missionaries
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US Protestant missionaries encouraged Sagada's residents to bury their dead and light candles on their graves, he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 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
Even if English Protestants were late compared to the Spanish and Portuguese Catholic missionaries, Mr. Ryrie shows that John Calvin, John Knox and other reformers were laying the groundwork for the birth of global Christianity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
At our low point as missionaries, we were still fabulously wealthy by the standards of Kilanga.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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