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
The parrots, lore tells us, brought by missionaries, stayed even after the city became what it is now.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
When colonialists and missionaries began arriving in the late 19th Century, some Zambian communities, having never seen a white person before, believed they were "Luchele" and treated them like Gods.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Although North Korea has relentlessly suppressed religion and vilified American missionaries, the origins of this hereditary cult are found in a surprising place: Protestant Christianity, and in particular, postbellum American Presbyterianism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
The missionaries supplied us with uniforms instead: shorts, a shirt, shoes, sometimes a jacket.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
