unevangelized
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪˈvænʤəˌlaɪzd/
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no evangelizado
- We should not be so worried about the millions of people who have not heard the gospel message as much as we should be concerned about what God will do with us if we do not respond to God's grace and attempt to reach the formally unevangelized with the gospel to the best of our abilities.
- formally unevangelized
Examples
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Moreover, the objection that holds that the formally unevangelized are at a disadvantage to experience God in Christ seems to smack of a fundamentalist understanding of exclusivism.
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Many people in remote areas remain unevangelized and have never heard about Christianity.
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This brings us to the next objection: Why would God allow some persons to know God more explicitly than the formally unevangelized?
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While exclusivists are quick to fault the formally unevangelized for not being born in a time and place to hear and respond favorably to the gospel, they equally fail to recognize that God is calling them to accept Christ in a more personal and thus saving way.
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The mission team's goal is to reach the unevangelized populations in various countries.
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Efforts are being made to provide resources for communities that are still unevangelized and unaware of the gospel.
How Evangelized
Surface Forms
Morphology
unevangelized = evangelized (transparent) = un + evangel + ize + ed
The adjective is formed by negating the participial adjective 'evangelized' with the productive prefix 'un-', making the formation directly interpretable.
Etymology
The word unevangelized begins with un- meaning 'not' and contains evangel, which means 'good news' and is like the English word gospel. So unevangelized means 'not told the good news', that is, not introduced to a religion.