Missions category: 1022 books

Bazite’s feet became so large and swollen that she could not walk. Zelalem’s feet were so deformed and ghastly that his grade-school teacher asked him to stop coming to class. Aster’s oozing, sore-ridden feet smelled so bad that her husband compared her to a chicken. Like so many people in Ethiopia’s...

How far can the gospel spread in the face of social injustice? When the Holy Spirit works, obstacles become opportunities, and the Good News reaches far beyond any earthly barriers—to the ends of the earth. These Christians discovered just that in their miraculous journeys with God. Though each story...

Ten Who Changed the World is seminary president Daniel Akin’s powerful tribute to the transformational work done by some truly inspiring Christian missionaries. With each profile, he journeys into the heart of that gospel servant’s mission-minded story and makes a compelling connection to a similar...

Inspiring true stories of the courageous faith of 23 missionaries who boldly lived for God and not themselves.  With bold faith, obedience to God, and love for others, missionaries attempt great things for God. Great for God: Missionaries Who Changed the World shares the biographies of twenty...

Here is the factual background to one of the greatest spiritual awakenings in the history of the Christian Church and the man that God used to ignite this amazing revival - Tommy Hicks. In this personal, first-hand account we are taken behind the scenes to discover the why? . . . and how?...

A selection of accounts of the lives Christian evangelists of the past, gleaned from their biographies, autobiographies and writings by J. Gilchrist Lawson. These evangelists had one thing in common: after their conversion they needed a Pentecostal experience, a filling of the Holy Spirit before they...

In 1946-1947 a great movement of fasting and prayer was spawned, first in America and then the rest of the world. Franklin Hall's book 'Atomic Power With God Through Fasting and Prayer' was the spark that ignited the hearts of thousands to go on extended fasts, to seek God for revival and the restoration...

On August I 4, I 96 I , two days after East Germany closed the border andbegan erecting the Berlin Wall, an East German soldier, Hans Conrad Schuhmann,leapt across a barbed wire fence to West Berlin and freedom. At the same timethis man and millions of others were desperately trying to escape from...

Packed with remarkable accounts of healings, miracles and salvation, this book tells how healing evangelist Tim Grant encountered Jesus in his early life and how he learned to walk by faith and bring Christ's love to countless lives. In each of Tim's stories there is a pearl of wisdom to...

The Christian life is like a kaleidoscope; one never knows what the next pattern will be. Life events are just like the colours, full of surprises. George Falconer's faith led him to the red light district in Amsterdam, working amongst prostitutes, the homeless and other needy people living...

Norway to Nassau is the story of A. Morris Russell’s life lived in the service of God. Surviving what was diagnosed as terminal illness in childhood, Morris now has almost nine decades of experience serving the Lord in multiple capacities. From the humble tribes of the High Arctic to the...

The Second World War was in its first throes when the young Rachel Blampied went nursing against the advice of her mother and pastor. Meanwhile, Lewis Derry made the difficult decision to object to fighting in the war. A surprising friendship grew between Lewis and Rachel who both had a common...

Victor Maxwell, President of Acre International (Acre Gospel Mission), was a missionary in Brazil for more than twenty-five years and has pastored churches in the UK and the US. Besides his Bible and evangelistic ministries in the UK and Brazil, he devotes much of his spare time to writing, with more...

Everyone thinks that once they retire they can do as they please, and enjoy the good life. This booklet has much to say about retirement and how it should be used, and viewed, especially by the people of God. The best chances for mission, and service to Christ are available for retired people. This...