televangelist
noun
tel·evan·ge·list
ˌte-li-ˈvan-jə-list 
: an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs
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On Super Bowl Sunday, a few hours before kickoff, a shooter armed with an AR-15 and multiple rounds opened fire at a Houston megachurch led by Joel Osteen, a celebrity televangelist and pastor.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
Matt Taylor, on the other hand, patrols the whirlpool of televangelists, charismatics and Pentecostals in an effort to learn why so many of them carried their devotion to Trump to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
Jessica Chastain, ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ (2022) Even with a makeup job and wardrobe that grow gaudier through the biopic, Chastain does a heavenly job playing real-life televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
After Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston in 2017, Osteen opened his church to those seeking shelter after social media critics slammed the televangelist for not offering to house people in need.
—TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
Robertson, one of the most iconic televangelists in history, was born in Lexington, Virginia, in 1930.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023
When then-Bishop Tod Brown wanted to build a costly new cathedral during the 2008 economic downturn, Busch stepped in and negotiated for the comparatively cheaper purchase of the Crystal Cathedral, televangelist Robert Schuller’s Garden Grove church complex.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Deion was in town, away from his duties at the time as a pro football player in the nation’s capital, for one of famed televangelists Paula and Randy White’s gospel extravaganzas.
—Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
In 2021, Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield starred in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, with Chastain, 45, winning Best Actress at the 94th Oscars for her portrayal of the famed televangelist who died at age 65 in 2007 after colon cancer spread to her lungs.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
Matt Taylor, on the other hand, patrols the whirlpool of televangelists, charismatics and Pentecostals in an effort to learn why so many of them carried their devotion to Trump to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
Jessica Chastain, ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ (2022) Even with a makeup job and wardrobe that grow gaudier through the biopic, Chastain does a heavenly job playing real-life televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
After Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston in 2017, Osteen opened his church to those seeking shelter after social media critics slammed the televangelist for not offering to house people in need.
—TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
Robertson, one of the most iconic televangelists in history, was born in Lexington, Virginia, in 1930.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023
When then-Bishop Tod Brown wanted to build a costly new cathedral during the 2008 economic downturn, Busch stepped in and negotiated for the comparatively cheaper purchase of the Crystal Cathedral, televangelist Robert Schuller’s Garden Grove church complex.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Deion was in town, away from his duties at the time as a pro football player in the nation’s capital, for one of famed televangelists Paula and Randy White’s gospel extravaganzas.
—Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
In 2021, Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield starred in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, with Chastain, 45, winning Best Actress at the 94th Oscars for her portrayal of the famed televangelist who died at age 65 in 2007 after colon cancer spread to her lungs.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
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televangelist
noun
tel·evan·ge·list
ˌtel-i-ˈvan-jə-ləst
: an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs
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