CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE

missionary and evangelistic movement that developed from the work of Albert B. Simpson (d. 1919), a Presbyterian minister who left that church to become an independent evangelist in New York City. In 1887 Simpson and others organized two societies, one for home and one for foreign missions. The two societies were merged into the Christian and Missionary Alliance in 1897. The organization is part of the Holiness church movement but does not consider itself a sect or denomination but a movement among all Christians. It stresses Christ as "Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming King." It supports an active missions program. In the United States, congregations are independent but are joined together in a general conference that meets annually. Headquarters are in Nyack, N.Y.