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Definition of evangelical
1 : of, relating to, or being in agreement with the Christian gospel especially as it is presented in the four Gospels
2 : protestant
3 : emphasizing salvation by faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and the importance of preaching as contrasted with ritual
4a capitalized : of or relating to the Evangelical Church in Germanyb often capitalized : of, adhering to, or marked by fundamentalism : fundamentalistc often capitalized : low church
5 : marked by militant or crusading zeal : evangelistic the evangelical ardor of the movement's leaders — Amos Vogel
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Examples of evangelical in a Sentence
She is an evangelical Christian.
He spoke about the project with evangelical zeal.
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Prosecutors said in the complaint that Hobby Lobby, whose evangelical Christian owners have long maintained an interest in the biblical Middle East, began in 2009 to assemble a collection of cultural artifacts from the Fertile Crescent.
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump will make remarks honoring veterans at a Kennedy Center event hosted by an evangelical megachurch.
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For centuries, U.S.-based evangelical Christians have traversed the continent of Africa spreading messages of homophobia and transphobia against the LGBTQ community.
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And Virginia’s Liberty University, the largest evangelical Christian university in the world, with 15,000 residential students and more than 100,000 online students, was accused of denying a tuition discount for a same-sex military spouse in 2015.
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To investigate and expose sexual abuse in evangelical churches, Tchividjian founded GRACE, short for Godly Response to Abuse in a Christian Environment.
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The convention brings together leaders and members to discuss events and trends occurring within the evangelical denomination's churches nationwide.
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Standing before a crowd of some of his most ardent evangelical supporters in the hotel’s palatial ballroom, Trump conspicuously avoided mentioning Comey or the F.B.I. or the Russia investigation now overshadowing his presidency.
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Conceived at the Presidential Prayer Breakfast in 1957 by Shorty Yeaworth, an evangelical filmmaker, the movie was widely viewed as either pure kitsch or an anti-communist metaphor free of religious overtones.
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First Known Use of evangelical
1531
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Definition of evangelical
: one holding evangelical principles or belonging to an evangelical party or church
Recent Examples of evangelical from the Web
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Converts to Orthodoxy come from many backgrounds: former Evangelicals in search of historicity, analytical Christians seeking something more hands-on, weekend churchgoers in search of fuller, more regular engagement.
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Trump won the support of 80 percent of evangelicals, according to exit polls — the highest percentage for a presidential candidate on record.
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Sure, there are certainly some evangelicals who will seek out anti-inclusive attractions — the same way some people sought such places when segregation ended.
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That same study said that more than half of millennial evangelicals say homosexuality should be accepted by society.
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Aljouny admits that beyond tech evangelicals, there might be more work to convince others to jump on board.
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The streets around CenturyLink Field were full of apocalyptic evangelicals on Sunday night as thousands of U2 fans passed by them and entered the stadium.
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The beliefs of some evangelicals connecting wealth to God’s favor became intertwined with faith healing, and both rose to new heights in the television era on the backs of men like Oral Roberts.
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Hostile to environmentalism ever since, evangelicals cast even the solid science on global warming as a conspiracy against freedom and faith promulgated in schools and universities.
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First Known Use of evangelical
1532
Other Christian Religious Terms
EVANGELICAL Defined for English Language Learners
evangelical
playDefinition of evangelical for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to a Christian sect or group that stresses the authority of the Bible, the importance of believing that Jesus Christ saved you personally from sin or hell, and the preaching of these beliefs to other people
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: having or showing very strong and enthusiastic feelings
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