By: Jason Omann

In the book, The Color Purple, Nettie- one of the sisters- is a missionary for the church. When she goes to Africa she finds her way into the presence of the Olinka Tribe. While Nettie is with the Olinka Tribe she teaches the boy children how to read and write. She cannot teach the girls how to read and write because it is against the Olinka’s law for women to become smarter than the men. Nettie secretly teaches Tashi, a young Olinka girl how to read and write. Tashi’s father finds out that she is being taught and she has to get scarred.

Exact Definition- A person sent by a church, into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities as educational work. My Definition- Someone sent to another country to spread the word of God.

Missionaries spread the word of religion to others. A missionary is sent to another area to teach about a certain religion or to educate others.

Smuggling bibles can be very dangerous. Missionaries take bibles to other countries to teach people about certain religions. In China, if you get caught trying to smuggle bibles, you will be put to 3-10 years of hard labor or you will be sentenced to jail.

You have to be at least 18 to travel as a missionary by yourself. Once you enter some countries such as China or North Korea, they might kill you if they find out you’re a missionary. Less than one percent of missionaries are black.

Bibliography: theodora.com math.ksu.edu china.myadventures.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary