Toggle Side Panel
Site Icon
  • Events
  • Upcoming Events
  • Echo 2025 Recap
  • Community
  • Groups
  • Mission Jobs
  • Member Benefits
  • Author Interview
  • Amazon Shop
  • Book Summaries
  • Donor Relationships
  • EMQ Magazine
  • Media Library
  • Podcasts
  • Research
  • Leadership Development
  • Innovation
  • Publish
  • Missio Nexus
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
Toggle Side Panel
Missio Nexus Logo
  • News Feed
  • Membership
    • Benefits
    • Join
    • Members
  • Partnerships
    • AskaMissionary.com
    • Bible Certificate Program
    • Cornerstone Management
    • 16:15 Church Coaching
    • DavidMays.org
    • Move You Media
    • RightNow Media
    • Trucenter
  • Connect
    • About
    • Awards
    • Contact Us
    • FAQs
    • Advertising
    • Branding Guidelines
    • Volunteer
  • Donate
More options

    Shopping Cart

    No products in the cart.

    Sign in Sign up
    Missio Nexus Logo

    Shopping Cart

    No products in the cart.

    Missio Nexus Logo
    • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Echo 2025 Recap
    • Community
    • Groups
    • Mission Jobs
    • Member Benefits
    • Author Interview
    • Amazon Shop
    • Book Summaries
    • Donor Relationships
    • EMQ Magazine
    • Media Library
    • Podcasts
    • Research
    • Leadership Development
    • Innovation
    • Publish
    • Missio Nexus
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Donate
    Close search

    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.”

    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…
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus December 3, 2024
    0 Comments

    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…
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus October 29, 2024
    0 Comments

    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.”
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus September 24, 2024
    0 Comments

    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.
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus August 27, 2024
    0 Comments

    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…
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus July 30, 2024
    0 Comments

    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.
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus June 25, 2024
    0 Comments

    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.
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus May 28, 2024
    0 Comments

    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.
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus April 30, 2024
    0 Comments

    The Monk Who Lived Again      

    This book went through thirteen printings in English and was translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Finish. 
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus March 26, 2024
    2 Comments

    Kapuna – How Love Transformed a Culture      

    Erin Foley was a third-culture kid, raised by a nomadic American missionary couple and brought up in several countries as her peripatetic parents jour…
    missionexus
    Missio Nexus February 27, 2024
    0 Comments
    Load More
    ECFA 2025 Ad

    Recent Posts

    • Author Interview: Werner Mischke and Kristin Caynor on One New Humanity: Glory, Violence, and the Gospel of Peace
    • One New Humanity: Glory, Violence, and the Gospel of Peace  
    • 2025 Virtual Events
    • Webinar: The Rise of Sustainable Giving
    • The Mission Matters Year in Review

    Recent Comments

    • Donovan Dugan on Webinar: The Rise of Sustainable Giving
    • Touch the World on NextGen Mentor Cohort
    • Donovan Dugan on Benchmark Your Mission Agency Against the Broader Movement
    • Mike Szoradi on NextGen Mentor Cohort
    • Engaging Scientists Through the Visual Arts – EMQ Magazine on Join

    A big thank you to our annual sponsors for their contribution and partnership.

    General

    • Join
    • Benefits
    • Events
    • Contact Us
    • About
    • Anthology
    • Statement of Faith

    Browse Missio Nexus

    • Author Interview
    • Book Reviews
    • Book Summaries
    • EMQ
    • Events
    • Media Library
    • Member Highlights
    • Missiographics
    • Research
    • The Mission Matters Podcast

    Missions Solutions

    • AskaMissionary.com
    • Bible Certificate Program
    • Church Missions Coaching
    • DavidMays.org
    • Improve
    • OnBoard
    • On Mission

    Directories

    • Members
    • Groups
    • Jobs
    • Missions Data
    • Podcasts
    • Organizations
    • Churches
    • Businesses
    • Networks
    • Community Updates
    • Main
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Subscribe
    • Submit an Article
    • Submit a Book Review
    • Advertise
    EMQ 61.4 Sidebar - ECFA
    EMQ 61.4 Sidebar - SIM
    EMQ 61.4 Sidebar - WCL
    EMQ 61.4 Sidebar - VM
    EMQ 61.4 Sidbebar - NOBTS
    EMQ 61.4 sidebar - BMIC
    © 2025
    • Statement of Faith
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookies Policy
    • Terms
    • Community Standards

    Catalyzing relationships, ideas, and collaboration within the Great Commission Community.

    Kapuna – How Love Transformed a Culture      

    Report

    There was a problem reporting this post.

    Harassment or bullying behavior
    Contains mature or sensitive content
    Contains misleading or false information
    Contains abusive or derogatory content
    Contains spam, fake content or potential malware

    Block Member?

    Please confirm you want to block this member.

    You will no longer be able to:

    • See blocked member's posts
    • Mention this member in posts
    • Invite this member to groups
    • Message this member
    • Add this member as a connection

    Please note: This action will also remove this member from your connections and send a report to the site admin. Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete.

    Report

    You have already reported this .