missionaries

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Stafford is one of three medical missionaries with Serge — a nonprofit based in Jenkintown, Penn. — who were exposed to the virus.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

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

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Published in 1978 as the third novel in Butler’s “Patternist” series, “Survivor” follows Alanna, a biracial orphan who is adopted by religious missionaries fleeing a plague-ravaged Earth in search of a new home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

That historic exodus helped turn South Korea into a stronghold of the Christian faith and one of the world’s biggest exporters of missionaries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

I got to know the Old and New Testaments very well, and I learned a lot of Christian values from the missionaries at that school.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola