Editing Evangelist (Latter Day Saints) (section)

==The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints==
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In [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church), an evangelist is considered to be an office of the [[Melchizedek priesthood]]. However, the term "evangelist" is rarely used for this position; instead, the church has retained the term "patriarch", the term most commonly used by Joseph Smith.

The most prominent reference to the term "evangelist" in the LDS Church's literature is found in its "[[Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints)|Articles of Faith]]", derived from the [[Wentworth letter]]—a statement by Smith in 1842 to a Chicago newspaper editor—that the church believes in "the same organization that existed in the primitive church", including "evangelists".<ref>[[Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints)|Articles of Faith]] [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1.6?lang=eng 1:6].</ref> Smith taught that "an Evangelist is an Patriarch".<ref name = HC/>