• Convinced by the stranger, Laoghaire agreed to let Patrick continue his missionary work.

    BBC: Who was the real St Patrick?

  • After the Japanese invasion in 1937, Liddell carried on his missionary work even when it became dangerous to do so.

    BBC: Chariots of Fire's Eric Liddell is Chinese 'hero'

  • It acknowledges the classical schools of Islamic thought and does not reject local traditions, seeing them as a form of dakwa, or missionary work.

    ECONOMIST: Islam in Indonesia

  • The Irish Province carries out missionary work in seven African countries.

    BBC: Dr Joseph Duffy was Bishop of Clogher for 31 years

  • Scholars, museums, and revival houses do their share of missionary work.

    NEWYORKER: The Artists

  • Then an executive in the family's private investment firm, the younger Thompson could easily have dropped out of business for something less stressful -- missionary work, say.

    FORBES: Fiber in the sagebrush

  • Then an executive in the family's private investment firm, the junior Thompson could easily have dropped out of business for something less stressful -- missionary work, say.

    FORBES: Fiber in the sagebrush

  • To cite just one example, of the 12 Kuwaitis seized in Afghanistan who claimed they were doing charitable missionary work, eight were sent home, tried and acquitted.

    NPR: Guantanamo Case Goes Beyond Detainee Rights

  • It also contains language about exceptions for religious leaders, who had complained that their missionary work could be criminalized if the recipients of their aid were undocumented immigrants.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Komarno has declined to find a prominent place for statues of St Cyril and St Methodius, revered by Slovaks and other Slavs for their missionary work in the ninth century.

    ECONOMIST: Hungary and Slovakia

  • It is all part of an overall program of "missionary work, " in Zeitler's words, to get customers consolidating their gear and buying computing power as if it were electricity from a utility.

    FORBES: IBM Does The On-Demand Dance

  • But Scroggin says that he tries to discourage overtly negative incentives, instead pushing clients toward positive reinforcement, such as matching charitable contributions, paying for missionary work or rewarding heirs who get religious instruction in the family faith.

    FORBES: An Estate Plan Worthy Of Scrooge

  • "Islamic bankers should do some missionary work in the Western world to promote the concept of Shariah banking, for which many in the West are more than ready now, " Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said at the World Islamic Economic Forum last month in Jakarta.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • Much of Dr Livingstone's work as a missionary and doctor was in what is now Malawi.

    BBC: Events mark birth date of explorer Dr David Livingstone

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