welcome and accept sexually active lesbians and gay men. However, they should do so in the expectation that they, like all of us who are living outside God’s purposes, will come in due course to see the need to be transformed and live in accordance with biblical revelation and orthodox church teaching. We urge gentleness, patience and ongoing pastoral care during this process and after a person renounces same-sex sexual relations." References Further reading Massie, James William (1847), The Evangelical Alliance, Its Origin and Development. De Kewer Williams, John. The Basis of the Evangelical Alliance (1847). Thompson, Todd. "The Evangelical Alliance, Religious Liberty, and the Evangelical Conscience in Nineteenth-Century Britain," Journal of Religious History (2009), 33#1, pp. 49–65. External links National evangelical alliances Christian organisations based in the United Kingdom Evangelical denominations established in the 19th century 1846 establishments in the United Kingdom Evangelicalism in the United Kingdom Organisations based in the London Borough of Islington Religion in the London Borough of Islington Religious organizations established in 1846