apostles
Cause's first carriers
Apostles are the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to spread his teachings, or more broadly, early Christian missionaries like Paul.
The word extends to any pioneering advocates of a cause or movement: an apostle of free-market economics, apostles of the new artistic movement.
The singular apostle follows the same pattern—original disciple or fervent proponent.
Male name, means rock
- JamesTraditional masculine name
- JohnCommon male name
- AndrewMale given name
- PhilipHorse-loving name origin
Bartholomew · Matthew · Thomas · Thaddaeus · Matthias · Pentecost · Gethsemane · Galilee
Promoting beliefs to others
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- conversionAct of changing states
- ministryClergy's work or state department
outreach · missionary · baptism · discipleship · spreading · witness · testimony · martyrdom
Established body of teachings
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- gospelSacred choral tradition
creed · teachings · testimony · revelation · resurrection · kingdom · miracles · signs
People who support someone
- believersThose having faith
- convertsThose who switched faiths
- devoteesPassionate adherents
- adherentsLoyal supporters of something
brethren · flock · congregation · acolytes · witnesses · learners · companions · students
Messengers who announce
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- ambassadorsOfficial diplomatic representatives
- bearersThose who carry things
delegates · representatives · prophets · witnesses · proclaimers · announcers · commissioned
Peter
Male name, means rock
Philip · Bartholomew · Matthew · Thomas · Thaddaeus · Matthias · Pentecost · Gethsemane · Galilee · Jerusalem
evangelism
Promoting beliefs to others
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- conversionAct of changing states
ministry · outreach · missionary · baptism · discipleship · spreading · witness · testimony · martyrdom · persecution
doctrine
Established body of teachings
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
gospel · creed · teachings · testimony · revelation · resurrection · kingdom · miracles · signs · wonders
followers
People who support someone
adherents · brethren · flock · congregation · acolytes · witnesses · learners · companions · students · imitators
heralds
Messengers who announce
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- ambassadorsOfficial diplomatic representatives
bearers · delegates · representatives · prophets · witnesses · proclaimers · announcers · commissioned
- BiblicalAdam, Eve, Moses, Noah, David
- Jesus ChristChristology, crucifixion, nativity, resurrection, ascension
- ChristiansCatholics, Catholic, Protestants, Protestant, Baptist
- religious figuresJesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses, Abraham
- SaintsSaint Patrick, Saint Nicholas, Saint Valentine, Saint George, Saint Peter
- Sunday schoolBible stories, Sunday school teachers, memory verses, lesson plans, Bible verse
apostlesJudas Iscariot
Disciple who betrayed Christ
betrayers · persecutors · Judas · Pharisees · Pontius Pilate
apostlesdetractors
People who criticize
critics · opponents · adversaries · enemies · naysayers
- Paul the Apostle
- Twelve ApostlesChrist's core disciples
- Acts of the ApostlesScripture documenting early Christianity
- apostles creedSummary of Christian beliefs
- Apostle's CreedSummary of Christian beliefs
- Apostles' CreedEarly church belief statement