evangelist
noun
[ ɪˈvan(d)ʒ(ə)lɪst ]
• a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching.
• "an American television evangelist"
• the writer of one of the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John).
• "St John the Evangelist"
Origin:
Middle English (in evangelist (sense 2)): from Old French évangéliste, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek euangelistēs, from euangelizesthai ‘evangelize’.
