evangelize
verb
[ ɪˈvan(d)ʒ(ə)lʌɪz ]
• convert or seek to convert (someone) to Christianity.
• "some small groups have been evangelized by Protestant missionaries"
Similar:
convert,
proselytize,
bring to God/Christ/Jesus,
bring into the fold,
redeem,
save,
make someone see the light,
preach (to),
seek/make converts (among),
act as a missionary,
crusade,
campaign,
win over,
recruit,
proselyte,
Origin:
late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin evangelizare, from Greek euangelizesthai, from euangelos (see evangel).
