Evangelicalism is still a dominant force in North America, though perhaps a victim of post-christian culture in general in Europe. In Asia and Africa, however, Evangelicalism is the wave of the future. However, it would be fair to say that many thoughtful, sympathetic evangelicals do not see it as the final stage of ecclesiological evolution. I find myself thinking that "the emergent church" will be swallowed up by evangelicalism, will effect a change in course of the wider movement and lose much of its distinctiveness. Consider the fates of the charismatic movement or church growth movement.