Members of evangelical churches, a branch of Protestantism, are increasing. These believers say they are drawn by a more informal liturgy and the emphasis on community.
      • CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Yes, technically. But when talking about how terms are used, protestants are the more progressive denominations while evangelicals are singled out as their own thing. This gets clearer when using the german terms: protestant is protestantisch that is used interchangible with evangelisch, but evangelical is it’s own thing as evangelikal.

        Evsngelicals are not part of what is generally known as the more progressive protestant tradition, although it is a protestant denomination.

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 months ago

      It’s a french newspaper and the full article is only available to subscribers, I don’t like to assume.

      • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
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        4 months ago

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        Members of evangelical churches, a branch of Protestantism, are increasing.
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         mirrors the rise of evangelical Christianity across France, where Protestantism has traditionally been dominated by older currents rooted in the Lutheran Reformation.
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        Sébastien Fath, a historian and sociologist of religions at France’s National Center for Scientific Research and a recognized expert on the subject, said that today, “at least 58% of Protestants are evangelicals, a figure that may even be underestimated.” According to him, there are currently between 1.1 million and 1.2 million evangelicals in France, spread across some 3,000 places of worship nationwide – including in medium-sized towns where they were previously absent.