The rebranded evangelical movement began as a minority of about two million members

Evidence

Just how small was this remnant? When delegates came together the following year, news reports estimated that the NAE represented about two million members, based on denominational affiliation—a fraction of the 60 to 70 million Christians who were represented by the more liberal Federal Council of Churches. But the evangelical movement was never limited by denominational affiliation, and its influence was on the rise. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 52

Categorization

• XREF: Bolsters the reader’s contestation task: if the NAE represented only ~2 million of 60-70 million Christians, the ‘dominant strand vs whole’ question is raised by Du Mez’s own numbers.
• QUESTION: The ‘never limited by denominational affiliation’ clause is doing work — how does she measure a movement that transcends denominations? This is the measurement question at the heart of her method.