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The Evangelical movement’s center has shifted to the Global South, researchers say

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The question of who qualifies as an Evangelical and how many Evangelicals exist worldwide continues to puzzle scholars, church leaders and mission researchers alike.

That was the central theme of a Sept. 2 webinar hosted by the World Evangelical Alliance and released publicly Sept. 5, featuring two leading voices in global religious demography.

Dr. Gina A. Zurlo, editor of the World Christian Database and a lecturer at Harvard Divinity School, and Jason Mandryk, longtime editor of Operation World, outlined both the difficulties and the necessity of measuring a movement that is increasingly diverse and shifting rapidly toward the Global South.

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I wonder how many people overlap Evangelicals and Fundamentalists with Baptists, Pentecostals, Charismatics, Word of Faith Movement et al.

I've seen many non-denominational Christians also identify as Evangelical, as well as some mainline Christians identify as Evangelical.

Is there a CLEAR definition?
 
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