evangelism
noun
evan·ge·lism
i-ˈvan-jə-ˌli-zəm 
1
: the winning or revival of personal commitments to Christ
2
: militant or crusading zeal
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Carter’s unabashed evangelism was an outlier in a Democratic Party that grew more secular and pluralistic during his public life.
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Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Learning the humility required to engage with listeners as an artist uniquely arrived at the end of the first two chapters of a creative journey involving traveling with Lynn as a teenager and engaging with theological education and evangelism in Brazil.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 25 Feb. 2024
For example, 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
Queen was set to teach a class at Southwestern the fall 2023 semester on evangelism with prominent Southern Baptist leader O.S. Hawkins, whom Queen also coauthored a book with.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 16 Oct. 2024
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Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Learning the humility required to engage with listeners as an artist uniquely arrived at the end of the first two chapters of a creative journey involving traveling with Lynn as a teenager and engaging with theological education and evangelism in Brazil.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 25 Feb. 2024
For example, 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
Queen was set to teach a class at Southwestern the fall 2023 semester on evangelism with prominent Southern Baptist leader O.S. Hawkins, whom Queen also coauthored a book with.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 16 Oct. 2024
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evangelism
noun
evan·ge·lism
i-ˈvan-jə-ˌliz-əm
: the winning or reawakening of personal commitments to Jesus
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