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{{quote|''"Through extensive study, evangelicals have concluded that the best-equipped people to carry the gospel to remote parts of the world are Caucasian midwesterners with strong regional accents."'' |'''Joel Kilpatrick''', ''A Field Guide to Evangelicals & Their Habitat''}}

{{quote|''Oh, the missionary man, he's got God on his side''~~<br />~~

{{quote|''Oh, the missionary man, he's got God on his side''

''He's got the saints and apostles backin' up from behind''~~<br />~~

''He's got the saints and apostles backin' up from behind''

''Black-eyed looks from those Bible books''~~<br />~~

''Black-eyed looks from those Bible books''

''He's a man with a mission, got a serious mind''|'''The Eurythmics''', ''Missionary Man''}}

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* Eric Liddel in [[Chariots of Fire]].

* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "The Hyborian Age", the [[Backstory]] to [[Conan]], Arus.

{{quote| ''he determined to go into the western wilderness and modify the rude ways of the heathen by the introduction of the gentle worship of Mitra. He was not daunted by the grisly tales of what had happened to traders and explorers before him, and by some whim of fate he came among the people he sought, alone and unarmed, and was not instantly speared.''}}

{{quote|''he determined to go into the western wilderness and modify the rude ways of the heathen by the introduction of the gentle worship of Mitra. He was not daunted by the grisly tales of what had happened to traders and explorers before him, and by some whim of fate he came among the people he sought, alone and unarmed, and was not instantly speared.''}}

* In [[Rick Cook]]'s ''[[Limbo System]]'', Father Simon starts to do this accidentally, while not thinking himself authorized.

* One appears in the first ''[[Once Upon a Time in China]]'' movie. He appears to just be a background character up until he proves to be the ''only'' man in the entire community with the courage to testify against the criminals that Wong Fei-Hung is try to take down in court.