missionary

Example Sentences

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We are called to be missionary disciples who go out and make disciples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

My grandpa retired at 70 after working as a missionary for most of his life and later at a national laboratory.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

He was a ghoulish host of a late-night television horror program in the 2005 vampire movie “The Roost,” then played a wagon-train missionary in the 2007 western “Seraphim Falls.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Leo is expected to make several foreign trips this year, including to Africa, Peru, where he worked for two decades as a missionary, and possibly also Spain.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

I tried to picture myself in a missionary role, gathering the little children unto me, as it was embarrassing to be playing this babyish game with children waist-high to me.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver