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Period: 1499 to
Evolution of the Evangelistic Denomination
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1500
Christianity
an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers, comprising around 31.2% of the world population. Six major branches of Christianity are Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Restorationism, and the Church of the East. Protestantism is the branch that will be discussed today. More specifically; evangelical Christianity under Protestantism. -
Protestantism
Protestantism originated from the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. "Since the 16th century, major factors affecting Protestantism have been the Catholic Counter-Reformation which opposed it successfully especially in France, Spain and Italy. Major movements today include Evangelicalism, mainline denominations, and Pentecostalism." The Evangelical Church comes from Protestantism which is a denomination. -
Origins of Evangelicalism
The origins of modern evangelicalism are traced to 1738, with many theological streams contributing to its foundation, such as Pietism and Radical Pietism, Puritanism, Quakerism and Moravianism. Evangelicalism focuses on the importance of sharing and preaching the good new of the gospel. -
First Evangelical Church
The movement gained significant momentum during the 18th and 19th centuries with the Great Awakening in Great Britain and the United States. The very first church hasn't been traced, but many people were starting to follow the evangelical denomination in the 18th and 19th centuries. -
Origin of The Evangelical Church Movement (John Wesley)
the origin of The Evangelical Church can be traced back to two earlier movements: the Wesleyan awakening in England under John Wesley, the founder of The Methodist Church -
The United Bretheren Christ Movement
the United Brethren in Christ movement in Pennsylvania, spearheaded by preachers such as William Otterbein and Martin Boehm. Protestant denomination from 1946 to 1968 with Arminian theology, roots in the Mennonite and German Reformed, and communities, and close ties to Methodism. It was formed by the merger of the Evangelical Church (formerly the Evangelical Association, founded by Jacob Albright) and the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (New Constitution) -
Moderate Evangelical movement arose
Moderate evangelical Christianity emerged in the 1940s in the United States in response to the Fundamentalist movement of the 1910s. In the late 1940s, evangelical theologians from the Fuller Theological Seminary emphasized the Christian importance of social activism. -
Progressive Evangelicalism
Evangelicals that weren't satisfied with the movement's fundamentalism mainstream were described as progressive evangelicals, postconservative evangelicals, open evangelicals and postevangelicals. They share theological views with other progressive Christians while also identifying with evangelicalism. Progressive evangelicals usually are involved in women's equality, pacifism and social justice movements as well. -
Population as of 2000 of the evangelical denomination
About 9% of Americans attended an evangelical service on any given Sunday as of 2000. 25.4% of the population were evangelical, while Roman Catholics were 20.8% and mainline Protestants were 14.7%.