evangelicalism

Many of us self-identify differently in differing contexts. For example, if I were among international people of non-Christian religions, I would identify myself at a Christian. If I were among left-leaning evangelicals, I might say I leaned more fundamental. If I were among fundamentalists, I would say I lean more conservative evangelical. But I USUALLY describe myself as Conservative Evangelical, so that would be my answer.

But what about your answer. How do you MOST TYPICALLY identify yourself?

https://blog.tms.edu/is-the-evangelical-movement-really-evangelical - An article by John MacArthur on the decline of evangelicalism.

WE have had many discussions on SI about what it means to be a fundamentalist. Your definition might not fit mine, and vice versa. We generally recognize Gospel-believing churches as evangelical, conservative evangelical, fundamental; I would add a fourth category: extremely fundamental.

By my definition, here is a rough breakdown that has many exceptions:

A Hyles-Anderson KJV only type church would be extremely fundamental.

An IFCA or Grace Brethren church and most independent Baptist churches would be fundamental.

As expressed in the image below: Top has Fundamentalism as a subset of Evangelicalism & bottom has Fundamentalism as a separate set entirely

Poll Results

Do you view Fundamentalism as a subset of Evangelicalism or as separate set from Evangelicalism?

Fundamentalism is a subset of Evangelicalism Votes: 19
Fundamentalism as a separate set entirely Votes: 1
Something other - please explain Votes: 1



3. Gay marriage supporters have become the new fundamentalists. They require not merely tolerance of gay marriage, but total approval and endorsement.



This kind of rhetoric reminds me of some of the comparisons I heard from fundamentalists when they made uncharitable comments about evangelicals. Irony.

My Take: It’s time for Islamophobic evangelicals to choose