Evangelicalism

====Great Britain====
{{further|Methodism|Clapham Sect|Conservative Evangelicalism in Britain}}
John Wesley (1703–1791) was an Anglican cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles Wesley (1707–1788) and fellow cleric George Whitefield (1714–1770), founded Methodism. After 1791 the movement became independent of the Anglican Church as the "Methodist Connection". It became a force in its own right, especially among the working class.<ref>Anthony Armstrong, ''The Church of England: the Methodists and society, 1700–1850'' (1973).</ref>

The ''Clapham Sect'' was a group of Church of England evangelicals and social reformers based in [[Clapham, London|Clapham]], London; they were active 1780s–1840s). [[John Newton]] (1725–1807) was the founder. They are described by the historian Stephen Tomkins as "a network of friends and families in England, with William Wilberforce as its center of gravity, who were powerfully bound together by their shared moral and spiritual values, by their religious mission and social activism, by their love for each other, and by marriage".<ref>Stephen Tomkins, ''The Clapham Sect: How Wilberforce's circle changed Britain'' (2010) p. 1.</ref>

Evangelicalism was a major force in the Anglican Church from about 1800 to the 1860s. By 1848 when an evangelical [[John Bird Sumner]] became Archbishop of Canterbury, between a quarter and a third of all Anglican clergy were linked to the movement, which by then had diversified greatly in its goals and they were no longer considered an organized faction.<ref>Boyd Hilton, ''A Mad, Bad, Dangerous People? England 1783–1846'' (2006), p 175.</ref><ref>John Wolffe, ''Expansion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Wilberforce, More, Chalmers & Finney'' (2007)</ref><ref>Owen Chadwick, ''The Victorian Church, Part One: 1829–1859'' (1966) pp 440–55.</ref>
[[File:Triumphant Global Church service.jpg|thumb|The Church Triumphant Global in [[Croydon]], United Kingdom]]
In the 21st century there are an estimated 2 million Evangelicals in the UK.<ref>Churchgoing the UK published by Tearfund 2007</ref> According to research performed by the Evangelical Alliance in 2013, 87 percent of UK evangelicals attend Sunday morning church services every week and 63 percent attend weekly or fortnightly small groups.<ref>Life in the Church published Evangelical Alliance 2013</ref> An earlier survey conducted in 2012 found that 92 percent of evangelicals agree it is a Christian's duty to help those in poverty and 45 percent attend a church which has a fund or scheme that helps people in immediate need, and 42 percent go to a church that supports or runs a foodbank. 63 percent believe in tithing, and so give around 10 percent of their income to their church, Christian organizations and various charities<ref>Does Money Matter? published by Evangelical Alliance 2012</ref> 83 percent of UK evangelicals believe that the Bible has supreme authority in guiding their beliefs, views and behavior and 52 percent read or listen to the Bible daily.<ref>21st Century Evangelicals published by Evangelical Alliance 2010</ref> The [[Evangelical Alliance]], formed in 1846, was the first ecumenical evangelical body in the world and works to unite evangelicals, helping them listen to, and be heard by, the government, media and society.