Evangelism and the US head

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TBy Ahmad alsarraf

he Evangelical Church is the strongest denomination in the United States, and President Donald Trump is one of its most ardent followers. Although the ‘Evangelicals’ are part of Protestantism, they differ in many ways. The Evangelicalism, which in Greek means good news about Jesus Christ, believes that Christ came to save mankind, that the Bible came without lapses concerning the nature of the world and the nature of God and that the only way of salvation is to believe in it, that individuals should accept salvation for themselves, and that there is an urgent need to preach and spread the gospel and its teachings.

The Protestants, in general, read, for example, the Bible not as the implicit word of God, but as a historical document, containing its word, and other facts, and that its words are interpreted in every age by individuals in their time and are therefore less interested in proselytizing than the Evangelicals.

The Evangelical churches and their roots are found in the 18thcentury Protestant Revival movement, a period marked by increased religious activity, particularly in the United States and Britain.

Evangelicalism emerged to distinguish it from the less radical Protestant churches, and later, with the rise of the American independence and the liberation movement, Evangelicalism became a unifying factor for the American colonial population vis-à-vis the English colonialists.

In the 19th century, the Second Great Awakening happened between 1800 and 1840, with evangelical control of cultural and educational institutions, including schools and universities, and later evangelical influence extended to the media. It also played a major role in shaping democratic

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concepts in the United States and in preparing for the American Revolution, which accelerated the process of separating religion from politics.

The Evangelical churches have an extensive network of audio-visual media, including 1,400 religious stations in America and 400 radio stations.

The Evangelical influence has increased politically in the United States recently. Since the 1970s, the Evangelical right has taken control of the Republican Party and has been instrumental in choosing the president from Jimmy Carter in 1976 to George W. Bush in 2000.

Evangelicals account for about a quarter of the US population and about 40% of all Protestants.

Because of the wave of religious extremism that has struck many countries in the world, and we have often been the cause of it, it was natural that this raised the extreme right of evangelicals, and their enthusiasm for the subsequent victory of President (Donald) Trump in 2016, and is likely to be re-elected thanks to what he represents ‘values’ for them.

The Evangelical Church, because of its profound belief in evangelization, has often been behind the creation of churches, universities, and health centers outside America since the mid-19th century, especially in poor countries and even today.

Paula White, the spiritual adviser to President Trump, who is religiously influential on him and who accompanies him in the White House, in one of her enthusiastic speeches and in front of a large crowd said: Those who say ‘no’ to the president say ‘no’ to the Lord! She says, wherever I walk there is the rule of God, when I walk on the lawns of the White House God walks with me on the lawns of the White House, the White House is a holy land, every place I stand is a holy place! It is not strange to say Paula is an influential figure in the White House and a semi-permanent lieutenant of the president.

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