TV Evangelists

I was channel surfing last night and ran into something horrible - a TV evangelist.

It's like having (or for that matter - being) an embarrassing brother or sister that every now and again comes out with something ridiculous. You still love them because they are family, but you want to distance yourself from them when they 'come out'.
I have no chapter & verse for this theory, but there seems something artificial and impure about passing on the message of salvation through non-personal means. The scriptural exhortation to preach even precludes a preacher - a live person articulating in person the experience of following Jesus.

Like I said, I have no black and white evidence for this. Maybe if Jesus was here today he would use the media to relay the warmth of the gospel - but I have a suspicion that he might not.

I cannot escape the realisation that the messenger is part of the message.

I really admire the zeal and passion of those wanting to share what they have of Jesus - I wish I had more of it myself. There is something in me though that finds digital evangelism, 'revivals' and 'crusades' to communicate only part of the gospel and almost gives the impression that followers of Jesus want to share cognitively but not get involved in the collective mess of peoples lives.