress freedom of faith and distort biblical anthropology" while remaining "alert to the dangers of religious pluralism and syncretism."
WEA members have one week to consider the declaration and provide feedback before it becomes official guidance for the global evangelical movement.
Godfrey Yogarajah was elected as the new WEA Chairman, marking the first time both the Secretary General and Chairman come from the Global South.
THE CRUSADER'S OPINION
Six hundred million Christians just told the world what the Bible has said for 2,000 years: homosexuality is sin. No apologies. No compromise. No retreat.
While Western denominations hemorrhage members by embracing Pride flags and transgender ideology, the global Church just planted its flag on biblical truth. The World Evangelical Alliance didn't equivocate or use therapeutic language. They quoted Romans 1:26-27 and called sin what it is. This is what courage looks like.
Notice something powerful here. The new Secretary General is an Arab Christian from Nazareth. The new Chairman is from Asia. Both from the Global South, where Christianity is exploding while the West spiritually collapses. Why? Because they preach the Gospel without compromise.
They haven't traded truth for cultural acceptance.
Meanwhile, some Korean Christians protested outside because they thought the WEA was too ecumenical. Let that sink in...
While American churches debate whether to remove crosses so they don't offend anyone, Korean believers are protesting that their evangelical leaders might be too soft on interfaith dialogue.
That's the difference between a Church that's growing and one that's dying.
The declaration says evangelicals will minister with "biblical clarity and pastoral tenderness." That's the balance we've lost in the West. We've chosen either clarity without compassion or compassion without truth. The global Church is showing us it's possible to speak hard truths in love without backing down an inch.
This isn't just a declaration. It's a line in the sand. Six hundred million Christians representing 161 nations just told the world: we will not bend to your sexual revolution. We will not accept your redefinition of marriage. We will not surrender biblical anthropology to gender ideology. We stand with Scripture, and we're not moving.
The West needs to pay attention. The future of Christianity isn't in compromised mainline denominations or seeker-sensitive megachurches that won't say the word "sin."
It's in Seoul, Nairobi, São Paulo, and Nazareth, where believers still believe the Bible means what it says.
TAKE ACTION
Stand With Global Evangelicals Defending Biblical Truth:
- World Evangelical Alliance
Website: https://worldea.org
Email: info@worldea.org
(Support the global evangelical movement and read the full Seoul Declaration) - Alliance Defending Freedom International
Website: https://adfinternational.org
(Defend religious freedom and biblical values globally) - Your Local Church
Ask your pastor: Does our church affirm biblical sexuality and marriage? If not, find one that does. - Share the Seoul Declaration
Download and distribute the declaration in your community. Truth doesn't spread by silence.
