ABSTRACT
The roots of televangelism go back to America's great revivalists—George Whitefield, Charles G. Finney, Dwight L. Moody, and Billy Sunday. The roots of televangelism must also include the nineteenth-century Bible. Church growth through evangelism and accommodating the seekers is on the front burner. The new paradigm church must be seen as an evangelical response to these cultural developments. Nearly everything in America is subject to market pressures. The New Testament indicates that he should be the pastor-teacher. Such a person preaches and teaches the Word of God and shepherds a flock of believers. Willow Creek Church in South Barrington, Illinois, is the prototype of the megachurch and has been called one of the most influential churches in the United States. Saddleback is a seeker-sensitive church with services remarkably similar to those at Willow Creek. Electronic church came to refer to the television programs produced by evangelicals, fundamentalists, and Pentecostals.
