tv evangelist

Screen sermon deliverer

A TV evangelist is a Christian preacher who broadcasts sermons and religious programming on television, typically soliciting donations from viewers.

The term often carries skeptical connotations, suggesting showmanship over substance or financial exploitation of the faithful: Another TV evangelist caught in a scandal.

Also televangelist.

Related

sermon · motivational speaker · preacher · megachurch pastor · altar call · tent revival · personality cult · ratings · ministry · faith healing · miracle cure · prayer line · revivalist · testimony · praise the Lord · spiritual guide · prosperity gospel · discipleship

Opposites
religious media presence

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Person choosing total seclusion

parish priest · village priest · circuit rider · country parson · monastic

religious institutional structure

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Local church leader

Catholic priest · Orthodox priest

approach to faith and skepticism

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One embracing nontheistic ethics

skeptic · debunker · scientist · agnostic · freethinker

Family

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