EVANGELICALISM AS A PROTESTANT MOVEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

Abstract

Over the last 100 years, the Evangelical movement has shown an unprecedented capacity for globalization. The authors analyse the causes and consequences of the development of Evangelicalism in Latin America. Based on academic literature analysis, the notion and essence of Evangelicalism as a Protestant movement are revealed. The authors provide classification models of Latin American Evangelical Churches and analyse the number of Evangelical Christians in Latin America. The authors study researchers' opinions on the causes and consequences of Evangelical growth in Latin America within the study. It is concluded that the socio-cultural influence of Evangelicalism in Latin America has increased