missionaries

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With the arrival of European traders and missionaries, Christianity spread rapidly through Apam.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Once a destination for Western missionaries, the continent increasingly exports priests to parishes in Europe and North America, where the number of priests is declining.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The Institute says it has graduated more than 40,000 missionaries since its founding in 1970.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Bonta, a U.S. citizen, was born in Quezon City, Philippines, in 1972, when his parents were working there as missionaries, and immigrated with his family to California as an infant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

The missionaries built and ran schools when the government was unwilling or unable to do so.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela