The alliance was directly inspired by the Evangelical Alliance and the National Association of Evangelicals who managed to unite multiple Christian denominations both in UK and USA with the hope of preaching the gospel to more people. Established in 1990 from the initiative of multiple protestant religious figures, most notably Baptist pastor , the idea of a Romanian Evangelical Alliance took birth in January, after the fall of communism, when Iosif first came back in the country after years of exile. On 25 April, alongside Silviu Cioată, Vasile Taloș and Emil Bulgăr, Iosif organised a meeting between all evangelical leaders. Together they analysed the doctrinal differences and after realising how few they were, decided to form the union.