Evangelicals Around the World

“The emergence of the evangelical community is a remarkable story within the Christian church. Embodying a heartfelt love for Christ, His church, and the Scriptures, its radiating effect is to bring life transformation to people and society. Evangelicals Around the World paints with a broad brush, but also with sufficient detail to provide a picture of Evangelicals. This handbook will help Evangelicals better understand themselves and enable other religions, communities, media, and the academy in knowing about our development, prime influencers, essential ideas which shape our vision, and a compelling faith, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world.”

Bishop. Efraim Tendero

“This book is like a rich biography, full of kaleidoscopic insights, backgrounds, and narratives of the real life and multi-cultural diversity of evangelical presence, life, witness, and activity around the world today. It is remarkably comprehensive as a resource and wonderfully revealing as a panorama. Rev. Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright, International Ministries Director, Langham Partnership The handbook is an incredible source to know how God’s people faithfully fulfilled the purposes of God for this world as they journeyed with God and one another. Its stories motivate us to engage in God’s redemptive mission. Rev. Dr. Richard Howell, General Secretary, Asia Evangelical Alliance This singular handbook gives the most comprehensive, factual account of connected Evangelicals to date, and the most complete understanding of our goals and identity. It is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the nature and impact of today’s Christianity. Rev. Dr. Joel C. Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland—A Church Distributed Evangelicals Around the World is an invaluable resource for all Christians. This book will help build bridges among Evangelicals of all denominations, help us understand the opportunities and challenges that we face as the Body of Christ, and will help to clarify our distinctiveness as Evangelicals. Rev. Dr. Wirachai Kowae, Chairman, Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand An era of increased access to information has also yielded misperceptions about who Evangelicals are globally. We now have a comprehensive resource to dispel misinformation, serving both the skeptic and serious inquirer. This clearly written volume allows Evangelicals to confidently describe themselves, demonstrating the breadth, vitality, and texture of this significant segment of World Christianity.”

Byron D. Klaus

“This handbook is a footprint of gospel exploits that transform Evangelicals while turning the world upside down. The volume of faithfulness will inspire the most timid to exercise their Evangelical capacity with a contextual mandate. Commissioner M. Christine MacMillan, The Salvation Army; Chair, WEA Global Human Trafficking Taskforce This handbook is a great resource for all Evangelicals who want an in-depth knowledge about this global movement and for others who want to understand this growing movement. Since the authors are as diverse as the movement they describe, this wider approach captures the DNA of the global evangelical movement. A great and timely resource for those who want to look behind the scenes. Prof. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher, President, International Council, International Society of Human Rights (Geneva); President, Martin Bucer European Seminary and Research Institutes This handbook is a seminal work on the whole question of Evangelical identity and a corrective of the popular stereotypes of what the 21st century world makes of Evangelicals. It is a welcome resource for Evangelicals around the world, and a witness of how God continues to work out His purposes. Aiah Foday-Khabenje, General Secretary, Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) The reader will find a wealth of information that will serve to view Evangelicalism in its diversity and richness. It will become obvious that the Latin American Evangelical world is as Joseph’s coat, a beautifully embroidered gathering of colors, which changes its hues continually as it finds its own identity and expresses the Body of Christ. And that the Evangelicals, while not beholden to any one line of thought, are taking their place in the Christian world.”

Rev. Samuel Olson