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We found this spot while out
looking for cache locations for our pizza get together this
week.
Happy caching...
A missionary is a member of a religion who works to convert
those who do not share the missionary's faith; someone who
proselytizes. The word "mission" is derived from the Latin
missionem (nom. missio), meaning "act of sending" or mitto,
mittere, literally meaning "to send" or "to dispatch", the
equivalent of the Greek-derived word "apostle" from apostolos,
meaning "a delegate, specially, an ambassador of the Gospel;
officially a commissioner of Christ["apostle"] (with miraculous
powers) Matthew 10:1-2, notice in these verses that when they were
given miraculous powers they were then referred to as Apostles.:
KJV - apostle, messenger, he that is sent. "Strong's Exhaustive
Concordance of the Bible"
In Christian cultures the term is most commonly used for Christian
missions, but it applies equally to any proselytizing creed or
ideology. Buddhism launched 'the first large-scale missionary
effort in the history of the world's religions'.