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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 ...
1797 – Netherlands Missionary Society formed; [202] [204] The Duff, carrying 36 lay and pastoral missionaries, sails to three islands of the South Pacific; [205] The first Christian missionary (from the London Missionary Society) visits Hiva on the Pacific island of Tahuata; he is not well received.
William Cameron Townsend (July 9, 1896 – April 23, 1982) was an American Christian missionary-linguist and the founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics (now SIL International).
1690 – First Franciscan missionaries arrive in Texas; 1691 – Christian Faith Society for the West Indies was organized with a focus on evangelizing African slaves [50] 1692 – Chinese Kangxi Emperor permits the Jesuits to freely preach Christianity, converting whom they wish; 1692 Salem witch trials in Colonial America
Soon, the expansion of the Christian mission beyond Judaism to those who were not Jewish became a contested issue, notably at the Council of Jerusalem. The Apostle Paul was an early proponent of this expansion, and contextualized the Christian message for the Greek and Roman cultures, allowing it to reach beyond its Hebrew and Jewish roots.
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There are three missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Houston area: the Texas Houston Mission, the Texas Houston East Mission, and the Texas Houston South Mission. [47] In 2011 Kate Shellnut of the Houston Chronicle stated that the LDS church was increasing in size in the Houston area. [48]
Three Christian missionaries from Missions in Haiti were shot and killed in an ambush by a gang in Haiti, the Oklahoma-based group said on Friday. The missionaries were taking shelter in a house ...