Christians: Are you evangelical?

[Eddi]

This is in Same Faith Debates so Christians only please!

What do people make of this?

evangelical. Seeking to gently and passively promote Christianity, without being unsolicited, offensive or forceful

Evangelical. Being really right-wing on social issues, a literalist approach to scripture, and an obsession with winning as many converts as possible whilst denying the validity of other approaches

The two are different - one is lower-case, the other is upper-case

I'm all for lower-case "evangelical"

But no way am I an upper-case "Evangelical" Christian

I approve of evangelism but I am not an Evangelical.

I am a liberal!

Evangelising is not my business! - both online and away from my computer

But I will do things that could be consider evangelical - e.g. sharing/explaining my faith with others in the context of a mutual and respectful exchange

Basically: I am happy to help promote Christianity but not in the way that Evangelicals do

And I am not always out to promote it in my exchanges with other people! I have an On and Off switch!

So, the question is...

are you Evangelical or evangelical?

...or neither???

 

[exchemist]

This is in Same Faith Debates so Christians only please!

What do people make of this?

evangelical. Seeking to gently and passively promote Christianity, without being unsolicited, offensive or forceful

Evangelical. Being really right-wing on social issues, a literalist approach to scripture, and an obsession with winning as many converts as possible whilst denying the validity of other approaches

The two are different - one is lower-case, the other is upper-case

I'm all for lower-case "evangelical"

But no way am I an upper-case "Evangelical" Christian

I approve of evangelism but I am not an Evangelical.

I am a liberal!

Evangelising is not my business! - both online and away from my computer

But I will do things that could be consider evangelical - e.g. sharing/explaining my faith with others in the context of a mutual and respectful exchange

Basically: I am happy to help promote Christianity but not in the way that Evangelicals do

And I am not always out to promote it in my exchanges with other people! I have an On and Off switch!

So, the question is...

are you Evangelical or evangelical?

...or neither???

Your definition of evangelical is wrong. An evangelical Christian is a certain kind of Protestant.

A Catholic or Orthodox, or high church Anglican, or Episcopalian Christian is not an evangelical Christian.

Trying to redefine the word to make it mean something more general will just confuse.

 

[Eddi]

Your definition of evangelical is wrong. An evangelical Christian is a certain kind of Protestant.

A Catholic or Orthodox, or high church Anglican, or Episcopalian Christian is not an evangelical Christian.

Trying to redefine the word to make it mean something more general will just confuse.

So, you're saying that it is impossible by definition for a Catholic/Orthodox/High Church Anglican/Episcopalian Christian to go out evangelising?

 

[Sirona]

This is in Same Faith Debates so Christians only please!

What do people make of this?

evangelical. Seeking to gently and passively promote Christianity, without being unsolicited, offensive or forceful

Evangelical. Being really right-wing on social issues, a literalist approach to scripture, and an obsession with winning as many converts as possible whilst denying the validity of other approaches

The two are different - one is lower-case, the other is upper-case

I'm all for lower-case "evangelical"

But no way am I an upper-case "Evangelical" Christian

I approve of evangelism but I am not an Evangelical.

I am a liberal!

Evangelising is not my business! - both online and away from my computer

But I will do things that could be consider evangelical - e.g. sharing/explaining my faith with others in the context of a mutual and respectful exchange

Basically: I am happy to help promote Christianity but not in the way that Evangelicals do

And I am not always out to promote it in my exchanges with other people! I have an On and Off switch!

So, the question is...

are you Evangelical or evangelical?

...or neither???

Maybe it's more of a language problem. For example, in German there are two terms, evangelisch (moderate) and evangelikal (literalists).

 

[Brickjectivity]

Trying to redefine the word to make it mean something more general will just confuse.

Yes. Plus its already confusing and overloaded.

 

[metis]

So, you're saying that it is impossible by definition for a Catholic/Orthodox/High Church Anglican/Episcopalian Christian to go out evangelising?

In Catholicism, that's only encouraged with those who possibly might be interested in looking for a religion or church. To try and convert someone who already is happily in a place of worship is discouraged even if it's a synagogue, mosque, temple, etc. To do as such may create a possibility that they may give it all up and leave them with nothing.

 

[Eddi]

In Catholicism, that's only encouraged with those who possibly might be interested in looking for a religion or church. To try and convert someone who already is happily in a place of worship is discouraged even if it's a synagogue, mosque, temple, etc.

That's pretty much how I feel about "evangelising"

Except I would go as far as to include the happily irreligious in the category of those who one shouldn't pester