Can’t help but wonder how they decide who is an “evangelical”?
Since there isn't a definitive definition of "Evangelical" that everyone agrees on or a recognizable, visible and official "Evangelical Church", pretty much anyone can call themselves an Evangelical-- and who's to say (aside from personal opinion) they are not?
The Catholic Church has a similar but different problem with those who call themselves Catholic but are really Catholics in name only. The difference is that the Catholic Church has a clear body of core beliefs that, if you obstinately deny them, by definition (heresy) your status as a Catholic is forfeited (latae sententiae), or is at least in doubt. And yes this goes for the Pope, the bishops, and priests.
This may seem odd but although the church I was raised in certainly fits within the usual understanding of “evangelical” I never heard the word used to describe us and never thought about it one way or the other.
Only after living in Latin America did I adopt the word, because there the assumption is that you are Catholic or “evangelico”.
I suppose it’s because the church of my youth did not see themselves as “part” of some broader body of Christ. Whereas in my adulthood I did come to see myself as exactly that, part of a broader body of Christ. Christians aren’t limited to any particular denomination, they are where you find them. You can’t go by the sign above the door.
I prefer to just refer to myself as “Christian”. That seems sufficient.