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Ann Judson was the first American woman to join her husband in overseas missionary work. Her endurance and courage in the face of unthinkable trials and suffering will inspire you.

If you want to read harrowing adventures of missionaries running from cannibals, then the autobiography of John Paton is the missionary biography for you. However, this book contains much more than just action.

During the turbulent colonial era, a sickly British boy, named Hudson Taylor, comes to Christ and hears God’s call to China. Without the backing of the aristocratic society of his day, he turns to God alone…

Only in her early twenties, Darlene married a missionary and moved to Indonesia only to find herself in the path of the Japanese invasion of southeast Asia during World War II. Torn from her new husband and incarcerated in a women’s interment camp, Darlene learned to trust the Lord…

“The question was not ‘why’ but ‘what?’ God, what would You have me to do?” writes Ellen Vaughn in her excellent biography, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot. …

Yes. I’m the guy that gives people books for Christmas. Often, that book is a missionary biography. Why Read Missionary Biographies? Why? When I was …

We don’t often do book recommendations at Rooted Thinking, but I recently read a book that was just too good not to share with our …

What Christmas gift do you get for a Christian friend? How can you encourage a young person you know to walk with God? Could I …

I’ve always had great admiration for Elisabeth Elliot. To this day, I’m drawn to her writings, her faith, her no-nonsense approach to life. I was …

Pioneer Missions: Meet the Challenges, Share the Blessings by Forrest McPhail, 2015. This recent book by GFA missionary, Forrest McPhail, sets out broad biblical foundations …