Protestant which includes Baptist, Methodist and Pentecostalism has long been the heart of Southern religious culture. The South is known as the Bible belt because it has, for a long time, been known as the part of the country with the most religious people on the planet. Ideologically, the South is a distinct because of the multitude of religion it displays. Forms of religions identified within the South are Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism that has been dispersed over the nation. Evangelical
Acknowledgments I want to acknowledge several people who have given many hours of their time and expertise in helping me make this project a reality. One is Barbara Crafton, whose advice, support, and depth of life and ministry I greatly appreciate. She walked me through this process with clarity and gentle prodding and deftly critiqued the manuscript. I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Sue Stanley, who labored for many months typing the various changes in the text. Her patience, humor, and generosity