Janet Benge

Geoff Benge

Recounts the life story of the Englishwoman who financed her own overland trip to China to become a missionary.

The Adventure of a Lifetime

Gladys Aylward

A biography of the American pilot who served Christian missionaries in Ecuador's jungles until his death at the hands of Auca Indians in 1956.

On a Wing and a Prayer

Nate Saint

Looks at the life and accomplishments of the Christian evangelist and coordinator of orphanages in Bristol, England, who cared for more than ten thousand orphans in his lifetime.

The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans

George Muller

Chronicles the life and work of Amy Carmichael, whose faith and determination helped her defy the barriers of India's caste system and bring God's word to others.

Rescuer of Precious Gems

Amy Carmichael

For thirty nine years, Mary Slessor lived and labored among the tribes of Africa's Calabar region, reaching the lost with the life-giving gospel of Christ.

Forward Into Calabar

Mary Slessor

"Each true story in this series by outstanding authors Janet and Geoff Benge is loved by adults and children alike. More Christian Heroes: Then & Now biographies and unit study curriculum guides are coming soon. Fifty-five books are planned, and thousands of families have started their collections! Cameron Townsend founded Wycliffe bible Translators with the dream of making the Good News available in every language. Today, Wycliffe has translated Scripture into hundreds of languages (1896-1982).

Good News in Every Language

Cameron Townsend

"Each true story in this series by outstanding authors Janet and Geoff Benge is loved by adults and children alike. More Christian Heroes: Then & Now biographies and unit study curriculum guides are coming soon. Fifty-five books are planned, and thousands of families have started their collections! Braving danger and hardship, David Livingstone crisscrossed vast uncharted regions of Africa to open new frontiers and spread the message of the gospel to all who would listen (1813-1873).

Africa's Trailblazer

David Livingstone

Relates events in the life of the Dutch woman who survived imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps to become a Christian missionary.

Keeper of the Angel's Den

Corrie Ten Boom

A biography of the author of "The Chronicles of Narnia" who converted from atheism to Christianity.

Master Storyteller

C.S. Lewis

William Carey takes an amazing journey as a missionary to India.

Obliged to Go

William Carey

After becoming the most educated woman in the American South, Lottie Moon (1840-1912) spent thirty-nine years in China. As she watched her fellow missionaries fall to disease and exhaustion, she became just as dedicated to educating Christians about the often preventable tragedies of missionary life as she was to educating Chinese people about the Christian life. Today, an annual missionary offering taken in her name continues to enable countless others to give their all for the gospel.

Giving Her All for China

Lottie Moon

Biography of a missionary who endured many hardships travelling to and working in 19th century China.

Deep in the Heart of China

Hudson Taylor

Highlights the life and accomplishments of the missionary who worked, along with her husband, John, with the Lisu people in Yunnan Province, China, and in northern Thailand.

On the Roof of the World

Isobel Kuhn

A biography of the American missionary woman who founded an orphanage in Egypt in the early 1900s, when Egyptians were rebelling against their British overlords, and where she trusted God to provide for the thousands of children in her care.

The Greatest Wonder in Egypt

Lillian Trasher

Presents the life of the New Zealand Christian missionary who worked among remote villages in the Solomon Islands.

Mission Accomplished

Florence Young

A biography of the twentieth-century English missionary doctor who started hospitals, fishermen's cooperatives, schools, and an orphanage in the poor fishing communities of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Fisher of Men

Wilfred Grenfell

A biography of a former Sikh, who took the Gospel to Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs in India and Tibet.

Footprints Over the Mountains

Sundar Singh

As America's first foreign missionary, Adoniram Judson worked to translate the Bible into Burmese. He survived starvation, imprisonment, and torture both on land and at sea only to watch his family, coworkers, and friends succumb to death.

Bound for Burma

Adoniram Judson

A biography of the man and his missions, written in simple English.

No Retreat

C.T. Studd

Pursuing his calling with singleness of vision, John Wesley offered the hope of Christ to millions of people who were outside the influence of the churches of the day. Focused on God's love and holy living, the movement Wesley founded quickly multiplied in vibrant Methodist societies all over England and would soon influence far-flung nations for Christ (1703-1791).

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