Word: funder
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...Cushing never sought the role that he retained for 26 years. From the beginning, he wanted to be a missionary. In 1962, he tried to resign in order to finish his career in the missions of Latin America. Instead, he remained a founder-and funder-of mission work, even establishing his own Society of St. James the Apostle for work in Latin America. His ability to raise money for the church at home and abroad was prodigious-a total of more than $100 million in 26 years. Just before Christmas in 1961, he raised $2,900,000 in cash...