Missionary

A missionary is a person who tries to convert people to his own faith. In Christianity, this is called Christian mission or evangelism. Missionaries are usually sent from churches or worship places of the religion. They can also do other things, such as deliver medicines and cure diseases. Most major religions of the world have missionaries.

Some famous Christian missionaries are:

• St. Paul
• Thomas the Apostle
• Saint Patrick
• Saints Cyril and Methodius
• Francis Xavier
• Johnny Appleseed
• George Muller
• John Wesley
• Charles Wesley, brother of John
• George Whitefield
• David Livingstone
• Hudson Taylor
• Florence Nightingale
• Sadhu Sundar Singh
• Albert Schweitzer
• Gladys Aylward
• Eric Liddell
• E. Stanley Jones
• Mother Teresa

• Evangelism
• Religious conversion

• Missionaries.org Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

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