Se conoce como evangelización el acto de predicar el Evangelio de Jesús, es decir, de difundir el cristianismo. La evangelización es una función propia de la Iglesia católica, y del resto de confesiones cristianas. Esto, en ocasiones, se considera como un tipo de proselitismo. La palabra evangelista viene del griego koiné εὐαγγέλιον (euangelos, εὔ = "bueno, buena", ἀγγέλλω = noticia, mensaje), que significa aportador de buenas noticias, dador de buenas nuevas. La expresión en koiné para buenas noticias, ευάνγελιον (eu-angelion) es usado para referirse a los cuatro Evangelios en el Nuevo Testamento; así los Evangelistas son también los autores de los cuatro Evangelios, tradicionalmente conocidos como Mateo, Marcos, Lucas y Juan.

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Evangelism is the preaching of the gospel or the practice of giving information about a particular doctrine or set of beliefs to others with the intention of converting others to the Christian faith. This term is not restricted to any particular Christian tradition, and should not be confused with Evangelicalism, a common term for a wide range of "Evangelical" Protestant churches and groups. Christians who specialize in evangelism are often known as evangelists, whether they are in their home communities or living as missionaries in the field, although some Christian traditions refer to such people as missionaries in either case. Some Christian traditions consider evangelists to be in a leadership position; they may be found preaching to large meetings or in governance roles. Christian groups who actively encourage evangelism are sometimes known as evangelistic or evangelist. The scriptures do not use the word evangelism, but evangelist is used in (the translations of) Acts 21:8, Ephesians 4:11, and 2 Timothy 4:5.

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