Missionary Biography

Faith Cook shares her first-hand story of the trials faced by a child of missionary parents living in China during the turbulent period of the Seco...

John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides is a missionary classic. In this companion volume, Margaret Whitecross Paton gives an enthralling acc...

“This is an exceptionally moving and fascinating account of a family of six who graciously adapted to working in five continents over seven decades...

“God can teach us more about himself through any life experience if we are willing to learn.” As Julie Shimizu reflects on the journey of her life...

David Brainerd, an early missionary to the American Indians in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania, died in 1747 at the age of twenty-ni...

This elegantly written biography offers the most intimate, detailed, rounded and supremely human portrait yet painted of the great Christian thinke...

From a cobbler's shop in rural England, William Carey went on to become renowned as 'the father of modern missions'. Driven by a burning desire to ...

Ten Who Changed the World is seminary president Daniel Akin’s powerful tribute to the transformational work done by some truly inspiring Christian ...

This fascinating account portrays God's power in the life and ministry of A. Wetherell Johnson, from her overseas mission work to the founding and ...

A vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, the beloved Irish missionary to India. From the author of Passion and Purity.

This companion volume to 'The Hospital by the River' tells the stories of many of the patients.

Stories from a lifetime spent planting churches in Muslim communities.

A new biography of William and Catherine Booth, told through their letters.

The story of a boy from a poor farming background, whose books have become million-copy sellers and whose insights have changed lives across the wo...

200 years after his birth, this book assesses David Livingstone's life, impact and legacy.

An assessment of the man, his ministry, his impact and his legacy.

What does a Bishop, having declared himself a pacifist, do when his country goes to war?

The story of a nice middle-class lady who took on the pastorate of a downtown mission. A story of improbable hope.

An affecting story of how God brought joy out of tragedy, new life out of death.

A story of forgiveness, and of a life redeemed; a story of the victory of the human spirit, and the right to choose.

An extraordinary testimony of changed lives through kindness, courage, prayer and grace.

How one couple set out to rescue some of China's most vulnerable orphans.

If you liked 'Call the Midwife', you'll love 'Kicking the Habit'.

This is the story of the world's exploitation motorway, the girls, the truckers who use them - and the brave few seeking to change things

A record of a journey through grief, bringing out what the author discovered.

Catherine's story of how, despite the heartbreak of nursing two daughters till they died, she was able to perceive God's mercy.

Isaac Liu, the son of Brother Yun, tells his own story of growing up under the hostile eyes of the Chinese authorities

A graphic version of the life and times of legendary China mission hero James Hudson Taylor.

The story of one of the most remarkable incidents in modern Chinese history

Joan Wales had been in China for just a few months when the Communists threw her out. But she had not wasted her time ...

Ten inspiring stories of faith and mission from Asia and the Arab World from the mission agency Interserve. In The Plum in the Desert Naomi Reed t...

Street Girls tells the inspirational story of the Meninadanca Project - a charity established to reach out to the street-girls of Belo Horizonte in...

Mary Slessor was no ordinary woman, indeed she was no ordinary missionary. Brought up in Dundee, one of eleven children, Mary was called to mission...

Explore the life of America’s first foreign missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) who was devoted to serving God for over 38 years in Burma

This epic chronicle has a fascination that stems from the attention to detail both men had for what they saw. It is part travel book, adventure sto...

A Himalayan journey of faith and mission. The seventh monsoon was the hardest of them all. I sat on the back porch of our Himalayan home and stared...

Solitary confinement, mental and physical torture, extreme hunger and bitter cold—these were the daily realities for Pastor Richard Wurmbrand durin...

"The prison years did not seem too long for me, for I discovered, alone in my cell, that beyond belief and love there is delight in God: a deep ext...

“We have had great joys. We have also had our anxieties…But if it is dangerous to do God’s work, how much more dangerous it is to leave it undone.”...

The Walled City was Hong Kong's most foreboding territory. It was a lawless place, dominated by the Triads, and which the police hesitated to enter...

A down-to-earth London girl, without many prospects, commits to Christ as an eighteen year old and the Lord uses her beyond what anyone could have ...

A fresh new biography telling the remarkable story of Ruth and Billy Graham, endorsed by Billy Graham.