The World Evangelical Alliance, meeting recently in Thailand for its General Assembly, issued a statement of repentance for past views about people coping with HIV.

“With brokenness we admit that as evangelical Christians we have allowed stigmatization and discrimination to characterize our relationships with people living with HIV. We repent of these sinful attitudes and commit to ensuring that they are changed,” reads the resolution, according to a news release from the evangelical group.

More than 500 senior evangelical leaders from across the globe gathered for the Oct. 25-30 meeting.