Recommended Reading
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Inspirational missionary biographies
Ad-mission: The Briefing and Debriefing of Teams of Missionaries and Aid Workers
by Graham Fawcett
ISBN 9780953584505
African Friends and Money Matters: Observations
by Christopher Partridge
ISBN 9780745952666
Anthropological Insights for Missionaries
by Paul G Hiebert
ISBN 9780801042911
Clash of Worlds: What Christians Can Do in a World of Cultures in Conflict
by David Burnett
ISBN 9780825462016
Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry
by Duane Elmer
ISBN 9780830816576
Discipling Nations: The Power of Truth to Transform Cultures
by Darrow L Miller
ISBN 9781576582480
Entering Another’s World: How to Live for God in Another Culture
by Margaret Wardell & Robin Thomson
ISBN 9781900920018
Families on the Move: Growing up Overseas – and Loving it!
by Marion Knell
ISBN 9781854245286
Funding the Family Business: The Handbook for Raising Personal Support
by Myles Wilson
ISBN 9780955332005
Home Keeps Moving: A Glimpse into the Extraordinary Life of a ‘Third Culture Kid’
by Heidi Sand-Hart
ISBN 9781581581713
Honourably Wounded: Stress among Christian Workers
by Marjory F. Foyle
ISBN 9781854245434
My Reasonable Service? Practical Suggestions for the Christian Working Overseas
by Ian & Jean Gately
ISBN 9781858212609
Nutrition for Developing Countries
by Felicity Savage King & Ann Burgess
ISBN 9780192690661
Operation World: When We Pray God Works
by Patrick Johnstone & Jason Mandryk
ISBN 9781850783596
Serving as Senders: How to Care for your Missionaries
by Neil Pirolo
ISBN 9781880185001
The New Lion Handbook: The World’s Religions
by Christopher Partridge
ISBN 9780745952666
The Progress of Nations
by UNICEF
ISBN 9789280635959
Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook for Africa
by David Werner and others
ISBN 9780333516522
Note that most of these books can be found in different editions with different ISBNs; some have Kindle editions.
While there are many good, readily available modern books on missions and Christian missionaries, we highly recommend some of these enduring classics – Avail trustees.
A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
by Elisabeth Elliot
ISBN-10 0800730895
Across China’s Gobi: The lives of Evangeline French, Mildred Cable, Francesca French of the China Inland Mission
by Linda K. Benson
ISBN-10 1599880156
Adoniram Judson: Devoted for Life
by Vance Christie
ISBN-10 1781911479
An Ordered Life – autobiography
by G H Lang
ISBN-10 0971998361
Behind the Ranges: The Life Changing Story of J. O. Fraser
by Geraldine Taylor
ISBN-10 9813009136
Chasing the Dragon
by Jackie Pullinger with Andrew Quicke
ISBN 0892831510
Hudson Taylor: In Early Years – the Growth of the Soul
by Howard Taylor
ISBN-10 9971972638
J. Hudson Taylor: An Autobiography
by J. Hudson Taylor
ISBN-10 1611043301
John G. Paton Missionary to the New Hebrides An Autobiography
by John G. Paton
ISBN-10 1845504534
Miracle Lives of China
by Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth
ISBN-10 1625646488
Nests Above the Abyss
by Isobel Kuhn
ISBN-10 9971972743
Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
by Elisabeth Elliot
ISBN-10 006062213X
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
by Corrie Ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill
ISBN-10 0553256696
The Journal of John Wesley
by John Wesley
ISBN-10 1519082282
The Journals of Jim Elliot
by Elisabeth Elliot
ISBN-10 0800758250
The Life of George Grenville: Congo Missionary and Explorer
by George Hawker
The Marechale (Catherine Booth-Gibbon)
by James Strachan
ISBN-10 0800730895
The Small Woman: Gladys Aylward
by Alan Burgess
ISBN-10 0802429866
When Iron Gates Yield
by Geoffrey T. Bull
ISBN-10 0720803853
Wilfred Grenfell, His Life and Work
by J Lennox Kerr
ISBN-10 0837160685
Note that most of these books can be found in different editions with different ISBNs; some have Kindle editions.
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