How does the IMTN relate to the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission?

The International Missionary Training Network was initiated by the Mission Commission (MC) of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). It was founded in 1989 as the International Missionary Training Fellowship. It was relaunched in 2011 at the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission conference in Germany in 2011. It is led by a steering committee which is accountable to the Director of the Mission Commission.