salvationist
Advocates spiritual deliverance
A salvationist is someone devoted to saving souls or rescuing people from sin, danger, or difficult circumstances.
The term applies broadly to religious figures focused on spiritual redemption, though it particularly evokes evangelical Christianity.
The street-corner salvationist preached to passing commuters. (Capitalized Salvationist specifically denotes a member of the Salvation Army.)
Effortless beauty of motion
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- rescueSave from harm
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
conversion · liberation · rebirth · reclamation · recovery · renewal · regeneration · pardon
Return after decline
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- convertChange in form or faith
- sermonClergy's worship address
testimony · altar call · evangelism · revivalist · tract · proselytize · open-air · street preaching
Historical surname
- ArmyOrganized military body
- corpsMilitary unit or group
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
soldier · uniform · bonnet · crest · flag · shelter · thrift store · kettle
Zealous advocate for change
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- championTop competitor, or advocate
missionary · pioneer · zealot · agitator · defender · guardian · warrior · militant
Established body of teachings
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- justificationReason proving rightness
- WesleyanOf Methodist tradition
- MethodistProtestant denomination member
eschatology · ecclesiology · dogmatics · hermeneutics · exegesis · homiletics · apologetics · ordination
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- rescueSave from harm
forgiveness · conversion · liberation · rebirth · reclamation · recovery · renewal · regeneration · pardon · absolution
revival
Return after decline
sermon · testimony · altar call · evangelism · revivalist · tract · proselytize · open-air · street preaching · brass band
Booth
Historical surname
officer · soldier · uniform · bonnet · crest · flag · shelter · thrift store · kettle · bell ringer
crusader
Zealous advocate for change
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
champion · missionary · pioneer · zealot · agitator · defender · guardian · warrior · militant · revolutionary
doctrine
Established body of teachings
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- justificationReason proving rightness
- WesleyanOf Methodist tradition
Methodist · eschatology · ecclesiology · dogmatics · hermeneutics · exegesis · homiletics · apologetics · ordination · clergy
salvationistnihilist
One denying inherent meaning
skeptic · fatalist · atheist · materialist · pessimist
salvationistsecularist
Advocate for nonreligious governance
antitheist · apostate · quietist · deconvert
saving, savings, savior, salvage, salvation, salvo, unsaved, saviour, salvational