evangelism

noun

evan·​ge·​lism i-ˈvan-jə-ˌli-zəm How to pronounce evangelism (audio)
1
: the winning or revival of personal commitments to Christ
2
: militant or crusading zeal
evangelistic adjective
evangelistically adverb

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His moral clarity and resolve helped dismantle communism’s grip across Eastern Europe, creating space for evangelism and spiritual renewal. Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025 The Bookshelf The Bookshelf Katherine Howell A tribute to Buckley’s evangelism for music, a warning against miseducation of America’s elites, and a memoir of Churchill’s youth and early military campaigns. Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025 What happened to override a century’s worth of milk evangelism? HubSpot, 2 May 2025 The magazine played host to heated debates on the place of Christianity in Straits Chinese culture, given that some intellectuals associated Christian evangelism with attitudes of European racial supremacy. H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 22 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for evangelism

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First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of evangelism was in 1799

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“Evangelism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evangelism. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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evangelism

noun
evan·​ge·​lism i-ˈvan-jə-ˌliz-əm How to pronounce evangelism (audio)
: the winning or reawakening of personal commitments to Jesus
evangelistic adjective

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