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- adjective Of, or relating to any of several
Christian Churches that believe in the soleauthority of thegospels - adjective Of, or relating to
Protestant (especiallyLutheran ) Churches inGermany
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Your experience with the evangelical who didn't believe Catholics were Christians leads me to believe they were more Fundamentalist than Evangelical... though admittedly Evangelical does cover quite a wide range of ground from the Bob Jones's and Pensacola Christian Colleges of the world (extremely fundamentalist) to Liberty,etc (borderline fundamentalist - probably closer to that than anything else -but hey - they do allow women to wear pants - just not to class) to the more mainline yet still evangelical colleges like my own undergraduate alma mater...
Overwhelmed and Underwhelmed Bardiac 2008
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Evangelical comes from the Greek word which means good news.
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The term Evangelical comes from the Greek evangelion, which derives from the term "good news."
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The term Evangelical comes from the Greek evangelion, which derives from the term "good news."
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The various church groups within Evangelical Christianity, such as Evangelical Lutherans, Reformists or Calvinists or
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George Bush just about every Monday at the White House would bring in Evangelical reverends from across the country to talk to.
Think Progress » Rep. Trent Franks: African-Americans were better off under slavery. 2010
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It's sad that the historical illiteracy in Evangelical community is such that we now believe that YEC has always been the position of those who strive to be bibical in their thinking. peace
19th Century Evangelical Scholars, Old Earth and Evolution 2010
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(See “A Call to Missions: Is There Such a Thing?” in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, October, 2003 for more on this topic of “calling” in the Scriptures).
How new missionaries choose their country of service: do we need a change? 2008
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(Timothy Paul Erdel, Review of Between Past and Future by Jonathan J. Bonk, in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, April, 2004, Vol. 40, No. 2, p. 250.) “Involvement in and spending on missions trips is seeing an unprecedented increase, while recruitment for full time mission service is flat.”
How new missionaries choose their country of service: do we need a change? 2008
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Also, the practice of communion is called "Eucharist," a word not normally heard in Evangelical circles, at least in my experience.
August Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy Blog Tour: Broken Angel 2008
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