These brightly coloured figures are a product of an uneasy compromise between Christian missionaries and the native Finno-Ugric population.

In her role as the head of the organization, Annie Armstrong facilitated communication between denominational leaders, local congregations and missionaries on the field.

There were tensions between Egyptian ministers and American missionaries, particularly over the idea of converting Muslims and the adoption of "modern" Western attitudes.

He intervened in a dispute between missionaries and the military governor of California.

A Jesuit, Cooper has written extensively on 15th- and 16th-century encounters between Jesuit missionaries and Japan.

Caught between Catholic missionaries on one hand, and a stubborn old Zulu warrior, Credo's maternal grandfather, his parents had no choice but to separate.

There seems to have been a sort of symbiosis between pirates and Catholic missionaries.

Still, until recently the relationship between Protestant missionaries and the local Catholic hierarchy was largely one of mutual hostility and suspicion.

It is imperative that there is love between missionaries, for only then can God bless the work.

Sister Mary liked a portrayal that eschewed the tired stereotypes that swing between ruler-mad martinets and bike-riding, guitar-twanging missionaries.