missionaries
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Waves of European missionaries sailed through the South Pacific in the 19th century, bringing evangelical Christian teachings that were adopted with enthusiasm.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 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
Since owners worried that literacy would encourage slaves to seek freedom, missionaries found themselves limited in what form of Christianity they could present to enslaved people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
To understand long-ago Indian lives, one cannot avoid the accounts of the first literate people who saw them: European swashbucklers, fortune hunters, and missionaries.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
