Religion and Politics
- Pioneering (Bahá'í), journeying to teach the Bahá'í faith
- Pioneers (missions agency), a Christian organization
- Bush Pioneer, a campaign fundraiser for George W. Bush
- Mormon pioneers, Mormons who migrated to the Salt Lake Valley
- Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founders of the co-operative movement
- Pioneer movement, a communist youth organization
- Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, an Irish organisation for Roman Catholics who avoid alcohol
- Pioneer, a role in the organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses
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