On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:32:35 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:

My personal understanding of evangelism includes any Christian who
feels compelled to "spread the word" and recruit new members or "save"
their non-Christian neighbors. "Angel" is the root word, and an
evangelist, like a biblical angel, feels that he or she is carrying a
message from God. I may be entirely wrong, but that's my understanding
anyway and it's probably shared by a walloping number of folks who
also are not evangelical.

That's sort of the way of it.

The distinction between a Lutheran Church and Evangelical Lutheran
church is this - a Lutheran Church is more responsive to a central
authority (like one of the major Synods) and an Evangelical Lutheran
church is one that relies on the gospel as the ultimate reference
rather than a central authority.

It would be the same with Congretionalists, Presbyterians and, oddly,
Anglican.

There is even an evangelical group within Catholicism - which is
sometimes called High Church Lutheranism.

That's a simple way of explaning it - there are details, details,
details. :)