missioners

So when the "missioners" came with new light on the matter -- no longer insisting upon silence where a few of the brethren and sisters were met to edify one another -- it was not, as the minister said, those who were best fitted for it who were the readiest to claim the right or the privilege, whichever it might be called; and as for him, he was not urgent about the matter, either to encourage or restrain.

Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not 1859

Some 80 theologians, missioners and lay activists from 11 Asian countries attended the forum, titled "Eucharist and Community - Beyond All Barriers."

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

Some of course may in one sense 'go away' to another Christian communion; but even then they will still be there as fellow-Christians, fellow-missioners and disciples, and the debate will not be over just because one local jurisdiction has made a decision.

Archbishop's Presidential Address 2009

Father Isaac Puthenangady, chancellor of Balasore diocese that has operated the hostel for 30 years, says that the girls filing the complaints were sent by fanatic anti-Christian Hindu elements "to corner the missioners".

Archive 2007-08-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007

Some believe European missioners were the first to bring Christianity to Africa.

CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2006 2006

They were later joined by European and American missioners, intent on proselytizing in Africa's interior.

CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2006 2006

Did the market missioners Hayden Wombwell, when given the raspberry, fine more than sandsteen per cent of chalk in the purity, promptitude and perfection flour of this raw materialist and less than a seventh pro mile in his meal?

Finnegans Wake 2006

While Ford and his surviving missioners discussed and discoursed on their liner, the newspaper men they had brought with them concocted lies and absurd stories about their host — as though they were under instructions.

The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006

For example, in EVE changes to the jump system by CCP attempted to spread out the markets, and while this was accomplished to an extent, it only created 3-4 central hub points that the players traders/missioners gravitated to, basically negating the attempt at diffusing the markets through regions to a greater extent.

Synthetic Worlds as Petri Dishes 2006

Because we are here to thank God for all who have made the good news both good and new for us - Justus and the first missioners, stammering in an unfamiliar barbarian language, Fisher and Ridley, shaping their teaching into the terrible language of suffering and death; all those who have stepped over the boundary to meet us in love and show us the vision.

Sermon at Rochester Cathedral on the occasion of the 1400 anniversary celebrations 2004