evangelist
evangelist
Definition
evan·ge·list (--list)
noun
- any of the four writers of the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John
- a revivalist or a preacher who holds large public services in various cities, now often televised
Etymology: ME & OFr evangeliste < LL(Ec) evangelista < Gr euangelistēs, bringer of good news (in N.T., evangelist): see evangel
evangelist
Synonyms
evangelist
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- century: We are much like the nobility in the day of George Whitefield, the great evangelist of the 18th century.
Converse of object
- lay: At worst, mission was ignored by church, or reluctantly allowed overseas or done at home by second class people like lay evangelists.
- lie: Here is a church of England Mission Room, in which divine service is conducted by lay evangelists.
- become: The hope is that many of these will become evangelists in their own institution.
- hear: The first religious experience of my life was hearing American evangelist Billy Graham giving it large in London.
- represent: The chancel window is of beautifully stained glass, on which are represented the four evangelists, and the crucifixion.
- train: This year, Europe Now is training two evangelists from Slovakia.
Adjective modifier
- itinerant: Itinerant evangelists also play an important part in spreading the word, on dirt tracks or highways, by bicycles or busses.
- gifted: We've now begun training gifted young evangelists into creative service for God.
- Australian: I'm always encouraged by the words of John Chapman, the Australian evangelist who led two missions here.
- American: In the 1950's the American evangelist, Dr. Billy Graham, took the nation by storm with his Crusades at Earls Court.
- female: Carter was a correspondent of the female evangelist Mary Tooth.
Modifies a noun
- share: Evangelists share the Good News of Christ in a way that relates to ordinary people.
Noun used with modifier
- TV: How many TV evangelists does it take to change a light bulb?
- television: For still others, it may be a reminder of the recent scandals among television evangelists.
- Internet: Despite being something of an internet evangelist, Chandlee believes that all media is complementary.
- technology: Technology evangelists such as Papert, and critics such as Neil Postman, are considered and their ideas evaluated.
- street: He is a street evangelist and his personality shows all the signs of a tough, weathered and fearless ' front line ' evangelist.
- training: Over the last ten years Oasis has launched a degree course with Spurgeon's College, training evangelists and church pastors.
Evangelist Quotes
Give honour unto Luke Evangelist; For he it was (the aged legends say) Who first taught Art to fold her hands and pray.
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