John of Japan said:Too many generalizations here, friend. Fundamentalism is a lot bigger and less defined than you appear to think.
Actually, virtually all fundamentalist groups focus on the Gospel very strongly. That is why among evangelical missions, the only group increasing annually in the number of missionaries being sent out. (I can prove this for Japan by the JEMA missionary directory, if not the rest of the world.) And again, the great majority of books being published on personal evangelism nowadays are written by fundamentalists. Check out the Sword of the Lord Publ. catalog sometime--book after book on evangelism.
Exactly. People who call themselves evangelical now believe in such heresies as annihilationism, open theism, etc.
P. S. I call Spurgeon the prototype fundamentalist. Are you aware of the Downgrade Controversy?
John, thank you for your comments. My comments are based upon my experience with IFB churches in the south. I do hope you are correct that it is larger and less defined than what I have experienced.
The IFB churches with which I am familiar are very involved in missionary work and for that I am thankful. However (again in my own experiences), there is also the focus on so many additional items – the look, the talk, the songs, even the type of Bible one uses. You can even add in the "right" politics. To me, that is sad and takes the focus away from the Gospel.
Lastly, I am aware of the controversy - though definitely not a scholar. Perhaps that would be a good topic for a new post.