Editing Evangelicalism (section)

===Mainstream varieties===
[[File:Book of Common Prayer 1760.jpg|thumb|upright|The Prayer Book of 1662 included the [[Thirty-Nine Articles]] emphasized by [[evangelical Anglican]]s.]]
Mainstream evangelicalism is historically divided between two main orientations: [[Confessionalism (religion)|confessionalism]] and [[Christian revival|revival]]ism. These two streams have been critical of each other. Confessional evangelicals have been suspicious of unguarded [[religious experience]], while revivalist evangelicals have been critical of overly intellectual teaching that (they suspect) stifles vibrant [[spirituality]].{{sfn|Olson|2011|pp=241–242}} In an effort to broaden their appeal, many contemporary evangelical congregations intentionally avoid identifying with any single form of evangelicalism. These "generic evangelicals" are usually theologically and socially conservative, but their churches often present themselves as nondenominational (or, if a denominational member, strongly deemphasize its ties to such, such as a church name which excludes the denominational name) within the broader evangelical movement.{{sfn|Reimer|2003|p=29}}

In the words of [[Albert Mohler]], president of the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]], confessional evangelicalism refers to "that movement of Christian believers who seek a constant convictional continuity with the theological formulas of the Protestant Reformation". While approving of the evangelical distinctions proposed by Bebbington, confessional evangelicals believe that authentic evangelicalism requires more concrete definition in order to protect the movement from theological liberalism and from [[heresy in Christianity|heresy]]. According to confessional evangelicals, [[Confessional subscription|subscription]] to the [[ecumenical creeds]] and to the Reformation-era confessions of faith (such as the [[Reformed confessions of faith|confessions of the Reformed churches]]) provides such protection.{{sfn|Mohler|2011|pp=103–104}} Confessional evangelicals are represented by conservative [[Presbyterian]] churches (emphasizing the [[Westminster Confession]]), certain Baptist churches that emphasize historic Baptist confessions such as the [[1689 Baptist Confession of Faith|Second London Confession]], evangelical Anglicans who emphasize the [[Thirty-Nine Articles]] (such as in the [[Anglican Diocese of Sydney]], Australia{{sfn|Stanley|2013|p=58}}), [[Methodist]] churches that adhere to the [[Articles of Religion (Methodist)|Articles of Religion]], and some [[confessional Lutherans]] with pietistic convictions.{{sfn|Ellingsen|1991|pp=222, 238}}<ref name="Coulter">Dale M. Coulter, [http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/11/the-two-wings-of-evangelicalism/ "The Two Wings of Evangelicalism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809125200/https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/11/the-two-wings-of-evangelicalism/ |date=August 9, 2020 }}, ''First Things'' (November 5, 2013). Retrieved December 17, 2014.</ref>

The emphasis on historic Protestant orthodoxy among confessional evangelicals stands in direct contrast to an anticreedal outlook that has exerted its own influence on evangelicalism, particularly among churches strongly affected by revivalism and by [[pietism]]. Revivalist evangelicals are represented by some quarters of [[Methodism]], the [[Holiness Movement|Wesleyan Holiness]] churches, the Pentecostal and [[Charismatic Christianity|charismatic]] churches, some Anabaptist churches, and some Baptists and Presbyterians.<ref name=Coulter/> Revivalist evangelicals tend to place greater emphasis on religious experience than their confessional counterparts.{{sfn|Olson|2011|pp=241–242}}