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Evangelicals embrace conversion rules
Natasha Percy | 27 August 2007
Evangelical churches have joined an effort by Roman Catholic, Orthodox and other Protestant churches to create a common code of conduct for religious conversions to preserve the right of Christians to spread their religion while avoiding conflict among faiths.
Last month, the World Evangelical Alliance formerly joined a process begun between the World Council of Churches and the Vatican last year.
The aim is to further religious freedom by easing tensions with Muslims, Hindus and other religions that fear losing adherents. In some instances, converts and foreign missionaries have been punished with imprisonment or death. One accusation against the kidnapped South Koreans in Afghanistan is that they wanted to meet converts from Islam.
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