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1 | Who are the evangelicals? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 10217 | ||
Who are the evangelicals, what beliefs characterize them, and are evangelicals and conservatives the same? --Hank | ||||||
2 | Who are the evangelicals? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 10218 | ||
Defining "Evangelical" "Before we begin . . . , we need to give some definition to what is meant by the often vague and ambiguous term "evangelical." The term is derived from the Greek noun euangelion, which has been translated "good news," "glad tidings," or "gospel." Therefore, at the most fundamental level, being an evangelical Christian means being a believer in and proclaimer of the gospel (the good news that sinful humanity can find redemption in the doing and dying of Christ [1 Cor. 15:1-4]). "If this were all there was to being an evangelical, however, virtually every Christian group would claim this title. Obviously, the term carries a deeper historical and theological meaning. Lutheran theologian and apologist John Warwick Montgomery has summarized well the historical roots and doctrinal foundations that stand behind evangelical Christianity: 'To my way of thinking, "evangelicals" are bound together not by virtue of being members of the same Protestant confessional stream, but by their firm adherence to certain common theological tenets and emphases. These latter would summarize as follows: '(1) Conviction that the Bible alone is God's objectively inerrant revelation to man; '(2) Subscription to the...creeds as expressing the Trinitarian heart of biblical religion; '(3) Belief that the Reformation confessions adequately convey the soteriological essence of the scriptural message, namely, salvation by grace alone through faith in the atoning death and resurrection of the God-man Jesus Christ; '(4) Stress upon personal, dynamic, living commitment to Christ and resultant prophetic witness for Him to the unbelieving world; and '(5) A strong eschatological perspective. Whether a member of a large "inclusivist" church or of a small "separated" body, whether Anglican or Pentecostal, an evangelical regards himself in home territory where the above theological atmosphere exists.' "This concise summary cogently sets forth the belief system that stands behind authentic evangelical Christianity. And it is this broad base that evangelicals affirm to be the very bedrock of Christianity itself." (Quoted from CRI STATEMENT DC170-1). (www.equip.org/free/DC170-1.htm) Your question: "Are evangelicals and conservatives the same?" My reply: There are many conservative evangelicals. But the terms conservative and fundamentalist should not be confused. Evangelicals are not fundamentalists, though many of us are conservative. Nor are fundamentalists evangelicals. |
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3 | Who are the evangelicals? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 10260 | ||
"IV. The Twentieth-Century Church D. Evangelical Unity In Diversity. 1. Evangelicalsm's historical roots in the early church and the Reformation. (a) From 1865 it faced the rise of liberalism coming out of Darwin's theory of evolution and German Kantian philosophy and biblical criticism. (b) From 1881 to 1918 tension arose between liberals and evangelicals with Fosdick opposing Hodge over the idea of inerrancy and premillennialism in 'The Fundamentals' (1910) and 'The Scofield Bible' (1909). (c) Conflict grew from 1919 to 1929 with the Scopes trial (1925) over evolution and J. Gresham Machen's "Christianity and Liberalism" (1923) asserting that liberalism was a new nonbiblical religion. (d) With liberalism triumphant in mainline churches from 1919 to 1945, evangelicals founded new denominations, Bible schools, colleges, seminaries, publishing houses, and the National Association of Evangelicals. (e) Since World War II ended, liberal mainline churches have declined and the evangelical church has grown. 2. The evangelical spectrum includes many groups who agree in basic doctrines but have special emphases such as the baptism of the Spirit. (a) The mainstream holding to inerrancy and premillennialism includes Bible schools such as Moody Bible Insitute, Wheaton College, seminaries such as Trinity, the NAE, the Evangelical Theological Society, and periodicals such as "Christianity Today". (b) Pentecostal-Charismatic-Third Wave groups, which stress the baptism of the Spirit as a work of grace separate from salvation and "signs and wonders," form a large group to the right. (c) Holiness groups stress a second work leading to perfection. Charles Finney and Phoebe Palmer were forerunners of such groups as the Wesleyan Methodists and The Salvation Army. (d) Closed fundamentalists such as Carl McIntire and Bob Jones reject even fellow evangelicals. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson are open to cooperation in putting morality back into public life. (e) Parachurch organizations such as World Vision, Wycliffe Bible Translators, and Campus Crusade serve evangelicals. (f) To the left are organizations like Fuller Seminary, which by 1972 had dropped earlier ideas of inerrancy and premillennialism. (g) Evangelicals for Social Action wants more participation in social action. (h) Evangelical Women's Caucus wants women to be recognized with rights. (i) Evangelicals in mainline churches either founded new churches such as the Presbyterian Church in America or, like renewal groups, sought to lead the denomination back to evangelicalism. The Lutheran-Missouri Synod Church and the Southern Baptists have succeeded." Taken pages 2103,2104 from The Ryrie Expanded Edition NASB95 Study Bible. Nolan |
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