to evangelize
- verb
- /ɪˈvæn.dʒə.laɪz/
- She dedicated her life to evangelize and help others understand the teachings of Christianity.
- evangelizing mission
- evangelizing the world
- evangelizing people
This dude was evangelizing and making disciples until he died.
- This dude was evangelizing and making disciples until he died.
Examples
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Many missionaries travel around the world to evangelize and share their faith with others.
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Simply put, Pat has come to realize that his primary gifting is to evangelize.
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The Catholic Church, above all, wants to evangelize.
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We have a massive task before us, the mission of evangelizing the whole earth.
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God bless her for evangelizing and bringing the message of freedom even to places like that.
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Augustine was prior of the monastery there before Gregory the Great sent him to evangelize England.
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In our modern vernacular, we commit to evangelizing the nations in our generation!
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From our perspective, Sunday school and/or small groups seek to evangelize and disciple people.
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As Catholics, we are called to evangelize by virtue of our baptism.
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During the conference, several speakers took turns to evangelize about the importance of community service.
Synonyms
Change your religion, or persuade someone else to do this
To try to persuade someone to join another religion
To make people or places follow Christianity
To try to make people follow a religion
Antonyms
How Evangelistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evangelize comes from an old Greek word made of eu- 'good' and angelion 'message', so it originally meant 'bring good news'. That's why to evangelize someone often means to preach and try to convert them to Christianity.