missioner

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Recent Examples of missioner Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 17 June 2022 Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens. al, 1 Dec. 2020 After 15 years of doing mission promotion and spending time as a missioner in Tanzania East Africa, by special agreement with the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles and the Archbishop of Hartford, Fr. courant.com, 23 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missioner
Noun
  • The story of two mismatched missionaries spreading the gospel won nine Tony Awards in 2011, including for best musical.
    Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Muslim traders and missionaries began traveling to Hausa lands in the twelfth century, and much of the society gradually converted to Islam.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Many African Anglican churches refuse to ordain female priests.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The prison’s priest, Father Joseph O’Brien (Isaacs), joins forces with Jim Estelle (Kitsch), head of the Texas Department of Corrections, by offering himself as a hostage to out-game Carrasco and his men, in an effort to save the lives of the other hostages that have been taken.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Leo will also speak up, when necessary, particularly on the treatment of immigrants, an issue close to his heart from his time as a bishop in Peru.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Mullally was ordained in 2001 and left the government three years later for church roles at Salisbury Cathedral and then becoming only the fourth woman bishop in the Church of England as the Suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Missioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missioner. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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