Includes bibliographical references.

Forward to a massive undertaking / Brian C. Stiller -- A warm thank-you to benefactors and sponsors / Brain C. Stiller -- An introduction to the World Evangelical Alliance / Brian C. Stiller -- 200 events in evangelical history / Albert W. Hickman -- Who are evangelicals? A history / John Wolffe -- Demographics of global evangelicalism / Gina A. Zurlo -- What evangelicals believe / C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell -- Evangelicals in mainline denominations / John Bowen -- Evangelicals and the Lausanne Movement / Rose Dowsett -- Evangelicals and ecumenism / Rolf Hille -- Evangelicals and Roman Catholics / Timothy George -- Evangelicals and other religions / Miriam Adeney -- Evangelicals and missions / Allan Yeh -- Pentecostals: their rise and role in the evangelical community / Allan Heaton Anderson -- Evangelicals and evangelism / Frances S. Adeney -- Evangelicals and prayer / Molly Wall -- Evangelicals and gender / Ad̕a Besanȯn Spencer -- Evangelicals and religious liberty / Godfrey Yogarajah and Roshini Wickremisinhe -- Evangelicals and social justice / Ron Sider -- Evangelicals and politics / Tim Costello -- Evangelicals in the city / Ash Barker -- Evangelical engagement with ethnodoxology / Robin P. Harris -- Evangelicals and the arts / John Franklin -- Evangelicals and theological education / Riad Kassis -- Evangelicals and the marketplace / R. Paul Stevens -- Evangelicals and science / Harry Lee Poe -- Evangelicals and environmental stewardship / Ken Gnanakan -- Evangelicals in the Middle East / Wafik Wahba -- Evangelicals and Bible translation / Roy Peterson and Gilles Gravelle -- The challenge of Evangelical diversity / Rose Dowsett -- The story of the World Evangelical Alliance / Ian Randall -- The future of the Evangelical movement / Paul Joshua Bhakiaraj -- Evangelicals you would want to know / Albert W. Hickman -- Introduction to regional essays / Mark Hutchinson -- Introduction to ministry profiles / Debra Fieguth -- Introduction to regional graphics / Gina A. Zurlo -- Evangelicals in Eastern Africa / Girma Bekele -- Evangelicals in northern Africa and Egypt / Duane Alexander Miller -- Evangelicals of southern Africa / John Charles Kerr -- Evangelicals in western Africa / Mark Hutchinson -- Evangelicals in Central America and the Caribbean / Stephen C. Dove -- Evangelicals in Latin American / Pablo A. Deiros -- Evangelicals in North America / Larry Eskridge -- Evangelicals in Russia and central Asia / William Yoder -- Evangelicals in eastern Asia / Xiyi Yao -- Evangelicals in southern Asia / Wessly Lokose -- Evangelicals in southeast Asia / Violet James -- Evangelicals in western Asia / Azar Ajaj -- Evangelicals in eastern Europe / Scott Klingsmith -- Evangelicals in northern Europe / Mark Hutchinson -- Evangelicals in southern Europe / Mark Hutchinson -- Evangelicals in western Europe / Mark Hutchinson -- Evangelicals in Australia and New Zealand / Mark Hutchinson -- Evangelicals in Melanesia & Micronesia / Mark Hutchinson -- Evangelicals in Polynesia / Peter Lineham -- Contributors.

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