Posts tagged missionary biography

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.

Two Biggest Influences “The two biggest influences in your life will be the books you read and the friendships you make. Chose both wisely.”  These …

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 …

Overview Geoffrey Bull drops us into the middle of his story among the mountain peaks of Tibet. God opened the door for gospel advance in …

“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!

Not a Pointless Evil Throughout the Bible and church history, we see that God uses suffering to prepare and equip His servants for usefulness in …

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.