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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Evangelicals are supposed to evangelize…spread the good word. It’s just embedded in their daily language.[/quote]

Speaking as a Christian who attends an evangelical church (which, in theory, [b]all Christian churches should be)[/b]it's my opinion that most of us (myself included) don't know how to live out our faith in a secular environment, such as the workplace. Some don't say anything at all and hope their actions speak for themselves. Others, like your co-worker, OP, rely upon speaking in a sort of "Christianese" language that's meant to signal to those arond her that she is a Christian and that speaking like this allows her to check the "evangelize" box on her to-do list. If I were her co-worker, even I would probably cringe whenever she opened her mouth.

The frequent boasting about her husband is also not helping her, nor is boasting of any kind. Humility is a key Christian virtue and it isn't practiced nearly enough.

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I find the bolded part so offensive. I’m an Episcopalian which means I am a Christian too. And no, I have not been told to evangelize. Evangelicals have co-opted the term Christian and it’s infuriating.[/quote]

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