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  2. Spanish missions in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The first mission in Texas. Flooding destroyed the mission in both 1742 and 1829. The present church was constructed in 1851 on higher ground. In 1881, the Jesuits took control and renamed it Mission de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo. In 1980, the name was changed to Mission San Antonio de los Tiguas. The church is still in use today. [2] [3 ...

  3. Spanish missions in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Having friars taking money was controversial within the church. In addition, the colonial government claimed missionaries were mistreating indigenous people working on the missions. On the other hand, the Franciscan missionaries claimed that the Spanish government enslaved and mistreated indigenous people.

  4. Missionary Church of the Disciples of Jesus Christ - Wikipedia

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    Now officially a separate legal entity from the Miami church, the California-based Missionary Church proceeded to build more churches and missions through the work of its missionaries. Its missionaries were taught the Bible through the Estudios Biblicos program. They also went out in front of stores and supermarkets to ask for voluntary ...

  5. American Baptist Association - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, the ABA had 44 interstate missionaries, 36 foreign missionaries, 71 national missionaries, and 10 missionary helpers. In addition, there are many other missionaries sent out by local ABA churches who do not report statistics through the associational mission office. [9]

  6. Tentmaking - Wikipedia

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    At the time, international mission work was a new and controversial idea in the Church, and tentmaking was the only way for Carey to support his ministry. His example has led thousands of Christian missionaries to support themselves while ministering overseas.

  7. Anne Luther Bagby - Wikipedia

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    Anne Luther Bagby (March 20, 1859- December 22, 1942) was an American Baptist missionary from Texas. She was the first woman from the Texas Baptists to become a foreign missionary. [1] She also served as a leader of the Texas Baptists when she was not doing missionary work in Brazil. [2] Overall, Bagby worked as a missionary for sixty-one years ...

  8. San Antonio Missions (World Heritage Site) - Wikipedia

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    The San Antonio Missions are a World Heritage Site located in and near San Antonio, Texas, United States. The World Heritage Site consists of five mission sites, a historic ranch, and related properties. These outposts were established in the early 1700s by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives.

  9. Catholic missions - Wikipedia

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    Thus missionaries established a Portuguese mission in 1500. Dom Francisco de Almeida , the first Portuguese Viceroy, got permission from the Kochi Raja to build two church edifices – Santa Cruz Basilica (1505) and St. Francis Church (1506) using stones and mortar which were unheard of at that time, as local prejudices were against such a ...