1. Evangelicals Protestants
They believe that Jesus came to save humanity.
They believe that the Bible is inerrant. It was without error in all
of its claims about the nature of the world and the nature of God.
They emphasized that the only way to salvation is through belief in
Jesus Christ.
They believe that individuals must accept salvation for themselves. They must
become converted. Sometimes that's referred to as a born-again
experience, sometimes a little different language.
2. Mainline Protestants
They have a more
modernist theology. They would read the Bible and historical documents which has God's
word in them.
Mainline Protestants tend to believe that Jesus is the way to
salvation. But many mainline Protestants would believe that perhaps
there are other ways to salvation as well. People in other religious
traditions, even outside of Christianity, may have access to God's grace
and to salvation as well, on their own terms, and through their own
means.
Mainline Protestants are much less concerned with personal
conversion.
Mainline Protestants are somewhat less concerned with
proselytizing than evangelicals. They believe in sharing their beliefs with others, but
not for the purposes of conversion necessarily. The idea of spreading
the word in the mainline tradition is much broader than simply preaching
the good news. It also involves economic development. It involves
personal assistance, charity, a whole number of other activities.