evangelical
Speech parts
1. evangelical - Noun
2. evangelical - Adjective
3. evangelical - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.
Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.
Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
One of evangelical principles.
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evangelical Christianity
an ultraconservative evangelical message
According to AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of the American electorate, 79% of white evangelical voters in the 2018 midterms approved of the job Trump was doing as president, while 74% of Jewish voters disapproved.
A high-profile sex scandal drove Jerry Falwell Jr. from his job as President of evangelical Christian college Liberty University.
A evangelical pastor who runs a Bible Study attended by several members of the Trump administration‘s cabinet has implied that could be one of the causes of the epidemic in the US.
After a brief break, the community joins together again for a church service that follows a typical evangelical format, with a sermon as a central feature.