[secret garden]

Please pardon my ignorance, but can you provide the definition for evangelical as it is used in this article?

[Mr. Mulliner]

Here's something I found on Google just now.

evangelical  (Christianity)
adjective

1	of, based upon, or following from the Gospels

2	denoting or relating to any of certain Protestant sects or parties, which emphasize the importance of personal conversion and faith in atonement through the death of Christ as a means of salvation

3	another word for: evangelistic

noun

4	an upholder of evangelical doctrines or a member of an evangelical sect or party, esp. the Low-Church party of the Church of England

I think definitions 2 & 4 are pretty much what is being referred to here.