evangelical
- adjective
- /ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəl/
- Alongside these homes, the United States-based Christian Evangelical disaster-relief organization, Samaritan's Purse, built an additional 102 homes.
- the evangelical counsels
It is not that the cruelty is the point of evangelical Christianity.
- It is not that the cruelty is the point of evangelical Christianity.
- So in terms of like that the the evangelical person who has lived through it, I am like a born again Christian with this shit.
Examples
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A third-generation Japanese Brazilian affiliated with an evangelical church, he addresses the gathering in Portuguese and often includes a spiritual message.
Academic text (2006) -
The evangelical style continues to grow, reflecting the dynamics of American democratic religious and cultural pluralism.
Academic text (2004) -
In the most evangelical Christian region of the country, they were honored as the people of the Bible.
Academic text (2003) -
Yes, we are covering the evangelical church and the prosperity gospel philosophy.
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Gray was also a self-proclaimed evangelical Christian, says Scott.
Academic text (1994) -
Another important attraction of the evangelical churches is their emphasis on divine healing.
Academic text (1996) -
Clearly, Hodge is talking about a subset of Evangelical Christians.
Academic text (2006) -
The following September, she accepted a call to St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saint Johns, PA.
Blog text (20) -
Michael S. Hamilton is the Program Coordinator of the Pew Evangelical Scholars Program at the University of Notre Dame.
Academic text (1993) -
The evangelical movement focuses on spreading the message of the Christian gospel to encourage personal faith.
Synonyms
Showing strong support for preaching the Christian gospel
Compounds
A former Protestant group that joined the Methodist Church to form the United Methodist Church in 1968
A Protestant Christian church formed in 1934 when two American churches joined
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evangelical comes from the Greek word euangelion, which means 'good news' or 'gospel'. So when we call the first four books of the New Testament 'evangelical', it simply means they are 'about the good news'.