What is The Alliance?

The Christian and Missionary Alliance was birthed in 1881 when Pastor A. B. Simpson organized a small group of believers devoted to experiencing Jesus in His fullness and making Him known to New York City’s marginalized dock workers. Today, we continue to carry out our “All of Jesus for All the World” vision by caring for suffering and overlooked people through 2,000 U.S. churches and more than 700 international workers serving in 70 countries.

Get to Know Our Family

We’re a family. The Alliance is one big, diverse, extended church family—with some half a million members in the United States alone. Every local Alliance congregation is one of about 2,000 fellowships worshiping in 38 languages and dialects across the country. Like every family, we share a gene pool—in our case, it’s spiritual DNA: We love Jesus and believe it’s a basic human right that everyone—from that annoying neighbor next door to the marginalized people group across the world—deserves a chance to be introduced to Jesus and fall in love with Him too. And it gets better. Our family tree extends beyond the United States to more than 80 countries where 24,500 churches are home to more than 6.3 million Jesus followers—all sharing our “C&MA DNA” and our vision to see “All of Jesus for All the World.” And so that more and more people can truly know that Jesus cares for us all—body, soul, and spirit—the Alliance family plants churches and builds and administers schools, clinics, hospitals, community centers, retirement centers, and radio stations. We also partner with other churches, governments, and nongovernment organizations to extend care and practical support in the name of Jesus to families who’ve been devastated by disease, poverty, political turmoil, and natural disasters.