Evangelist

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Evangelist can refer to:

• one of the Four Evangelists, the authors of the canonical Christian Gospels in the New Testament;
• a Christian who explains his or her beliefs to a non-Christian and thereby participates in Evangelism;
• Evangelist (Latter Day Saints), an office in the ministry of certain denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement;
  • Presiding Patriarch, a leadership office in certain Latter Day Saint denominations that may also be referred to as the Presiding Evangelist;
  • Quorum of Seventy Evangelists, a leadership body in The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite);
• a person who enthusiastically promotes or supports something (e.g.: technology evangelist)

See also:

• The Evangelists, a 1992 play by Romanian author Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
• The Evangelists (band), an Irish rock band
• The Three Evangelists, a 1995 award-winning novel by French author Fred Vargas
• Evangelicalism, Christian theological view emphasizing personal conversion and the authority of the bible