From Oxford University Press:
establish / "st bl / verb 1 set up. 2 settle. 3 (esp. as established adjective) achieve permanent acceptance for. 4 place beyond dispute. Established Church Church recognized by state. ·1base, begin, constitute, construct, create, decree, form, found, inaugurate, initiate, institute, introduce, organize, originate, set up, start. 2ensconce, entrench, install, lodge, secure, settle, station. 3(established) deep-rooted, deep-seated, indelible, ineradicable, ingrained, long-lasting, long-standing, permanent, proven, reliable, respected, rooted, secure, traditional, well known, well tried. 4accept, agree, authenticate, certify, confirm, corroborate, decide, demonstrate, fix, prove, ratify, recognize, show to be true, substantiate, verify.
While you mean: Established Church Church recognized by state, I meant: 3(established) deep-rooted, deep-seated, indelible, ineradicable, ingrained, long-lasting, long-standing, permanent, proven, reliable, respected, rooted, secure, traditional, well known, well tried.
So that’s a miscommunication. As for the other:
“So I ate too much bread today (isn’t bread is a starch, btw) and that’s going to throw off my diet.” The comment isn’t disagreeing with or a satirical aside to the main statement unless it is indicated as such.
Leaving the rhetorical nit-picking aside, my OP was asking two questions, which I will restate in the interest of clarity:
- Why send missionaries to a country that already knows of Christianity and has a long-standing church and Christian tradition?
- Would it not be more in the spirit of Christian brotherhood to lend support to a Church already in place but struggling after nearly a century of suppression?
Thank you.