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evangelist

evangelist

18 6.7
A person who tells people about the Christian faith and asks them to join
  • noun
  • /ɪˈvæn.dʒə.lɪst/
translation icon : evangelista
  • As an evangelist, he traveled to many cities to spread the message of hope and salvation.
  • evangelist preached
  • itinerant evangelist
  • young evangelist

I, I ended up going to Speakers Corner to help Doctor J Smith, who I know is a missionary and an evangelist at Speakers Corner.

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Examples

  • A Baptist evangelist, as vigorous and gravelly as Grandfather Darnell, said we were heading for Hell.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The evangelist shared inspiring stories of faith during the community gathering.

  • I n high school I wanted to be an evangelist to save the souls of my fellow students.

  • We ate, waited to eat more, and then we raised more questions than the evangelist cared to answer.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I agree that we need to become evangelists for our Catholic faith.

    Blog text (11)
  • When I was a child, my father once threw some Christian evangelists off our property.

    Blog text (17)
  • And I just want to say as the evangelist, I want to give you, Your Royal Highness, a personal invitation to come to the Gospel meetings this week.

  • REVEREND REECE WADE WAS A TRAVELING EVANGELIST OUT OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

  • I met up with evangelist Daniel Kolenda, whose mentor, Reinhard Bonnke has led more than 75 million people to Christ over the last 40 years while preaching to some of the largest gatherings the world has ever seen.

  • During the revival meeting, the evangelist passionately preached about forgiveness and love.

Synonyms

preacher
vsevangelist
291 3.2

A person who gives sermons in a church

focuses on active conversion outside purely church sermons
missionary
vsevangelist
100 4.1

A person who goes to another place to spread a religion by teaching or helping people

focuses on public gospel preaching and conversion rather than mission service
televangelist
vsevangelist
11 7.0

A preacher who speaks on television to many people

focuses on public preaching rather than broadcast media
preacher man
vsevangelist
  • Informal
8 6.8

A man who talks about Christian beliefs in church

aims to convert broadly through public gospel preaching not only informal speech
apostle
vsevangelist
6 8.1

An early Christian teacher chosen by Jesus, often one of the twelve, or a Christian missionary

focuses on converting people today rather than being an early authority figure
revivalist
vsevangelist
2 7.7

A preacher who leads large religious meetings to bring people back to faith

uses general public preaching rather than focusing only on revival events
proselytizer
vsevangelist
  • US
2 8.9

A person who tries to convince others to follow a religion or belief

aims specifically to convert people to the Christian faith rather than any cause
proclaimer
vsevangelist
1 5.9

A person who publicly tells others about religious beliefs

aims to convert specifically to the Christian faith rather than just announce beliefs
evangelizer
vsevangelist
7.5

A person who tries to persuade others to follow a religion

aims precisely at converting people to the Christian faith
gospeller
vsevangelist
9.9

A person who reads and explains the Christian message from the Bible in church

aims to convert others rather than mainly explaining gospel teachings
sermonizer
vsevangelist
7.7

A person who gives religious talks to a group of people

focuses on persuading others to convert rather than occupational sermon delivery
conversionary
vsevangelist
9.9

A person who tries to get others to change their religion or beliefs

targets conversion specifically to the Christian faith rather than any religion
conversionist
vsevangelist
  • Specialized
8.8

A person who tries to make others change their beliefs

focuses on converting to Christianity specifically rather than any belief system

Antonyms

skeptic
  • US
77 4.1

A person who often doubts accepted ideas and asks for proof

14 5.2

A person who does not believe in God or in any religion

Compounds

A Christian writer traditionally said to have written the Gospel of Luke and Acts

How Zealous

zealot
  • Offensive
38 8.1
missionary
45 4.7
evangelist
18 6.7
preacher
291 3.2
believer
343 3.2

Surface Forms

evangelist singular
evangelists plural

Morphology

evangelist = evangel (semi-transparent) = evangel + ist

The suffix '-ist' clearly indicates a person associated with a particular activity or belief, but 'evangel' is less commonly known.

Etymology

Evangelist comes from Greek parts eu- ('good') and angelos ('messenger'), like the English word angel meaning 'messenger'. So a Christian evangelist is a preacher who brings the 'good news' or gospel and tries to convert people.