proselitism

In line with the strong religious sentiments of the time, another focus of the Portuguese was Christian proselitism.

The sentence was not for being a Protestant but for spreading propaganda that encouraged others (proselitism).

There will be a criticism of proselitism and ideological manipulation which happens on both believers and agnostics."

The 1930s were hard years for the Assemblies of God in New Zealand because of internal doctrinal disputes, the proselitism of the Apostolic Church, fragile relations with the PCNZ and economic distress generated by the 1929 Depression.