Christian Biography

For as long as four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross can remember, life has been measured in seconds—the fewer, the better. The Jama...

Richard Cecil's classic biography of Newton is considered to be his 'authorised' biography as he both knew Newton well and allowed him to see most ...

The galleries of the great heroes of faith contain many inspirational women; although not always placed in as prominent a position for all to see, ...

First published in 1995, this is an autobiographical account of forty years in the life of a British doctor working with victims of war and exile i...

J. C. Ryle described Daniel Rowland (1711–1790) as ‘one of the spiritual giants of the eighteenth century.’ Lady Huntingdon considered him to be ‘s...

Many twenty-first-century Christians ‌still read the works and love the memory of the remarkable Scottish brotherhood that included Robert Murray M...

The definitive, authorized biography of the one of the most important, provocative, and visionary political figures of our time. In one way or ano...

Does your knowledge of Martin Luther’s writings start and end with the hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”? As we celebrate the 500th anniversary ...

A comprehensive overview of the life of Baptist leader David Coffey – his family, his sermons, his addresses, articles and an epilogue about growin...

John Pollock's deft biographical pen sweeps over great reformers, liberators and evangelists of the 18th and 19th centuries such as John Newton, Ea...

Paul Schneider (1897-1939) was a German Reformed pastor, father of six, and part of the Bekennende Kirche during World War II. Schneider's unequivo...

In 1897, Tom Cochrane, a young doctor, arrived with his bride in Inner Mongolia, China’s northernmost territory. Three years later, after labouring...

"It took months of God waking me up in the middle of the night before I realized I was the one He was calling to leave my comfortable American life...

“As I was tearing up the road with the accelerator pushed to the floor, familiar landmarks flashing by me, a kind of mad exhilaration possessed me....

In May 1931, 100 people, of whom 70 were missionaries serving in Angola, Belgian Congo and Northern Rhodesia, met at Muchacha in the Congo, to give...

Protection. Prayer. Providence. People. People throughout history have shared stories to entertain, to inform, to inspire. Christ’s people do this...

David Brainerd lived a short life but in his four years as a missionary he was blessed with a period of revival amongst the Indians of New England.

Compelled by Love, the true story of the ministry of Heidi and Rolland Baker in the war-torn, poverty and disease-stricken country of Mozambique, c...

Rudyard Kipling’s poem, Eddi’s Service, from which this book takes its title, is a set of verses put into the mouth of Eddius Stephanus, St Wilfrid...

April Holden comes from St Helens, Merseyside. As a child she suffered from persistent ill health, and was both physically and emotionally fragile....

"The Lausanne congress of 1974 marked the widespread adoption of integral mission as essential to the evangelical witness of Christ in our world. E...

“a book that needs to be taken very seriously” — Philip North “challenging lessons for the modern church” — Michael Turnbull This is a radical and ...

The amazing, gritty, adventure story of God's grace through Project Dengke continues in this book. A key recurring theme is reaching out with pract...

Among the annals of missionary service around the world are countless true stories of intrepid men and women. They braved innumerable dangers, toil...

What does it mean to be a missionary in the world today. Dr. Griffiths challenges those who may have not seriously thought about missions before, c...

‘I can stick anything for two years,’ she said and ended up staying forty-two. So said former OMF worker Miriam Davis, whose book ‘Utterly Amazed:...

Elisabeth Elliot colourfully and honestly describes the mysteries and difficulties of adapting to life as a new missionary in the Ecuadorian jungle...

David Brainerd’s missionary efforts among the Native Americans of colonial North America are legendary, largely due to Jonathan Edwards’s Account o...

In his Spiritual Unfolding of Bishop H. C. G. Moule, John Baird wrote, ‘No course of reading is more establishing than that of Christian biography ...

This story summarises the character of Margaret Anne Lawson, known to many an Annie. No stranger to wild living, she was saved by grace and called ...

Joy In The Desert is a record of what God has done in Botswana over the past 50 years through a small band of devoted Christian workers. It is by n...

The story of Hudson Taylor is one of adventure and excitement - of improbable answers to prayer, opposition from the establishment and triumphs of ...

Focus on unreached people groups and the emergence of a global church have not yet eliminated massive gaps in the spread of the gospel. Differences...

A vivid portrayal of her life and ministry in South India. The impression left by this book is that she was the servant of a great God. Selections ...

The page-turning, never-before-told story of Kim Campbell's roller-coaster thirty-four-year marriage to music legend Glen Campbell, including how K...

During the Second World War, Christians from many nations and denominations stepped forward with courage, ingenuity and determination to protect an...

Arguably the most influential Catholic theologian of the twentieth century, Karl Rahner developed a theology representative of much post-Vatican II...

When Julienne Munyaneza moved from Rwanda to the UK, her husband and children were soon to follow.Then civil war broke out.Whilst news of widesprea...

Brownlow North is a crucially important figureÑrecent enough to be accessible and relevant to todayÕs world yet representing a healthier time for t...

This collection of C. H. Spurgeon's travel letters offer a rare insight into a different side of the famed preacher. Of the many telling phrases C....

James L. Schwenk writes on the life of the most significant traveling preacher in North America’s Great Awakening and one of the most important in ...

George Whitefield proclaimed the Christian message to more people in history than anyone else, before or since, who spoke with an unaided voice. A ...

“David Carr teaches us about love, forgiveness, obedience and determination … simply put, a compelling story of God’s unmerited grace and favour.” ...

Part life story, part philosophy text, and part spiritual guide, Sister Jean's wit, wisdom, and common sense has broad appeal and application that ...

W. Robert Godfrey has written this personal story of how he came to Reformed Christianity to show the “value and vitality” of Calvinism in an indiv...