Protestantism

===Evangelicalism===
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Evangelicalism, or evangelical Protestantism,{{efn|Primarily in the United States, where Protestants are usually placed in one of two categories—[[Mainline Protestant|Mainline]] or Evangelical.}} is a worldwide, transdenominational movement which maintains that the essence of [[the gospel]] consists in the doctrine of salvation by [[Grace in Christianity|grace]] through [[Faith in Christianity|faith]] in [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]]'s [[atonement in Christianity|atonement]].<ref name=Oxf>{{cite book|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary | year=1978| publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url=http://www.operationworld.org/glossary | title=Operation World | access-date=4 June 2015 | archive-date=18 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118153156/http://operationworld.org/glossary | url-status=live }}</ref>

Evangelicals are [[Christians]] who believe in the centrality of the conversion or [[Born again (Christianity)|"born again" experience]] in receiving salvation, believe in the authority of the Bible as God's revelation to humanity and have a strong commitment to evangelism or sharing the Christian message.

It gained great momentum in the 18th and 19th centuries with the emergence of [[Methodism]] and the [[Great Awakenings]] in Britain and North America. The origins of Evangelicalism are usually traced back to the English [[Methodist]] movement, [[Nicolaus Zinzendorf]], the [[Moravian Church]], [[Lutheran]] [[pietism]], [[Presbyterianism]] and [[Puritanism]].<ref name="Christianity report"/> Among leaders and major figures of the Evangelical Protestant movement were [[John Wesley]], [[George Whitefield]], [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]], [[Billy Graham]], [[Harold John Ockenga]], [[John Stott]] and [[Martyn Lloyd-Jones]].

There are an estimated 285,480,000 Evangelicals, corresponding to 13% of the [[Christianity by country|Christian population]] and 4% of the [[World population|total world population]]. The Americas, Africa and Asia are home to the majority of Evangelicals. The United States has the largest concentration of Evangelicals.<ref name="How Many Evangelicals Are There">{{Citation | title=How Many Evangelicals Are There? | url=http://www.wheaton.edu/ISAE/Defining-Evangelicalism/How-Many-Are-There/ | publisher=Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals | place=Wheaton College | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130062242/http://www.wheaton.edu/ISAE/Defining-Evangelicalism/How-Many-Are-There | archive-date=30 January 2016 | df=dmy-all}}</ref> Evangelicalism is gaining popularity both in and outside the English-speaking world, especially in Latin America and the [[developing world]].
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File:Wilberforce john rising.jpg|[[William Wilberforce]], a British evangelical abolitionist
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 194-0798-29, Düsseldorf, Veranstaltung mit Billy Graham.jpg|[[Billy Graham]], a prominent evangelical revivalist, preaching in [[Duisburg|Duisburg, Germany]] in 1954
File:Église Nouvelle Vie culte.jpg|Worship service at [[Église Nouvelle vie]], an evangelical [[Pentacostalism|Pentecostal]] church in [[Longueuil]], Canada
File:Hämeenlinnan Vapaaseurakunta.jpg|An Evangelical Protestant church in [[Hämeenlinna]], Finland
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