televangelist
noun
tel·evan·ge·list ˌte-li-ˈvan-jə-list 
: an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs
televangelism
ˌte-li-ˈvan-jə-ˌli-zəm
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Tammy Faye is set to premiere in October at the Almeida Theatre in London and will star Katie Brayben as Tammy, Tony-Award nominee Andrew Rannells as Jim and Zubin Varla as fellow televangelist Jerry Falwell. 
Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022 Elton John is bringing his considerable musical talents to bear on a theatre adaptation of the life of the televangelist and her first husband, Jim Bakker. Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022 The first is a docuseries about Giancarlo Granda, the Miami Beach pool boy at the center of a tabloid sensation involving Jerry Falwell, Jr. (son of the famed televangelist) and his wife Becki. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 July 2022 Jessica Chastain won for playing televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and Javier Bardem was nominated for playing actor, bandleader and TV pioneer Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos. Paul Grein, Billboard, 27 June 2022 Young people may not know there was a televangelist named Jim Bakker, married to a woman named Tammy Faye. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 June 2022 In a scene set in 1985, Jerry Falwell—the older, more established and politically astute televangelist—is being shown the site in Fort Mill, South Carolina, where Jim Bakker is building a Christian theme park. Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2022 The show tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 June 2022 However, his world is turned upside down when an ultra-conservative televangelist arrives. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022 See More
Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022 Elton John is bringing his considerable musical talents to bear on a theatre adaptation of the life of the televangelist and her first husband, Jim Bakker. Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022 The first is a docuseries about Giancarlo Granda, the Miami Beach pool boy at the center of a tabloid sensation involving Jerry Falwell, Jr. (son of the famed televangelist) and his wife Becki. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 July 2022 Jessica Chastain won for playing televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and Javier Bardem was nominated for playing actor, bandleader and TV pioneer Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos. Paul Grein, Billboard, 27 June 2022 Young people may not know there was a televangelist named Jim Bakker, married to a woman named Tammy Faye. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 June 2022 In a scene set in 1985, Jerry Falwell—the older, more established and politically astute televangelist—is being shown the site in Fort Mill, South Carolina, where Jim Bakker is building a Christian theme park. Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2022 The show tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 June 2022 However, his world is turned upside down when an ultra-conservative televangelist arrives. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1973, in the meaning defined above