evangelist - use in sentences

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.
  • 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.

Modifies a noun

  • share: Evangelists share the Good News of Christ in a way that relates to ordinary people.

Adjective modifier

  • 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.

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.
  • technology: Technology evangelists such as Papert, and critics such as Neil Postman, are considered and their ideas evaluated.
  • training: Over the last ten years Oasis has launched a degree course with Spurgeon's College, training evangelists and church pastors.

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