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Example sentences for "evangelistic"

Lexicographically close words:
evangelise; evangelised; evangelising; evangelism; evangelist; evangelization; evangelize; evangelized; evangelizing; evanish
  1. While estimating literary and theological learning at a very high value, the aim has always been first and foremost to train earnest spiritual evangelistic preachers.

  2. For three years Mr. and Mrs. Judson devoted themselves solely to the study of Burman, and did not even attempt any directly evangelistic work, beyond the opportunity afforded by casual conversation with a few individuals.

  3. Lady Huntingdon's London house continued for very many years to be a centre of evangelistic effort on behalf of many of the highest rank and social status in the capital.

  4. She longed to return to evangelistic work in France.

  5. It was impossible to do any direct evangelistic work until the language had been more fully mastered, and Mrs. Judson was continually spurred on in her studies by the desire to speak to the natives about the Lord Jesus Christ.

  6. Lady Huntingdon had identified herself with the Methodists, and thus was enabled to exert great influence upon a movement, small at first, but soon fraught with most potent consequences, the employment by Wesley of lay evangelistic agency.

  7. Her relations with Welsh evangelistic work had long been close and helpful, and by means of Howel Harris, Trevecca had become familiar to her.

  8. In regard to the latter she proved herself a good steward; the former she devoted very largely to the evangelistic and charitable work in which she delighted.

  9. Many of the buildings associated with her name and ministers were local trusts, so that the power of the Connexion trustees never extended over more than a portion of the churches which her evangelistic zeal had founded or strengthened.

  10. Norman fonts are frequently carved, the favourite subjects being the Baptism of our Lord, the Twelve Apostles, and the evangelistic symbols.

  11. Shortly afterwards they moved to Bulawayo and made that the headquarters of their evangelistic work.

  12. If then one, in evangelistic work, comes upon such a company early in the day, they are not much the worse for drink and will often listen attentively.

  13. During the two weeks' vacation in July some of us concluded to spend the time in evangelistic work among the villages.

  14. These had come to make their headquarters near us and engage in evangelistic work.

  15. Especially since there are roads all over the country to the principal villages, this was helpful in evangelistic work and in visiting the out-schools, which were on the increase.

  16. He is said to exert a good influence over the other boys in the school, and he is also frequently called upon to do evangelistic work among them.

  17. During the rainy seasons, when people are busy in their gardens, and when there is a great deal of sickness, both school and evangelistic work suffer, so that it is necessary to make the best use of the dry season.

  18. It is useless to attempt much evangelistic work during this season of the year, except at night, for the villages are about deserted during the day.

  19. All three of us by this time were fairly well prepared in the language, and some of the boys were beginning to be helpful in evangelistic work.

  20. Brother and Sister Doner had for some time been contemplating opening another station, and they concluded during this dry season also to make a tour and explore the country, as well as do evangelistic work.

  21. She is essentially "a soldier of the Cross," and has carried her gifts of eloquence and the most vibrant, persuasive of voices into the Evangelistic department of our National organization.

  22. Her love of rescuing souls has kept her exclusively in evangelistic work; in her power as a gospel worker she is a Sam Jones and D.

  23. In 1872, evangelistic services were held which resulted in a number of conversions.

  24. Conwell presides at the organ and has general direction of the evangelistic services, assisted by the associate pastor.

  25. Briscoe, whose time is occupied with pastoral and evangelistic work.

  26. This time our own evangelistic band was sufficiently strong to undertake the speaking to an audience almost entirely composed of heathen, who now heard, not from a foreigner, but from their own people, of the Truth as it is in Jesus.

  27. In addition to this, the entire evangelistic organisation, Elementary Boys' School and Opium Refuge, form part of their responsibility.

  28. The more aggressive work includes a Chinese Evangelistic Society entirely free from foreign money and control, the object of which is to open up new districts, preach at fairs, and widely distribute Gospels and tracts.

  29. This being among our first efforts to do evangelistic work by sending away our native ministers, our hearts were much bound up in it.

  30. In our judgment, the time had fully come for us to commence evangelistic work in this part of the nation.

  31. His evangelistic ministry is very briefly described by St. Luke.

  32. Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,"--we shall see how unreal it is to exclude this doctrine from his evangelistic work at Thessalonica.

  33. There is nothing so contagious, because there is nothing in which all men are so willing to partake; and hence there is nothing so powerful in evangelistic work.

  34. Some of us have this lesson to learn, especially in regard to missionary and evangelistic work and its results.

  35. The argument from silence is precarious, but the entire omission of notice of evangelistic work in Melita is noteworthy.

  36. The summoning of the 'chief of the Jews' to him was a prudent preparation for his trial rather than an evangelistic effort.

  37. He was 'an evangelist' now, although the evangelistic work was being done in a very quiet corner, and nobody was paying much attention to it.

  38. We note that no brethren are mentioned as having been met at any of the ports of call, and no evangelistic work as having been done in them.

  39. Apparently, from one casual allusion, he continued to serve the Lord in evangelistic work, but the sweet communion of the earlier days, and the confident friendship with the Apostle, seem to have come to an end with that sharp contention.

  40. He goes into Corinth, and he does next to nothing in evangelistic work.

  41. On the points of difference, especially baptism and evangelistic method, the practice of Campbell and Scott prevailed.

  42. Caldwell himself was a Princeton graduate and a Presbyterian minister of the "New Light" type--that is, of evangelistic temper and with an easy tolerance in theology.

  43. The Christians were much more zealous in evangelism than the Reformers had been before the outburst of evangelistic fervor with John Smith and a few other "New Testament Baptists" in Kentucky and the campaign of Walter Scott in Ohio in 1827.

  44. Richard McNemar, a Presbyterian minister, had not only been a prominent figure at the Cane Ridge meeting but had elsewhere cooperated with the Methodists, whose type of evangelistic appeal was congenial to him.

  45. This idea was prominent in Campbell's thought, and it was fundamental in Scott's method, which gave the Reformers their evangelistic drive.

  46. They were few in number, had little relation to each other, little concern for union, and no evangelistic drive.

  47. A volume of his evangelistic sermons, The Gospel Preacher, was the handbook for hundreds of other preachers and kept its popularity for half a century.

  48. These became the five points of Scott's standard sermon and the outline of a tremendously effective evangelistic appeal.

  49. Though this secular tendency comes forward strongly at this time, a number of evangelistic workers scattered through Persia, Turkey, and Russia[27] owe their education and religious inspiration to the teachings of the Urmi College.

  50. It is allowable to be taught by our enemies, especially when it is such a lesson as this, that we must carefully divest our evangelistic work of apparent pretensions to superiority, and take our stand by the side of those to whom we speak.

  51. It may therefore be profitable if we turn to Christ's own manner of working, and His own emotions in His merciful deeds, set forth in this remarkable narrative, as containing lessons for us in our missionary and evangelistic work.

  52. Here is the true sequence which must be observed in our missionary and evangelistic work, 'Looking up to heaven, He sighed.

  53. He is well fitted for street preaching, and seems to have the evangelistic spirit.

  54. Another token is that in one, at least, of our helpers evangelistic power seems to appear.

  55. Local evangelistic work in Japan is carried on somewhat in the following manner: A house, as centrally located in the town as possible, is rented and fitted up as a chapel.

  56. Lastly, educational work is more {251} or less welcomed by the natives, while evangelistic work is unwelcome.

  57. He should personally engage in this evangelistic work, should himself come into actual contact with the unevangelized masses, and should proclaim the gospel directly to them.

  58. The argument applies only to the missionary engaged in evangelistic work.

  59. The annual support of these schools costs the various boards more money than all the evangelistic work that is done in Japan.

  60. The missionary is located in one town and to the work there gives most of his attention; but he {237} also at stated intervals visits the surrounding towns and country, doing evangelistic work wherever he can.

  61. And those who to-day in mission fields take their valises well stocked with tracts and sermons and go out into the country on long evangelistic tours can feel that they are following in the footsteps of worthy exemplars.

  62. Some of its missionaries are taken from the evangelistic work and forced to train, as best they can, one or two theological students.

  63. It has all the evangelistic work it can do, and is unable to support its own theological school.

  64. House-to-house visitation and personal talks with the people are of great importance in local evangelistic work.

  65. It attempts to devote all of its time to evangelistic work, and does not engage in {190} educational work further than theological instruction.

  66. More missionaries are engaged in educational than in evangelistic work.

  67. A considerable part of the time of the missionary doing local evangelistic work, if he is wise, will be occupied in house-to-house visitation.

  68. Now, let me say that the American Missionary Association has always felt the importance of working in evangelistic lines.

  69. I regard these churches of the American Missionary Association with their evangelistic and nurturing agencies, prime sociological factors for bringing in Christ's dear kingdom in this land of ours.

  70. A delicious lateral portal enriched with sculptured capitals, and fine statues of life size, and a bas-relief of Christ between the evangelistic symbols, is of the twelfth century.

  71. On the tympanum of the west door is a figure of Christ between the evangelistic symbols, but so weathered as to be scarcely distinguishable.

  72. These brethren have been engaged in evangelistic work both at the mission houses and on the streets in San Francisco and at several other points.

  73. The reflex influence of these evangelistic services has been productive of great spiritual blessing to our missionaries and to the Chinese Christians.

  74. India, as the evangelistic and other parts of mission work minister specifically to the needs of the masses.

  75. One bright noon in North India, sixty years ago, a young missionary on an evangelistic tour among the villages paused to rest by the wayside.

  76. Mrs. Booth begins to hold Evangelistic campaigns apart from her husband.

  77. Mr. and Mrs. Booth break up their home in the north, and come to London, choosing an evangelistic life.

  78. The next class in the University of Experience which Sunday entered was that of professional evangelistic work, in association with Rev.

  79. He is a "practical man" in every aspect of evangelistic campaigns, from organizing a local committee and building the auditorium, to handling and training the converts who come forward.

  80. That was the beginning of my independent work; but from that day to this I have never had to seek a call to do evangelistic work.

  81. These evangelistic meetings are not regular church services.

  82. The Sunday evangelistic meetings are more democratic than a circus.

  83. By a show of hands--and he conducts this experiment in practically every community he visits--he gives a convincing demonstration that it is by special evangelistic efforts that most Christians have entered the Church of Christ.

  84. Billy Sunday fired the evangelistic purpose of these pastors.

  85. So a Sunday evangelistic campaign is a marvel of organization.

  86. The second point is that the most vigorous speech is used earliest in an evangelistic campaign.

  87. The magnitude of the Sunday evangelistic meetings in their results is revealed by the necessity for systematically handling the converts as vividly as by any other one factor.

  88. In addition Mrs. Sunday does yeoman service in the evangelistic campaigns.

  89. Wilbur Chapman had not suddenly decided to abandon the evangelistic field and return to the pastorate of Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Sunday would doubtless still be unknown to the world as a great religious leader.

  90. Then, seeing that she was really listening, he told of his and Marty's college days, how Marty had borrowed money from the Board of Education, and how the same Board had a hand in the college evangelistic work.

  91. And I don't know much of what the evangelistic value of it all will be.

  92. What of the evangelistic work, and the educational work, and all the rest.

  93. Evangelism A greater portion of the evangelistic work is done through revival meetings, although less than half of the churches hold them.

  94. The pastor is ordinarily responsible for the evangelistic success of the church.

  95. In the following year, 1883, the evangelistic secretary decided to do the same work independently of the committee, and the whole energy of the state secretary has been devoted to the organization of association work.

  96. At the convention of 1882, in Charlestown, it became apparent that, to meet the calls for evangelistic work and push the distinctive association work, two men were required.

  97. Two, therefore, were appointed: one to give his time largely to evangelistic work, the other wholly to that of the association.

  98. We should not dare to say that the associations did wrong in thus giving themselves to the evangelistic work, while the calls for it were greater than the committee could meet.


  99. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "evangelistic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.