The term Evangelicalism first began as a new phenomenon in the seventeenth and eighteenth century in Britain and New England where men and women alike were able to preach the message of the gospel to ordinary …show more content…
“ The preachers specifically had an unambiguous purpose: they wanted to communicate and essentially straightforward message of salvation in direct, uncomplicated language using homely and telling illustrations. They were intense and earnest and delivered their message with urgency and zeal. Their sermons were carefully prepared and drew upon the personal experience of the preacher. For evangelicals along with the Methodists, the purpose was to ask, persuade, and inspire the people they addressed. The evangelicals constantly and consistently taught the sufficiency and supremacy of the bible in its totality as the sole rule of faith and practice. They were content to hold the doctrines, which they believed were, enshrined in the articles, prayer book and homilies, as they thought these were in accord with the Bible” (Smith, 1989). It is quite the interesting thought to understand how much society has developed in regards to learning about religion. In the past, it had always been through word of mouth and physically going to church, however in current day we can learn from the comfort of our own home by simply turning on our television. Although it is meant to strictly teach …show more content…
The faith of civilization lies not on charity but on an expression of the Holy Spirit, which generates an original method of understanding yourself and world we live in. Secondly, it concentrates on the central characteristics of religion such as principles and ceremonies. To a great degree the obligations have been troubled by years of controversy. They have occupied the intellectual world of the late twentieth century only periodically. Too often, modern advances are unnoticed, or else mocked and quickly rejected. Regardless of its evidences, even the greatest of modern theology will be overlooked by majority of society and essentially disregarded even in evangelical churches. (Noll, Plantinga, & Wells, 1995) “Missionaries and Evangelical converts consequently tended to write off the ancient Eastern churches as beyond hope of renewal and mission strategy became orientated towards drawing people out of them rather than renewing people in them. In Eastern Europe and Russia, Evangelical mission met with considerable success. Baptists, Mennonites, Brethren and indigenous groups such as the Stundists and Evangelical Christians all grew, to the extent that today countries such as Romania host some of the largest concentrations of Evangelicals outside North America. But such growth often came at the cost