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title: 'Melinda Rankin: The First Protestant Missionary to Mexico (1812–1888)'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
date: 1913-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Missions Biography'
- 'Foreign Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Romans 10'
- 'Acts 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/1913-melinda-rankin-the-first-protestant-missionary-to-mexico-1812-1888
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# Melinda Rankin: The First Protestant Missionary to Mexico (1812–1888)

Biography of Melinda Rankin (1812–1888), the first Protestant missionary to Mexico. She taught, smuggled Bibles across the Rio Grande, founded the Monterey mission amid danger and illness.

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