Missions category: 1022 books

Church planting is hard. Very hard. No, extremely hard. But no one ever told that to Trinity Jordan when he and his wife set out to plant Elevation Church fifteen miles north of Salt Lake City, Utah. What started with three families and a dog named Carson meeting in a house has now grown into multiple...

Twenty-five of Canada’s spiritual leaders share how they chose faith over fear in overcoming serious personal life crisis. Our uncertain times with impending social, economic and spiritual crisis all over our world drive us to automatically react in fear, but God calls us to respond in faith. The Kingdom...

Is it Reasonable to Believe? Remarkably, even though millions upon millions of us do believe in God, when we are asked why we have such faith, we become tongue-tied and struggle to give a reason for our hope. No wonder those who don't believe God exists remain unconvinced—there's too few...

God sets a path for anyone who wants to follow, but it's rarely a singular event. Instead, God nudges almost continuously those who listen. Dr. Susan Vitalis followed His call to put her medical training to use in some of the most poverty-stricken areas of the world–to make her calling her vocation,...

When Anne Bland and her husband find themselves in Africa without a home, an estate agent offers them the perfect house. The only problem is, they are missionaries and penniless! But God intervenes and the house becomes theirs. Soon they find people being led to their home to receive hospitality,...

This autobiography covers a seventy-year period of the author's spiritual journey and services overseas. The title is a play on the title of 'The Sound of Music', due to her marriage in Kenya to John, a missionary widow with five children and her care of them. That care included fifteeen years of...

" I have witnessed much suffering in my work as a World Vision aid worker but I have been greatly blessed by seeing wonderful results of peoples' lives being transformed by the love and practical aid they have received.Each country I have worked in has special memories for me...my time in remote Aboriginal...

In his letter to his protégé, Timothy, Paul says, "I have fought the good fight." In Arabic, those last three words are translated jihad. In Secret Believers, readers are introduced to Brother Andrew's protégé in the Muslim world, Butros. In this riveting true story of the Middle Eastern...

This is the Story of Smith Wigglesworth's visit to New Zealand in 1922 which sparked miraculous healings, thousands of conversions and an unprecedented revival. This visitation of God thrust the Pentecostal work into a new and exciting era as New Zealand experienced authentic revival....

"Peter Hammond’s Discipleship Handbook is a treasure trove of practical truth for anyone interested in following Jesus Christ. It is simple enough to bless and encourage a new Christian and profound enough to inspire a seasoned saint. If you love the Word of God, this is a book you will highly...

What They Say: “I was galvanized...the book vibrates...I am happy to endorse it...it is a page-turner...marvelling at the insights ‘while the cicadas sing’...” -Elisabeth Elliot Gren: Missionary, author, radio host  “I was struck by the cultural context...your love for the people...

By tracing the origins of mission right back to God's character, and then seeing how it unfolds throughout the storyline of the Bible, we begin to understand how important it is to him. As we see his heart for mission and the nations, we are challenged to discover God's plan for us too. Will...

A page-turner, Surviving In the Storm tells gripping true stories of Christians who have lived out their Christian faith under the hand of authoritarian government. Author Bruce Brummitt delivers an exciting, easy-to-read book about amazing things he and Eastern European believers experienced in the...

One Journey One Nation - Autobiography of Dennis Balcombe, Missionary to China