In the United States

The National Office of the Alliance is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The National Office administrative staff includes the president; four vice presidents who oversee Church Ministries, Overseas Ministries, General Services and Finance; and a number of directors who administer the Alliance work.

Each year pastors, administrators and lay delegates from our local churches gather for our annual General Council, the highest legislative body in the Alliance, to formulate policies for coming years. The program is administered by a 28-member Board of Managers and carried out by the staff of the National Office and the district offices. The local church is governed by the “Constitution for Churches” found in the Manual of The Christian and Missionary Alliance.

Each church holds an annual missions conference and receives faith promises, which are the basis for funding the worldwide work of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Missionaries are paid allowances. This enables them, without having to worry about their financial support, to preach the gospel overseas and, while on furlough, to challenge Alliance churches to greater missionary involvement.

In Canada

The Canadian National Office is located in Willowdale, Ontario. Pastors, administrators and lay delegates from local churches gather biennially for General Assembly, which is the highest legislative body of the Alliance in Canada. Policies approved by General Assembly are administered by a 14-member Board of Directors and carried out by the National Office staff and district offices. The national leadership consists of the president and four vice presidents responsible for Canadian Ministries, Overseas Ministries, General Services and Finance.

Each local church has a voice in national Alliance policy as well as the policy of the district in which it is located. Each church sends its pastor and lay delegates to General Assembly and to district conferences. District conferences convene in the intervening years between General Assemblies. The district and local churches are governed by the “Constitution for Districts and Local Churches” found in the Manual of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada.

The annual missions conference held in each church brings Alliance ministries from the four corners of the globe into the four walls of a local church. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the support of Alliance ministries overseas and in Canada through a Faith Promise--a promise to give a certain amount to missions in dependence on God. This enables national leadership to foresee future income and plan a budget that provides the financial base for advancing ministries.