21.  The plane was apparently operated by a Protestant missionary group with ties to the United States, but the nationalities of the victims were not immediately available.

22.  Two other Americans, also members of a Baptist missionary group, also drowned.

23.  It has since blossomed into a powerful and wealthy missionary group.

24.  Malaysia Thursday told the leader of a local missionary group outlawed for allegedly spreading deviationist Islamic teachings to return home from self-imposed exile, repent and stay free.

25.  She urged the Abu Sayyaf to ring a telephone number to contact the New Tribes Mission, the American missionary group to which the Burnhams belong.