Hell

The majority of non-denominational evangelical churches affirm a traditional view of hell as a place of eternal, conscious punishment for those who die without saving faith in Christ. This view is standard in evangelical orthodoxy and is reflected in most local church statements of faith. The eternal, conscious nature of hell is a key motivation for evangelistic urgency across the movement.

However, conditionalism (also called annihilationism — the view that the unsaved ultimately cease to exist rather than experiencing eternal torment) has gained ground in some evangelical circles, particularly among scholars such as John Stott and Clark Pinnock. A number of non-denominational evangelical churches either affirm conditionalism or treat it as an acceptable minority view within evangelical bounds, in contrast to more confessionally strict denominations.

Universalism (the eventual salvation of all) is rejected across virtually all of non-denominational evangelicalism as incompatible with Scripture and Christian orthodoxy. The diversity is between traditionalists and conditionalists, not between those who affirm judgment and those who deny it. Both views affirm a real and serious consequence for rejecting Christ; they differ on the nature of that consequence.