evangelical
IPA: ivændʒˈɛɫɪkʌɫ
noun
- A member of an evangelical church
- An advocate of evangelicalism
adjective
- Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
- Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
- Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.
- Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
- Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
- Zealously enthusiastic.
- Of, or relating to any of several Christian Churches that believe in the sole authority of the gospels.
- Of, or relating to Protestant (especially Lutheran) Churches in Germany.
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Examples of "evangelical" in Sentences
- The majority of the population is Evangelical Lutheran.
- Due to the reformation, the community became Evangelical.
- He is the chair of the charismatic evangelical Round Table.
- It is one of the largest evangelical group in the Philippines.
- The building of the evangelical rectory is joined to the church.
- She is presider of the synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany.
- In 1999 he was the president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
- She is the praeses of the synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany.
- He is an Evangelical Christian and member of the Church of the Nazarene.
- The Evangelical Christian community's feverish response is also chronicled.
- But evangelicals, the word evangelical comes from the Greek word that means good news.
- “Cultural renewal” is an evangelical and political objective of *new evangelical* Christianity.
- And you even -- you don't like the label evangelical because of all the political connotations that sort of go along with it.
- And look, even the term evangelical, it used to be when you said that word, you all have thoughts about somebody who is on the religious right.
- Detroit convention, was adopted what is known as the evangelical test, and at the Portland convention of 1869 the definition of the term evangelical; they are as follows: --
- The term "evangelical," David has taught me, comes from the Greek word euangelion, meaning "the good news" or the "gospel"; and Christians who adhere to the interpretation are instructed to "evangelize," or share the gospel with the world.
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