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missionary

noun as in person who aids, does religious work

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Uncontacted groups are extremely vulnerable to basic disease - as such, the report says a threat is posed by contact with evangelical missionaries and social media influencers looking for clicks.

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Rinderknecht, the son of Baptist missionaries, spent a large portion of his childhood traveling across the United States with his family.

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Leo, 70, who has a history of missionary work in Peru and is the first pope from the United States, was elected in a conclave of cardinals on May 8.

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Rinderknecht is the son of Christian missionaries and a former resident of Pacific Palisades who was living in Florida at the time of his arrest.

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Rindernecht grew up the son of Baptist missionaries who traveled across the United States every few years.

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