Q. What is the significance of the word "Evangelical" in the denomination's name?

A. We do not mean it in the broad sense in which it is practiced in many churches today, often under the mantra of “seeker-sensitivity.”  Our use of the term “evangelical” might better be described as the “old Puritan sense of the word” which is based on the Greek word evangelion as it is used in Scripture.  Our Form of Government states:

We associate for the purpose of evangelism, the proclamation of the one true Gospel of Jesus Christ. [Romans 1:16-17]

We are united in our conviction that the Gospel should be fervently proclaimed in preaching to the end that souls may be saved, congregations established, Christians built up in our most holy faith, backsliders reclaimed, and the careless warned. [2 Timothy 3:16-4:2]