Evangelicalism

The word evangelicalism refers to a type of Christian belief and practice in conservative Protestantism although some Catholics also call themselves "evangelicals."

Evangelicals believe in spreading their faith (evangelism), the need to be converted (also called being born again), believing what is in the Bible, and the need to live a moral life both personally and in society. In the past 200 years, people, churches and social movements have often been called evangelical. It is different from Liberal Protestantism although it may share some of the same goals.

Outside the United States, the word "evangelical" can mean different things. In Europe and Latin America the word is often used to simply mean Protestant, as different from Roman Catholic religion.[1] Some Christian denominations have the word as part of their official name, which may indicate that they are more conservative than other denominations with a similar name.

In 2016, there were thought to be about 619 million evangelicals in the world and so one in four Christians would be an evangelical. The United States has many evangelicals, who form about one fourth of the nation's population and its largest religious group.[2][3] There are also many evangelicals in Latin America, Africa, China and Korea. Evangelicals make up most Baptists and Pentecostals; manyMethodists, Presbyterians, and other older denominations; and many independent Christian churches that do not belong to any larger group.[4][5]

Billy Graham, probably the best-known evangelical of the last 100 years, preached all around the world.

References

  1. ↑ Larsen, Timothy; Treier, Daniel J (12 April 2007). The Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology. Cambridge University Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-139-82750-8. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Smith, Gregory A.; Masci, David (3 March 2018). "5 facts about U.S. evangelical Protestants". Pew Research Center.
  3. ↑ "Religion in America: US Religious groups". Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  4. ↑ Brian Stiller, Evangelicals Around the World: A Global Handbook for the 21st Century, Thomas Nelson, USA, 2015, p. 28, 90
  5. ↑ Donald W. Dayton, Robert K Johnston, The Variety of American Evangelicalism, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 1997, p. 155

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