EVANGELISTS (euangelistes)
1. Typical names for modern preachers: _______________________________________________
2. “Evangelist” occurs three times in the New Testament (Acts 21:8; Eph. 4:11; 2 Tim. 4:5).
3. There are writings apart from the New Testament that apply evangelist to both John and Mark.
4. Evangelist has the same basic root as “gospel” – this suggests an evangelist _______________________.
5. Evangelist can be rendered “preacher of the gospel.” We my understand this term as a function.
6. Before the “Christian era” evangelist was an “unknown” word (Spicq, 2:91).
7. Secular Greek had a word for messenger “angelos” (especially messages from the “gods,” Spicq, 2:82).
8. In the “Christian era,” some words were modified to convey new truths.
9. All the apostles were ________________ but not all evangelists were ______________________.
10. Is there a sense in which all Christians are “evangelists” (Mt. 5:13-14)? ____________________.
11. In some respects evangelist has gotten a bad reputation. We ought not to be ashamed of it.
12. Evangelist is a Biblical description of a function within the church.
13. We know Phillip was an evangelist because of Acts 21:8; how did he begin (Acts 6:1-6)?_______________.
14. As time passed his work changed – Acts 8:4-6 - _______________________________________________.
15. The message Phillip preached: Acts 8:12 - ______________________________________________.
16. Acts 8:13 tells us what else? ______________________________________________________.
17. How “small” a group did Phillip teach (Acts 8:26-29)? ____________________________________.
18. As noted earlier from 2 Tim. 4:5, Timothy was also an “evangelist.”
19. Like others, he had a very specific task. Acts 5:42 (verb form of word) says what: __________.
20. Acts 8:4, already read, has the verb form of evangelist (euangelizo); this helps explain their work.
21. Gal. 1:23 uses the verb form and it says ________________________ was preached.
22. Paul ________________ before he became a preacher of the gospel.
23. Part of the “good news” Paul and others preached involved ________________________ (Eph. 2:17).
24. See too how the verb form of evangelist is employed in Eph. 3:8 - ______________________________.
25. Was the Thessalonian congregation an “old” congregation (1 Thess. 3:2)? _________________.
26. What did Timothy do at Thessalonica (same verse)? __________________________________________.
27. What did Timothy sometimes have involvement with (1 Tim. 5:19-22)? ___________________.
28. List one of Timothy’s responsibilities from 1 Tim. 1:3: ________________________________.
29. Responsibilities listed in 2 Tim. 4:2: _______________________________________________.
30. 2 Tim. 2:22 says, _______________________________________________________________.
31. 2 Tim. 2:15 - __________________________________________________________________.
32. 2 Tim. 1:13 - __________________________________________________________________.
33. Titus was also an evangelist give the way we have described this function.
34. Tit. 1:5 tells us, ________________________________________________________________.
35. Similar to “evangelist” is “preacher”(kerusso), a term used in Rom. 10:14 and 15.
36. Points from these two verses: _____________________________________________________.
37. John the Baptist was a “preacher” (this word is applied to him in Mt. 3:1).
38. This word is also applied to Jesus “preaching” in Mt. 4:17.
39. It is also the word used in the “great commission” (Mk. 16:15, 20).
40. Another word applicable to evangelist is “minister” (diakonia).
41. See how this term is used in 2 Cor. 11:8; Col. 4:17; 2 Tim. 4:5; Eph. 4:12.