Mr. Obama's grandparents enrolled him in the Punahou School, founded in 1841 by Congregational missionaries.

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Iran was a joint effort of American Presbyterian and Congregational missionaries in 1834.

The only son of Congregational missionaries, Professor Hall was born in Kyoto in 1916 and lived in Japan until he was a teenager.

Leavitt and his wife had 11 children, two of whom married Congregational missionaries to Thailand.

This was especially true of Congregational and Presbyterian missionaries whose very names reveal their national origins, although none was actually born in the British Isles.

Talcott Williams, (1849-1928), was an American journalist and educator, born at Abeih, Turkey, the son of Congregational missionaries.

Established in downtown Beirut in 1848 by Congregational and Presbyterian American missionaries, it is the oldest and biggest of nine congregations in Lebanon.

Its existence, too, is aided by the historical prevalence of Congregational missionaries who planted churches in places as varied as Ireland and Micronesia.

He accepted Congregational missionaries into his community in the 1870s who converted the people of Norauea to the church.

The National Evangelical Church Union of Lebanon was founded by Presbyterian and Congregational missionaries from the United States.