[AlmaKing]

What’s an ‘Evangelical’ ?

I never heard of that term before it was made up in the 2000s or so. Sounds like Evangelical means Christian.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: What’s an ‘Evangelical’ ?

As per Wikipedia...

Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730’s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.

Its key commitments are:

* The need for personal conversion and repentance (or being “born again”);

* A high regard for biblical authority;

* An emphasis on teachings that proclaim the saving death and resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus Christ;

* Actively expressing and sharing the gospel.

These four distinctive aspects conversionism, biblicism, crucicentrism, and evangelism together form a quadrilateral of priorities that is the basis of Evangelicalism.

[ken21]

evangelical comes straight from the Biblical greek.

it was not “made up” recently.