television ministry

Aired religious programming

A television ministry is a religious organization that broadcasts its services, sermons, and programming through television.

These ministries often feature charismatic preachers, appeals for donations, and blend entertainment with evangelism: The television ministry raised millions through viewer pledges.

The term sometimes carries connotations of spectacle or financial scandal, though many operate as straightforward extensions of traditional church outreach.

Related

cable access · sermon · evangelical · born again · congregation · donations · seed money · revival · faith · healing · laying on hands · gospel · pulpit · studio · audience · prosperity · prayer · prayer request

Opposites
medium/format of religious outreach

television ministryparish church

Local community worship building

local church · storefront church · house church · door-to-door ministry · cell group

scale and reach

television ministryfamily devotions

Household religious practice together

village church

commercialization/spectacle

television ministrycontemplative prayer

Silent, receptive spiritual practice

monastic life · Quaker meeting · hermitage · charitable works

Family

television, ministry, televise, televised, televising, tele, vision, visions, visual

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G