Below is a definition of Evangelical Christianity according to The Watchman Expositor, a ministry of Christian discernment. :
Evangelical Christianity: Evangelical (from the Greek "good news" or "gospel") generally means a focus on the essentials of the Christian gospel.
The term can be generally used to describe all Christians or churches that hold to or give heavy emphasis to specific conservative beliefs.
These include:
the nature of God (sovereign, holy, compassionate, personal, etc.),
the sinful and fallen state of humanity, and
salvation by grace through faith in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as the only means of salvation. More specifically the term has come to be more closely identified with a widespread trans-denominational shift towards more conservative Christian doctrine that developed after World War II.the authority and infallibility of the Bible,
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