David Bebbington identifies evangelicalism by pointing to four characteristics shared across denominational or cultural lines: biblicism, conversionism, activism, and crucicentrism.2 Biblicism is a focus on Scripture as the ultimate authority for faith and practice; conversionism is an emphasis on life-altering experience with God; activism is a concern for sharing the faith and doing good works; and crucicentrism is a focus on Jesus’s saving work on the cross.
