street ministry

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.

Example Sentences

Her style was influenced by San Francisco’s brand of audacious activism such as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a street ministry and outreach group known for its nun-meets-harlequin costumes.

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For Laure Biron, the executive director of Broad Street Ministry in Philadelphia, the high quality of the food she gets now is the ultimate expression of her organization’s mission.

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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.

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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.

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Whitt later told The Washington Post he is the assistant director of the Texas chapter of MassResistance, a socially conservative and anti-LGBTQ activist group, and the women said they run an evangelical street ministry.

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