The Australian Evangelical Alliance (AEA) has launched a website to help Christians think biblically about political and social issues before voting in the Federal election.

The website, at www.evangelicalalliance.org.au features articles about social issues, comparisons of the values of political parties, discussions about policies released by the parties, prayers, reflections on Christian responsibilities, song suggestions and statements from Christian politicians.

The AEA says its aim is to encourage Christians to relate faith more directly to social values and to create a greater level of connection between corporate worship and social issues.

"The challenge is not to come to a common political position, but to develop a greater ability to think and act out of convictions derived from our understanding of God," says AEA's national director Tom Slater. "We believe God created the world, cares intensely about it, revealed basic laws which make for a just and cohesive society, and actually became a citizen of it in the person of Jesus."

AEA, an affiliate of the World Evangelical Alliance, an international fellowship of more than 150 million Christians in 110 countries, has been operating in Australia since 1959.