Mission (Christian) — A Christian mission has been widely defined, since the Lausanne Congress of 1974, as that which is designed to form a viable indigenous church planting movement. This definition is motivated by a theologically imperative theme of the Bible to… … Wikipedia
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Wilfred Grenfell — Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865 October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.He was born at Parkgate, Wirral and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died… … Wikipedia
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Georges Ricard-Cordingley — A painter and traveller, Georges Ricard Cordingley (1873 1939) constantly searched for an original contact with the world of sea. Biography * 1873 January 30 : Georges Ricard born in Lyon, to parents Prosper Louis Ricard and Georgina Marie… … Wikipedia
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Piracy in Somalia — Map of areas under threat by Somali pirates. Pirates holding the … Wikipedia
cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources … Universalium
Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… … Universalium
