missionaries

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Through missionaries, he concludes, we learned to “transcend our own cultural context” and imagine how others see us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 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

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

They hardly seem to care whether missionaries exist.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker