Despite popular conception, "evangelist" as a word isn't actually rooted in religious etymology: it comes from the Greek "euangelistes" -- literally "bringing

Despite popular conception, "evangelist" as a word isn't actually rooted in religious etymology: it comes from the Greek "euangelistes" -- literally "bringing of good news", where the "good news" part is rooted in the Greek "angelos", meaning "messenger." http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Evangelism.html http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Evangel...