missionaries

In the Amazon rainforest, where priests have long been scarce, some villagers have turned to their own spiritual leaders, while evangelical missionaries have blended Christianity with indigenous beliefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

As settlers — first Spanish missionaries and later Californians — spread out more and more, the tribe was rendered landless by 1900.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Rio and cinematographer Adam Pietkiewicz shot Angh on 16mm film, drawing on photographs and footage of missionaries and Naga communities from the 1950s and 60s.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

“Is that so? Our own sons now go to be missionaries in the white man’s land?”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie