"...
authority of Scripture. And they were persistently
active in sharing this gospel (the evangel) in word and
deed. Historian David Bebbington has identified these
unique emphases as conversionism (an emphasis on
personal conversion as the mark of the true
Christian), Biblicism (the Bible is the key or sole
authority for faith and life), crucicentrism (the cross
as central to one's understanding of the faith), and
activism (a gospel expressed in both faith and deeds).
Those four descriptors resonate with our own
experience of evangelicalism, understood across time
and place. The earliest evangelicals appeared ..."
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/february-web-only/better-way-to-be-evangelical.html
active in sharing this gospel (the evangel) in word and
deed. Historian David Bebbington has identified these
unique emphases as conversionism (an emphasis on
personal conversion as the mark of the true
Christian), Biblicism (the Bible is the key or sole
authority for faith and life), crucicentrism (the cross
as central to one's understanding of the faith), and
activism (a gospel expressed in both faith and deeds).
Those four descriptors resonate with our own
experience of evangelicalism, understood across time
and place. The earliest evangelicals appeared ..."
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/february-web-only/better-way-to-be-evangelical.html
