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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evangel +‎ -ism

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Examples

  • It seems that doctrinal conservatism, combined with modern techniques in evangelism, is the key to success here.

    April 17, 2005 Laban 2005

  • It seems that doctrinal conservatism, combined with modern techniques in evangelism, is the key to success here.

    Archive 2005-04-17 Laban 2005

  • It seems that doctrinal conservatism, combined with modern techniques in evangelism, is the key to success here.

    Huzzah ! Laban 2005

  • "This new blog is an adventure in evangelism," Currie said.

    United Church News Blog 2009

  • 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

  • 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.

    2010 March « Anglican Samizdat 2010

  • The Internet Evangelism Day team emphasizes that web evangelism is for anyone, not just the technically gifted.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Andrew Beckner 2008

  • 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

  • The Internet Evangelism Day team emphasizes that web evangelism is for anyone, not just the technically gifted.

    Internet Evangelism Day Andrew Beckner 2008

  • 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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