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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 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

Austria ran Kissimmee-Poinciana Homeless Outreach, a small street ministry, with the help of a former Army cook and few volunteers from her church.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 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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