Are Evangelical Christians and Fundamentalists the same thing?

Question

Or is every Fundamentalist an Evangelical but not every Evangelical a Fundamentalist? If there's a difference, could you tell me what some differences would be--simply? Thanks!

So, a Fundamentalist is not simply someone who believes only in the Bible for their faith? I knew this was a lot more complicated then it seemed. Thanks!

Answer 1

A fundamentalist is nothing what you have probably heard of in pop culture. A fundamentalist Christian believes in the very basic tenants of a Christian walk as being the central focus. These are issues such as the
Hypostatic union (Jesus was fully God and fully Man)
Jesus is the only means of salvation
God is the creator of all things,God has all power, God is just, loving, righteous, holy, etc.
The Holy Trinity
Jesus' virgin birth and bodily ressurrection
Jesus lived a perfectly sinless life, and became a substitute for our sins. (This is called Substitutionary atonement)
The Bible is God's infallible Word, and a few others. They also believe that other issues of Christianity such as sprinkled vs. dunked baptism may be issues of importance, but are not salvific issues. Meaning they are not issues that determine a person's salvation. Fundamentalists usually are rather unconcerned with these lesser issues.

An evangelical Christian is at least a fundamentalist. Every Christian believes what a fundamentalist believes. Some are more conservative than fundamentalists. (Yes, I'm saying that fundamentalists can tend to be more liberal, not conservative, this is where pop culture gets it wrong). An evangelical Christian believes in spreading the word of God to other people who do not know the hope of Christ. This is a clear command of Scripture, and as such, fundamentalists also engage in this activity.

So in the end, fundamentalists and evangelicals are different terms, meaning different things, but they will encompass the same group of people at large. Some evangelicals are not fundamentalists, because they are more conservative and concerned with issues such as baptism and such things, but all fundamentalists are evangelicals.

Answer 2

They are two different things but you can be both at once or either or neither and still be considered a Christian. the Evangelical movement started in the 1800s among Christians who were concerned that the modern world was slipping away from Christianity. Most evangelicals are trying to share their faith with as many people as possible the saved concept is very important to most evangelicals as is missionary work and church social service organizations they also tend to work actively with the impoverished and work to get education to as many as possible so they can read the Bible for themselves. Fundamentalism also began in the 1800s it was an attempt to try and keep Christianity based on nothing but the Bible. Most but not all Fundamentalists believe every word of the Bible is true. They tend to hold very conservative Christian values and typically dislike gambling, alcohol and anything that could lead one into sin.

Answer 3

Yes, it is more complicated than you think lol Fundamentalist used to be a denomination of Christianity (I believe it was back in the 30's and 40's). Today, when one says they're a Fundamentalist, it usually means they follow the Bible only (this is how it's explained to me). Most Evangelical's I have met claim to be Fundamentalist.

Now, the word Fundie is something else. That usually means Fanatic.

Answer 4

"Fundamentalist" in the beginning of the 20th century, simply meant those who believe the fundamentals of the faith, as opposed to the "modernists" who took most if not all of the supernatural out of their "Christian" faith. By that definition, evangelical Christians would have been fundamentalists.
Today, however, the term "fundamentalist" has taken on another meaning in Christan circles. it has come to mean those who separate themselves from everyone who doesn't cross their t's and dot their i's in just the right way doctrinally. They have become a smaller and smaller group of extremely vociferous and divisive believers. Because of that, most Evangelical Christians today would not care for the term "fundamentalist". And in the last few years, "fundamentalist" has been used for extreme and violent forms of any religion, particularly Islam.
So the term has either lost its meaning, or taken on a new meaning that was never originally intended.
(Many words in English change in meaning with time. Like the word "stink" apparently used to simply mean "smell" - you could have a good stink!)

Answer 5

i'm no longer able to talk for any Europeans or Asians, yet i do no longer see why the two words might mean something distinctive than they do in united statesa., or why they could be assumed to intend an analogous factor. Fundamentalists have self assurance that each little thing interior the Bible is genuine, and that each little thing is meant to be taken actually (different than while that is specific as metaphor, like the parables). Evangelicals are basically Christians who proselytize. they attempt to unfold the interest of the Bible in an attempt to earnings converts. the certainty that evangelicals attempt to evangelise to others would not have something to do with how they interpret the Bible, nor does whether somebody takes the Bible to be the literal reality or no longer inevitably have something to do with whether or no longer they attempt to transform human beings.

Answer 6

Every fundamentalist is an evangelical, but not every evangelical is a fundie. But the terms are pretty interchangeable, as what they believe is the same.

The original formulation of American fundamentalist beliefs can be traced to the Niagara Bible Conference (1878–1897) and, in 1910, to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church which distilled these into what became known as the "five fundamentals":

Inerrancy of the Scriptures

The virgin birth and the deity of Jesus

The doctrine of substitutionary atonement through God's grace and human faith

The bodily resurrection of Jesus

The authenticity of Christ's miracles (or, alternatively, his premillennial second coming)

Answer 7

They are not exactly the same thing. Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism are both movements occurring on the conservative end of Protestantism. Evangelicalism holds to the importance of evangelism and the authority of the Bible. Fundamentalism holds to the same beliefs but tend to be more hostile towards secular culture and Catholicism too. There are of course many overlaps between the two groups, but the posturing tends to separate them.

Answer 8

Fundamentalists believe the Bible should be taken literally except when the Bible says it is a parable. Those fundamentalists who believe in witnessing the word of God to men would also be evangelicals.

Evangelicals are witnesses. They believe in spreading the faith, and may or may not be fundamentalists.

grace2u

Answer 9

Both seem to be law law; Not knowing the second (law) is "like unto the first" (law) in Matthew 22:36-40 law law, and the first of Romans 8:2 law law is notably "sin and death": a 'dead' end.
http://www.godshew.org/TwainShew4.htm#Laws
http://www.godshew.org/AnotherLaw.htm

Not to mention the will of God is:
"I will have mercy, and not sacrifice",
http://www.godshew.org/GodShew4.htm
and the "not" part is not then, not now, not ever:
http://www.godshew.org/Sacrifice.htm

Do will of God PRECEDES receive the promise:
Hebrews 10:36

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 10

If You like to be a christian following the principles of Jesus Christ, just read Holy Bible and follow the words and ask Lord to reveal things as per His will.