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Caught in a brutal civil war in 1930s China, John and Betty Stam gave their lives as they took the gospel to those who had never heard.

Overview Author Paul Schlehlein provides an overview of the life and ministry of John Paton, missionary to Vanuatu (then New Hebrides). After a few chapters …

“In the evening I was grieved that I had done so little for God. Oh, that I could be ‘a flame of fire’ in the service of my God!”

Trotter, a wealthy young woman from an aristocratic British family, turned her back on a promising artistic career to become a missionary to Muslim women in the north African nation of Algeria.

Many biographers have published works on the life of William Carey, and most of them are incredibly dry. But not this one!

In Goforth of China, Rosalind Goforth traces her husband’s transformation from a humble Ontario farm boy, to a misunderstood Bible college student, to a fruitful missionary, and finally to an impassioned revivalist.

This biography of Gladys Aylward stands at the top of the list of books about this unusual parlourmaid-turned-missionary.

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…