The Hardest Place – The Biography of Warren and Dorothy Modricker
Warren and Dorothy Modricker were pioneer missionaries to the Somali people scattered over the Somali peninsula, a.k.a., Horn of Africa, the eastern…
Category: Missionary Biographies
Many of us started our missionary journey by reading a compelling biography. Still others made it through a difficult season of life reading a biography. Empathy is a prerequisite for wisdom. Reading biographies lets you walk in somebody else’s shoes. It deepens your faith as you see the faithful struggle and overcome. “Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes.”
Chosen for a Special Joy: The Story of Ted and Ruth Andrianoff
Ted and Ruth Andrianoff were missionaries to Laos, then part of French Indo-China. Ted, born of Russian immigrants from New Jersey, and Ruth, from …
Evidence Not Seen – A Woman’s Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
Darlene Deibler Rose, a recently-married young missionary to Papua New Guinea, arrived on the field in 1938, not long before World War II.
A Woman Set Apart: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Bedell
The beautifully written biography was done by a husband and wife team who met Harriet Bedell in Florida’s Everglades when she was in her 80…
Crossing Frontiers with Christ
While rooted in pre-1950s African colonial history, this book is relevant to current efforts to reach today’s 3,000 UUPGs by pointing out the diffic…
Weak Thing in Moni Land
Weak Thing, subtitled, The Story of Bill and Gracie Cutts, recounts the amazing life and missionary service of a true odd couple. No “responsible mi…
Katharine Barnwell: How One Woman Revolutionized Modern Missions
Katy, or “Aunt Katy” was born in 1938 (still alive at time of publishing) in London and raised in Britian then fighting for survival against the G…
The Man in the Leather Hat
This unique series of biographical sketches narrates seventeen short stories about real people living true-to-life experiences.
My French Connection
Missio Nexus’ leadership thoughtfully summarize books, giving you the Leader’s Edge to help inform, stimulate and provoke profitable discussion. Leader’s Edge: Spiritual Formation My French…
By Life or by Death: The Life and Legacy of John and Betty Stam
Hot off the presses, this biography gives a fresh look at the shocking story of John and Betty Stam’s beheading in China, 1934, by Communist soldier…