evangelists
Passionate cause spreaders
Evangelists are people who spread a message with fervent conviction.
The word comes from Greek for "bringer of good news," and its oldest sense refers to those who preach the Christian gospel—particularly the authors of the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
More broadly, an evangelist promotes any cause or product with missionary zeal: a tech evangelist, an evangelist for clean energy.
The term implies not just belief but active persuasion.
Religious sermon deliverer
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- apostleMessenger for a cause
- crusaderZealous advocate for change
- revivalistReligious awakening promoter
minister · gospel · conversion · faith · testimony · salvation · Billy Graham · tent revival
First gospel writer
- MarkCommon masculine name
- LukeMasculine biblical name
- JohnCommon male name
- gospel writersAuthors of biblical accounts
apostles · New Testament · scripture · authorship · synoptic · canonization · martyrdom · iconography
Paid company promoter
- influencerPerson with promotional reach
- word-of-mouthInformation shared through conversation
- testimonialStatement praising someone's qualities
- referralDirecting someone elsewhere
loyalty · engagement · grassroots · viral marketing · community manager · social proof · endorsement · champion
Public cause supporter
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- promoterOne who organizes events
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
early adopter · keynote · platform · Steve Jobs · adoption · demo · pitch · community
preacher
Religious sermon deliverer
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- apostleMessenger for a cause
- crusaderZealous advocate for change
revivalist · minister · gospel · conversion · faith · testimony · salvation · Billy Graham · tent revival · sermon
Matthew
First gospel writer
gospel writers · apostles · New Testament · scripture · authorship · synoptic · canonization · martyrdom · iconography · patronage
brand ambassador
Paid company promoter
- influencerPerson with promotional reach
- word-of-mouthInformation shared through conversation
- testimonialStatement praising someone's qualities
referral · loyalty · engagement · grassroots · viral marketing · community manager · social proof · endorsement · champion · adoption
advocate
Public cause supporter
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- promoterOne who organizes events
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
enthusiast · early adopter · keynote · platform · Steve Jobs · adoption · demo · pitch · community · startup
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
- evangelistsmissionary, revivalist, revivalists, gospel preacher, gospel preachers
- African PentecostalismPentecostalism, speaking in tongues, deliverance, born again, spiritual warfare
- Orthodox saintsSaint Nicholas, Saint George, Saint Basil, Saint Peter, Saint Paul
- RestorationismChristian Church, Walter Scott, adult baptism, immersion, Lords Supper
evangelistsskeptics
Those who doubt claims
doubters · cynics · disbelievers · atheists · agnostics
evangelistslisteners
Those who attend aurally
introverts · contemplatives · hermits · recluses · fence-sitters
evangelistspersecutors
Those who cruelly harass
converts · seekers · inquisitors · novices · suppressors
- door-to-door evangelismResidential religious canvassing
- television evangelistBroadcast religious minister
- tv evangelistMinister who broadcasts sermons
- TV evangelismFaith promotion on television
- Christian evangelismSpreading Christian beliefs
- radio evangelismReligious teaching via airwaves