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missionary

[mish-uh-ner-ee] / ˈmɪʃ əˌnɛr i /


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Huckabee grew up in poverty in a small Arkansas town, where he attended a Missionary Baptist church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Holly Berkley Fletcher, the author of the upcoming book "The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism," explained this in her Monday newsletter.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

"The only people who can defect now are the rich and well-connected," added Pastor Stephen Kim from JM Missionary, who helps North Koreans defect through China.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

In 1972, Aretha Franklin recorded her legendary gospel album “Amazing Grace” at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

While the Missionary Circle truly held a bake sale to raise money for the court case, the correct date was June 9, 1951.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson




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