Before assignment to a location, missionaries may receive training at Gilead School.

) Before that, sparse records of Slavic religion were mostly written by non-Slavic Christian missionaries who were uninterested in accurately portraying pagan beliefs.

Before American missionaries came to the area comprising the modern Kachin state, the majority of the Kachin were Animists.

Before the final conquest of the central part of Mindanao ( Bukidnon area ), Sumilao, Linabo, Mailag and Silae has been established by Spanish missionaries ( Dominicans and Jesuits ).

Before the Visitor arrived in Japan, seventeen of Valignano's personally appointed missionaries wrote to him complaining that language training was totally nonexistent.

Before his ascension, he was reported by French missionaries in a report to the French government as having praised the Japanese for having expelled and eradicated Christianity from their country.

Before the arrival of Christian missionaries, starting in 1830, all Samoan males got a traditional tattoo.

Before World War II, the health care system had a number of characteristics: it was a system initially operated by missionaries and later taken over by the Department of Indian Affairs, it was an extensive and decentralized system, the health care services delivered by the system were firmly rooted in Canadian middle-class reformist values and represented an attempt to have these values applied to Indian communities, and, apparently, the system served peoples who were reluctant to use the facilities and services made available to them.

Before the missionaries came into scene animism was the predominant religion.

Before 1835 date most migrants were runaway sailors, escaped convicts, sealers, whalers and missionaries with their families.

Before the First World War, some infrastructure in the area was provided by local Finnish missionaries of the Finnish Missionary Society, who established Ovamboland as their first mission field in 1870, the first mission being at Omandongo.

Before beginning their mission, prospective male missionaries are usually ordained to the office of an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood ( if they do not hold this office already ).

Before the arrival of German missionaries, the Nyakyusa just ' cast their dead away ' or left them at ' itago ' to die.

Before his execution on June 3, 1850, Tiloukaikt accepted Catholic last rites while refusing to deal with the Presbyterian missionaries.

Before Constantius arrived, the Persian general Narses, who was possibly the king's brother, overran Mesopotamia and captured Amida.

Before the first Europeans arrived, there was no written history in the territory.

Before Raymond and Bohemond arrived, Agnes and King Baldwin arranged for Sibylla to be married to a Poitevin newcomer, Guy of Lusignan, whose older brother Amalric of Lusignan was already an established figure at court.

Before the Mariner 4 spacecraft arrived at Mars in July 1965 and dispelled some of the more exotic theories about the planet, the conventional image of Mars was shaped by the observations of the astronomers Giovanni Schiaparelli and Percival Lowell.

Before Europeans arrived, Māori either walked or used watercraft on rivers or along the coasts.

Before Europeans arrived, Māori either walked or used watercraft on rivers or along the coasts.

Before his replacement arrived, Mason ordered 1, 000 Michigan militiamen to enter Toledo and prevent the symbolically important first session of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas.

Before their lines collapsed, Warner's men arrived on the scene to reinforce Stark's troops.

Before Raymond and Bohemond arrived, however, Agnes and King Baldwin arranged for Sibylla to be married to a Poitevin newcomer, Guy of Lusignan, whose older brother Amalric of Lusignan was already an established figure at court.

Before the shipping of enslaved people was completely outlawed in 1853, 15. 3 million enslaved people had arrived in the Americas.

Before settlers arrived, the federal government also sent teams of negotiators to meet with the Native peoples of the region.

Before Europeans arrived, the Philadelphia area was home to the Lenape ( Delaware ) Indians in the village of Shackamaxon.

Before Europeans arrived, the New Haven area was the home of the Quinnipiac tribe of Native Americans, who lived in villages around the harbor and subsisted off local fisheries and the farming of maize.

Before the Normans arrived, Anglo-Saxon governmental systems were more sophisticated than their counterparts in Normandy.

Before tomatoes ( a New World fruit ) arrived in the Middle East, grenadine was widely used in many Iranian foods, and is still found in traditional recipes such as fesenjān, a thick sauce made from pomegranate juice and ground walnuts, usually spooned over duck or other poultry and rice, and in ash-e anar ( pomegranate soup ).

Before the settlers arrived, a name for the new town was selected.

Before white settlers arrived, there was a small village of Native Americans living there from the Turtle Clan of the Iroquois Nation.

Before Anglos arrived, Native Americans camped along the river.

Before European settlers arrived in the Tulpehocken Creek valley, the area was inhabited by the Lenape.

Before the first settlers arrived in the vicinity of what was later called the Big Spring, this area was part of the hunting grounds of the Lenape and Shawnee.

Before the first settlers arrived, local Native American tribes often used the areas around the springs as their home.

Before the cowboys and cattle arrived, the area was home to numerous Indian tribes.

Before the French arrived, the Huron had already been in conflict with the Iroquois nations to the south.

Before the turn of the century, early pioneers, many of them silver miners, arrived from the East by way of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads, for which Spokane was a major hub.

Before the rebel force arrived, Kirkpatrick had Neville leave the house and hide in a nearby ravine.

* Canon 22: Before prescribing for the sick, physicians shall be bound under pain of exclusion from the Church, to exhort their patients to call in a priest, and thus provide for their spiritual welfare.

Before agriculture, hunting and gathering sufficed to provide food.

Before World War II, Deutscher opposed Zionism as economically retrograde and harmful to the cause of international socialism, but in the aftermath of the Holocaust he regretted his pre-war views, and argued a case for establishing Israel as a " historic necessity " to provide a home for the surviving Jews of Europe.

Before Fingers ' time, a former starter's renewed success in the bullpen would have led back to a spot in the starting rotation ; but since the successes of not only Fingers but also contemporaries such as Sparky Lyle and Goose Gossage, it has been widely accepted that an excellent pitcher might actually provide a greater benefit to his team as a closer than as a third or fourth starter.

In other cases zaibatsu are used simply to provide the background for a character from an influential family, such as in the case of the F4 in Boys Before Flowers who are the sons and heirs of the four ( fictional ) biggest corporations in Japan ; this is a reference to the Big Four.

Before the end of the war, the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act ( Morrill Act of 1862 ) was passed to provide for federal funding of higher education by each state with the details left to the state legislatures.

Before that time, a sideline with only a small amount of space ( typically 6 " to 12 ") existed between the sideline stripe and the barrier which would provide the space for a ball carrier to step out of bounds before hitting the sideline barrier.

Before recorded music, concerts would provide the only opportunity one would generally have to hear musicians play.

Before the 2008 season, the Columbus Crew front office demolished the north stands where the most ardent of Crew supporters stood, in order to build a stage that would provide additional revenue by facilitating concerts and other events.

Before 1714, magistrates were liable to be approached at any time and in any place by people legally recognised as paupers, appealing for aid if parish authorities refused to provide any.

Before 1908, revolutionaries focused on coordinating these organizations in preparation for uprisings that these organizations would launch ; hence, these groups would provide most of the manpower needed for the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty.

Before the 1990s, all excavators had a long or conventional counterweight that hung off the rear of the machine to provide more digging force and lifting capacity.

Before planting, it is important to arrange for pollenizers-varieties of apple or crabapple that provide plentiful, viable and compatible pollen.

Before airing a programme the channel must provide the related rating information to the governmental bureau Finnish Centre for Media Education and Audiovisual Media ( in Finnish: Mediakasvatus-ja kuvaohjelmakeskus, or MEKU ).

Before the 19th century, Romani musicians were often employed to provide entertainment in the courts of the Princes and Boyars.

Before the establishment of standard military awards, e. g., the Medal of Honor, it was common practice to have a medal specially created to provide national recognition for a significant military or naval victory or accomplishment.

Before the introduction of broad-leaf herbicides, white clover was more often added to lawn seed mixes than it is today, as it is able to grow and provide green cover in poorer soils where turfgrasses do not perform well.

Before you read any further do not provide any lender with a credit card number until they have provided you with a Good Faith Estimate verifying it is truly a 0 cost loan.

Before confronting Udo, Nick had instructed D ' Angelo by telephone to go to a police station near the restaurant and await his call ; he now summons D ' Angelo to come in exactly two minutes to the restaurant, where Nick will provide sufficient evidence to put Udo away.

Before and during episodes he and Styles provide insight into the storylines, inner workings, and general ambiance of ECW at the time — as they remember it.

Before their convictions, Nicholson, Avery, and Dellemagne would publish reports on the SHAC website and by mail, and provide press information and interviews ; in April 2004 they were reported to be living together rent-free in a cottage provided by a supporter, Virginia Jane Steele.

Before plans for the new route were finalized, a flyover was built to provide access from Belfield Road to eastbound Highway 401, opening on October 7, 1968.

Before Concordia's 2008 Homecoming football game, a donation of $ 5 million was presented by alumnus Phil Fandrei, on behalf of the Sea Foam Sales Company, to build a stadium on-campus that would provide space for the soccer, football, track and field and club lacrosse teams.

Before he died, the king had promised to provide Edmund with substantial grants of land.

Before the invention of the refrigerator, icehouses were used to provide cool storage for most of the year.