Evangelism

Some Christian traditions consider evangelists to be in a leadership position; they may be found preaching to large meetings or in governance roles.

The verb form of euangelion,[1] (translated as "evangelism"), occurs rarely in older Greek literature outside the New Testament, making its meaning more difficult to ascertain.

[2] Common forms of spreading Evangelism include preaching or distributing bibles; in tracts, newspapers, and magazines; through the electronic media; and by street evangelists.

[16] Samuel E. Hill, John H. Nicholson, and William J. Knights founded Gideons International, an organization which distributes free Bibles to hotels, motels, hospitals, military bases, prisons, schools, and universities, in Janesville in Wisconsin, United States, in 1899.

[17] In 1922, Canadian evangelical evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Foursquare Church, was the first woman to use radio to reach a wider audience in the United States.

[25] In July 1999, TopChrétien, an evangelical Christian web portal and social network, was launched by Éric Célérier, pastor of the Assemblies of God of France and Estelle Martin.

[27][28] In January 2007, GodTube, a site for sharing videos related to Christianity, especially evangelical, was founded by Christopher Wyatt of Plano, Texas, in the United States, then a student at Dallas Theological Seminary.

[30] Some consider evangelism to be proselytising, which is protected in the United States but illegal in some countries,[31] while others where it is suppressed argue it is merely free speech.