1. Religious Education Support - PDST1 EVANGELIST

2. Religious Education Support - PDST2 EVANGELISTS An evangelist was a person of great faith and who truly believed that Jesus was God

3. Religious Education Support - PDST3 WHO WERE THE EVANGELISTS MARK MATTHEW LUKE JOHN

4. Religious Education Support - PDST4 GOSPELS THE EVANGELISTS WROTE THE GOSPELS. THEY WANTED TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS TO ALL THEIR WRITINGS WERE FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD BECOME CHRISTAINS THE GOSPELS WERE WRITTEN TO HELP PEOPLE TO HAVE A DEEPER FAITH IN JESUS

5. Religious Education Support - PDST5 EVANGELIST The first of the Gospel written was the Gospel of Mark, It is believed that Mark wrote this gospel AD 65 in Rome. Mark wrote for gentiles – non Jewish people who had become Christian. Mark presented Jesus as the teaching Messiah but also as the suffering Messiah.

6. Religious Education Support - PDST6 EVANGELIST Written around AD 85 Matthew wrote for Jews who had converted to Christianity Matthew was a teacher who also worked as a Rabbi which explains his knowledge of the Jewish scriptures. This Gospel presents Jesus as the great Teacher who teaches about God’s kingdom.

7. Religious Education Support - PDST7 EVANGELIST Written around AD 85 Written for gentile Christians, Luke himself was a gentile Christian This gospel is filled with a concern for people with all kinds of needs Says that Jesus’ message is for all people and that God accepts all.

8. Religious Education Support - PDST8 EVANGELIST Written in AD 95 the last of the gospels to be written John wrote for people who had been followers of Jesus for many years His Gospels were concerned with the meaning of Jesus John presented Jesus as a life giving Messiah, the son of God, the Bread of Life

9. Religious Education Support - PDST9 SYNOPTIC The gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke are very alike. Synoptic means ‘seeing together’ Because of these similarities these three gospels are referred to as the synoptic.