One might say that Jesus was the first missionary who ever lived since Christian missionaries model their actions to his. According to the Book of Acts, the first messengers were not called ...

Protestant missionaries took up work in Sierra Leone ... when reading his speeches in the Acts: 'He was a fine fellow, that Paul!'" "Seeing several of the old men actually in tears during the ...

Furthermore, Acts is probably correct in suggesting that such groups might have been especially receptive to the message brought by early Christian missionaries. Imperial Art: The Medium and the ...

In 1615, France insisted that Champlain send missionaries to New France in order to convert the natives. The Jesuit missionaries, called the "soldiers of Christ", focused on converting pagans.

After months of ministering to primitive Vietnamese natives, the two missionaries and their families were headed for the Makil home near the mountain resort of Dalat. But 50 miles northeast of ...