Junior Theme Update #2

So for my second Junior Theme Update I am going to talk about my interview! I thought I was going to have trouble finding someone to interview, but actually I have two interviews lined up!

My first Interview is with the Senior Pastor at Winnetka Covenant Church, Peter Hawkinson, which contrary to the name is an evangelical church. I think he will be a great resource because obviously he is the head of an evangelical church but also because he is not the head of a megachurch or a fundamental evangelical church, but the kind of church that the majority of evangelicals attend.

My second interview is actually with the author of the book I used for research. The book is entitled A Lover's Quarrel With the Evangelical Church and his name is Warren Cole Smith. I'm very excited for this interview as well because as opposed to Rev. Hawkinson, Mr. Smith is not one of the people "running the show" but he was someone who was drawn to the Evangelical Church, which is exactly what I am researching: why people are attracted to the evangelical church?

Junior Theme Update

So my question for the Junior theme is to answer the question: Why has the membership of the evangelical church dramatically increased? So far I have discovered some great articles through JSTOR. One of the things I initially had trouble with was to define exactly what an evangelical church is. After figuring out exactly what that was my research be came a lot easier. According to one of my articles evangelical means a group of people who:

1. have been or are seeking a "born-again" experience and have a personal relationship with Christ
2. take the Bible literally
3. are committed to spreading "the Good News" and "bearing public witness to their faith"

Also, within the evangelical faith there are four "subcultures"
-Fundamentalists
-Pentecostals
-Charismatics (typically associated with megachurches)
- neo-evangelicals

Along with the great articles from JSTOR and CQ researches I am in the middle of my book, A Lover's Quarrel with the Evangelical Church, which is a great resource because it is from the point of view of a member of the evangelical church.