This as been done seemingly to take the "burden", which in reality to a true believer would not be a burden, off of the individual and onto someone else.
Thus we have many many self-identifying Evangelicals who do not evangelize.
They believe that funding other people's works of true evangelism with money somehow relieves them of this duty directly and in turn they believe that they are evangelicals by doing so.
Evangelicals are those who evangelize or in other words preach the gospel per Christ's command directly themselves.
This ought to be the work of any true believer per Biblical standards.
If it God's will that no one would perish and that all would come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9) then it must follow that a true believer and child of God would have the same desire as their Father and thus they would preach the gospel to every creature, or simply, they would evangelize the world around them.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21
Webster’s 1828:
Evangelize - To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to, and convert to a belief of the gospel; as, to evangelize heathen nations; to evangelize the world…To preach the gospel.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15
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