Evangelicalism facts for kids
The word evangelicalism refers to a type of Christian belief and practice in conservative Protestant Christianity, although some Catholic Christians would 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. This is different from Protestant liberalism although they 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 evangelical is often used to simply mean Protestant, as different from Roman Catholic religion. Some Christian denominations have the word evangelical as part of their official name. This 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, meaning that one in four Christians would be an evangelical. The United States has a large number of evangelicals. American evangelicals are about one fourth of the nation's population and its largest religious group. There are also many evangelicals in Latin America, Africa, China and Korea. Evangelicals make up most of the Baptist churches, Pentecostals, a portion of Methodists, Presbyterians and other older denominations, and many independent Christian churches that don't belong to any larger group.
Billy Graham was probably the best known evangelical of the last 100 years. He preached all around the world and brought millions of people to the Christian faith.
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Park Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1904
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Baptistery in the Pentecostal church (Pingstförsamlingen) of Västerås, in Sweden, 2018
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Worship service at Christ's Commission Fellowship Pasig affiliated to the Christ's Commission Fellowship in 2014, in Pasig, Philippines
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Chümoukedima Ao Baptist Church building in Chümoukedima, Nagaland, affiliated with the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (India).
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College of Nursing, Central Philippine University in Iloilo City, affiliated with the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches, 2018
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Wedding ceremony at First Baptist Church of Rivas, Baptist Convention of Nicaragua, 2011
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Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, United States
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Show on the life of Jesus at Igreja da Cidade, affiliated to the Brazilian Baptist Convention, in São José dos Campos, Brazil, 2017
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Together for the Gospel, an evangelical pastors' conference held biennially. A panel discussion with (from left to right) Albert Mohler, Ligon Duncan, C. J. Mahaney, and Mark Dever.
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The Prayer Book of 1662 included the Thirty-Nine Articles emphasized by evangelical Anglicans.
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Jonathan Edwards' account of the revival in Northampton was published in 1737 as A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton
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When forbidden from preaching from the pulpits of parish churches, John Wesley began open-air preaching.
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William Wilberforce was a politician, philanthropist and an evangelical Anglican, who led the British movement to abolish the slave trade.
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The evangelical revivalist Billy Graham in Duisburg, Germany, 1954
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Worship service in a Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Russia
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Worship at El Lugar de Su Presencia, affiliated with Hillsong Family, in Bogotá, in Colombia, 2019
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Temple of Solomon replica built by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in São Paulo
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American pastor Johannes Maas preaching in Andhra Pradesh, India in 1974. Spreading the revival is an essential part of work done by evangelical missionaries.
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Evangelical Free Church at Kirkkokatu street in Vanhatulli neighbourhood in Oulu, Finland
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TheCall rally in 2008, Washington, D.C. United States Capitol in the background.
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Socially conservative evangelical Protestantism plays a major role in the Bible Belt, an area covering almost all of the Southern United States. Evangelicals form a majority in the region.
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Emergency food distribution in a disaster area in Indonesia by World Vision International, in 2009.
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See also
In Spanish: Evangelicalismo para niños
