Are there no Moravians in the Moon, that not a missionary has yet visited this poor pagan planet of ours, to civilise civilisation and Christianise Christendom? Herman Melville, White-Jacket 1850
I don’t know how the missionaries find some of the people they find. The FBI can’t find them, the police can’t find them, but our missionaries find them [laughter]. Why is that? Gordon B Hinckley, fifteenth Morg president
The Mormon Church has sent more than a million missionaries around the world. John Sweeney, This World: The Mormon Candidate, BBC 2012
We were waging a religious war. Foreign tourists were considered to be enemies by the Abu Sayyaf. Tourists will be among the victims and millions of dollars will come to the group for the creation of independent Islamic state. This is Jihad. Captive IV: American Missionaries: Philippines, jihadist, Netflix 2016
2 June 2001 Lamitan, southern Philippines: A day of running battles in the streets of the town of Lamitan: troops of the Philippine’ army using helicopters and tanks against a group of Islamic rebels holed up in a local hospital; they reported that most of the group seized from the beach resort were inside the hospital. ibid. news
Abu Sabaya, leader of the kidnappers, escaped the army raid that killed Martin Burnham. He was killed two weeks later in a sting operation carried out by the Philippine marines in collaboration with the CIA. Abu Sayyaf continues to kidnap and kill and has now switched its allegiance from Al Qaeda to the so-called Islamic State. To date, the money paid to Abu Sayyaf is the only ransom payment facilitated by the US government as a matter of policy. ibid.
We travel from trailer park to trailer park spreading the good news. Trailer Park Boys s2e5: The Bible Pimp, Bible salesman