missioner
Britishnoun
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a less common name for missionary
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a person heading a parochial mission in a Christian country
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The Rev. Bradley Hauff, the Episcopal Church’s missioner for Indigenous ministries, who is Lakota and a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, said faith groups must confront their history of collaboration on the schools.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2022
“We all need to work together on this,” said the Rev. Bradley Hauff, a Minnesota-based Episcopal priest and missioner for Indigenous Ministries with the Episcopal Church.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
In addition, she will help discern a strategy for the diocese’s work with young adults that will inform the hiring of a permanent missioner next spring.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2016
The Reverend Canon Anna Norman-Walker, a diocesan missioner at Exeter Cathedral, recalls Michelle confiding that she had "lost count" of the number of social workers she had had.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2013
The fellow had no right to be a gentleman, he told himself angrily—a gentleman and a missioner!
From The Missioner by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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