missionaries
Example Sentences
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Steve grew up on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, where his parents were missionaries, and graduated from Goshen College, Goshen, Ind., with a bachelor's degree in English.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Tassone said Ross had visited other friends in Norway and Denmark, and had supported missionaries financially.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
A new San Gabriel mission was being built, five years after Franciscan missionaries had founded the original mission in a flood zone, which flooded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
There have been many devastating school fires in Kenya, where boarding schools are common as a colonial legacy of missionaries and the British.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
He gave permission for missionaries to do their work in the southernmost part of Sudan, and that is how my family became Christians.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
