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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Example Sentences

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

The world had changed since the Spradlins crossed the same bridge weeks earlier to begin their annual New Orleans street ministry.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 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