Are Evangelicals Christians

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Just wanted to add that the World Evangelical Alliance (which claims to represent 60 million evangelical Christians) and the National Association of Evangelicals are good places to start looking if you are having trouble understanding what an “evangelical” Protestant is. I could understand how it could be difficult for a Catholic to tell the difference between an evangelical Protestant and a non-evangelical one. Just keep in mind that the NAE does not represent all evangelical denominations in the USA. For example, the largest evangelical church in the USA, the Southern Baptist Convention, is not a member of the NAE.

You might want to read, “What do we mean by ‘evangelical’” by Dr. Leon Morris.
 
Wow there are too many posts to respond too. I am a protestant Evangelical in the Evangelical Free Church. My denomination practices water baptism after someone is “saved.” Not infant baptism. Is it the same thing as a trinitarian Baptism? I don’t relish the idea of not being “Christian” like some users have hinted.

efca.org/about-efca/statement-faith
We believe that the true church comprises all who have been justified by God’s grace through faith alone in Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true church is manifest in local churches, whose membership should be composed only of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the church in genuine faith, these ordinances confirm and nourish the believer.
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Wow there are too many posts to respond too. I am a protestant Evangelical in the Evangelical Free Church. My denomination practices water baptism after someone is “saved.” Not infant baptism. Is it the same thing as a trinitarian Baptism? I don’t relish the idea of not being “Christian” like some users have hinted.

efca.org/about-efca/statement-faith
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I do not speak for others, but I feel that the general consensus is that there are Evangelicals that are true believers and some that are not.

Just as well, there are Catholics who are walking with God as true believers and Catholics who are not. This can be extrapolated to every denomination.

Any propensity of belief that protestants are not “Christian” probably stems from a confusion of salvation as Catholics do not adhere to sola fide.
 
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Wow there are too many posts to respond too. I am a protestant Evangelical in the Evangelical Free Church. My denomination practices water baptism after someone is “saved.” Not infant baptism. Is it the same thing as a trinitarian Baptism? I don’t relish the idea of not being “Christian” like some users have hinted.

efca.org/about-efca/statement-faith
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Trinitarian baptism is baptism done “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
 
I learned from responses to my post and thank you for that. I did not think about title of the post as it relates to Evangelicalism within Protestantism; I am glad to hear your explanations about it. The JWs & Mormons etc I see them as extreme groups that have arisen from Protestantism in America.

So I will reword my response to just yes, unless it includes the Westboro Baptist Church and similar denominations to these group.
 
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