Behind the Ranges
James Outram Fraser, known as “Fraser of Lisuland,” was raised in a well-to-do British home and was deeply impacted by the life of his godly mothe…
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.”
The People that Time Forgot
Alice and Don Gibbons went to Irian Jaya (Papua New Guinea) aboard a freighter in 1953, sent by the Christian and Missionary Alliance, as part of a …
A Believer with Authority – The Life and Message of John A. MacMillan
This biography covers the life of a multi-faceted Presbyterian layman, who printed the China Inland Mission’s (OMF) periodical, China’s Millions f…
The Education of Betsey Stockton – An Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom
Betsey Stockton was born a slave in the late 1790s in New Jersey. Her mother was a domestic slave in the Robert Stockton household of the state’s mo…
City of Tranquil Light: A Novel
City of Tranquil Light is a beautifully written page turner best characterized as either a historical novel or “fictionalized history.”
Towers to Eternity
This is the well written story of Paul Freed and the global gospel radio ministry of Trans World Radio that he founded.
Sundar Singh – Footprints Over the Mountains
Sundar Singh, born into a well-to-do Sikh family in north India, grew up in a devout home influenced by his mother, one of the holiest women in the re…
Let My People Go – The Life of Robert A. Jaffray
This book was Tozer’s second biographical work, the first being Wingspread, on the life of A. B. Simpson.
A Modest but Crucial Hero – The Life and Legacy of Rev. George E. Stone (1873-1899)
George E. Stone hailed from Mexico in “upstate” New York.
Worst Case Scenario: Finding Overwhelming Rescue in the Promises of God
Among the multitude of missionary biographies, old and new, this riveting narrative is unique.