evangelical
- adjective
- /ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəl/
- The pastor's evangelical approach inspired the congregation to engage in community outreach programs.
- evangelical churches
- evangelical Christian
- evangelical Protestantism
They're obviously many, many evangelical churches and strains.
- They're obviously many, many evangelical churches and strains.
- You grow up gay in an evangelical Christian environment.
- He was the son of a pastor, an evangelical kind of minister.
- Being raised in a town where the dominant culture was predominantly like white evangelical Christian was hard.
- And also Christians, right, Evangelical Christians, Ron Paul and Rand Paul are Baptists.
- You've been putting our kids in cages and it's based on this flawed, A blasphemous ideology called evangelical Christianity.
- Dry seeds of the US evangelical movement blew across the world like tumbleweeds in a deserted Western town.
- And she's a huge, you know what, white evangelical mega church hand waving Christian.
- You're like a Christian, evangelical Christian.
Examples
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As alternative moral communities, the evangelical churches also became alternative centers of power.
Academic text (1996) -
He grew up in an evangelical household where the teachings of the Bible were central to their daily lives.
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You grow up gay in an evangelical Christian environment.
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Second, it is only natural to become evangelical when one is truly born of the Spirit.
Academic text (2011) -
I teach at a university that is firmly within the Evangelical Christian tradition.
Academic text (2015) -
Along the road to salvation, evangelical churches address the personal needs of members and their families.
Academic text (1996) -
Education, however, turned out to be a field in which evangelical missionaries were extremely active.
Academic text (1996) -
The Washington Post even described Liberty as "the epicenter of evangelical education in the United States."
Academic text (2017) -
Local inhabitants there saw evangelical churches as veritable havens of peace and security.
Academic text (1999) -
Many evangelical churches emphasize the importance of personal conversion and spreading the Christian message.
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 euangelion 'good news' and is related to evangelist, a person who brings that 'good news'. That's why an evangelical group focuses on sharing faith, personal belief, and the authority of the Bible.