Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Zealous preaching and dissemination of the gospel, as through missionary work.
- noun Fervent advocacy of a cause.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The promulgation of the gospel; evangelical preaching; specifically, earnest effort for the spread of the gospel, as by itinerant evangelists.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The preaching or promulgation of the gospel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Sharing news of something in order to convince someone to join or otherwise accept it.
- noun The process of
evangelizing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel
Etymologies
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Examples
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It seems that doctrinal conservatism, combined with modern techniques in evangelism, is the key to success here.
April 17, 2005 Laban 2005
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It seems that doctrinal conservatism, combined with modern techniques in evangelism, is the key to success here.
Archive 2005-04-17 Laban 2005
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It seems that doctrinal conservatism, combined with modern techniques in evangelism, is the key to success here.
Huzzah ! Laban 2005
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"This new blog is an adventure in evangelism," Currie said.
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So when evangelism is mentioned the good news that is the subject of the evangelism is nothing more than nice liturgy, nice preaching and nice stories – and who, other than the usual coterie of effete clergy, really cares about that.
Vision 2019: the Anglican Church of Canada is in serious decline « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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So when evangelism is mentioned the good news that is the subject of the evangelism is nothing more than nice liturgy, nice preaching and nice stories – and who, other than the usual coterie of effete clergy, really cares about that.
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The Internet Evangelism Day team emphasizes that web evangelism is for anyone, not just the technically gifted.
Archive 2008-04-01 Andrew Beckner 2008
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Indeed, the potential for Internet evangelism is much, much larger: there are millions upon millions of people crusing the information superhighway, and if just a minute fraction of those people stumble across the site and learn about Jesus, it makes it all worth it, yes?
Happy Birthday Andrew Beckner 2008
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The Internet Evangelism Day team emphasizes that web evangelism is for anyone, not just the technically gifted.
Internet Evangelism Day Andrew Beckner 2008
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Yes, on one level the Scriptures are distributed more widely than ever before, and evangelism is enabled in ever new locations.
Deep, Diverse, Difficult: the Long Slow Task of Vulnerable Mission 2008
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