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street ministry

American  

noun

  1. the vocation of a church worker, clergyman, or the like who frequents public places in an attempt to help runaways, prostitutes, or others on the margins of society.


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Beatty, who is 29 and from New Jersey, runs an evangelical street ministry called At the Well and has been in the District for several days.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2020

Beatty, who is 29 years old and from New Jersey, runs an evangelical street ministry called At the Well and has been in Washington for several days.

From Seattle Times Nov. 4, 2020

He fully supports the street ministry next door.

From Washington Times Apr. 16, 2016

The family was active in Christian street ministry and outreach in Hamilton, an industrial city about 70 kms southwest of Toronto.

From Chicago Tribune Dec. 2, 2014

He notes that Phelps was profiled in Time Magazine in 1952 because he had a street ministry against petting and dirty jokes.

From BBC Mar. 21, 2014

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