Missionaries, Evangelists & Pastors

Most missionaries aren't household names, at least in non-Christian households. Unfortunately, many of them haven't been heard of in Christian homes, either, which is precisely why we've dedicated an entire category to them. The Bible is obviously our guide to holy living, but we need to hear the stories of other Christians as well, to be encouraged in our own pursuit of Christ as much as to see that God is still working in His people to spread and glorify His name throughout the world.

We've opted to carry only missionary and evangelist biographies from a Christian perspective. It's important to understand the lives of these men and women in the context of the people of God, not simply in a human context, and while secular writers could certainly offer the latter perspective they wouldn't be able to offer the first. Also, the focus needs to be on the spread of the Gospel; the character of God's servants, while important, is still less important than the work He has led them to do.

There are few things in the Christian life more important or more valuable than to follow Christ's command to make disciples. We read about those who have been faithful in order to emulate them. It's important to help kids remember this—while many godly Christians have led adventurous lives (everyone from Amy Carmichael to Eric Liddell to Hudson Taylor), the essential part isn't the exciting times they had but the way they overcame trials and difficulties in order to take God's Word where it hadn't yet gone, or how they remained pure in the midst of wicked cultures.

It's good to have heroes, but we need to pick them carefully. For Christians, the best heroes (really, the only heroes) are those who've given their lives to Christ's service and maintained lives of faithfulness. Because it's so important for our children to have those kinds of heroes, we encourage you to give them biographies of missionaries and evangelists whose exemplary lives are worthy of imitation. And, because many of them were really fascinating people, you should have no problem getting even reluctant readers interested.

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Adoniram Judson
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Biography for 4th-7th grade
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Amy Carmichael
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Trailblazers
by Nancy Drummond
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Betty Greene
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Brother Andrew
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Cameron Townsend
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
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China Cry
by Nora Lam with Richard Schneider
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Clarence Jones
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
Biography for 4th-7th grade
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Corrie Ten Boom
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
Biography for 4th-7th grade
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$11.99
Cross and the Switchblade
by David Wilkerson
from Penguin Putnam
Biography for 10th-Adult
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David Bussau
Christian Heroes: Then and Now
by Janet & Geoff Benge
from YWAM Publishing
Biography for 4th-8th grade
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David Livingstone
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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$11.99
Eric Liddell
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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George Muller
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
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Gladys Aylward
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
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by Corrie Ten Boom
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Hudson Taylor
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
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Hudson Taylor
Men of Faith
by J Hudson Taylor
2nd edition from Bethany House
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Ida Scudder
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
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Isobel Kuhn
Women of Faith
by Lois Hoadley Dick
from Bethany House
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Jacob DeShazer
Christian Heroes: Then and Now
by Geoff Benge, Janet Benge
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$11.99
Jim Elliot
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
Biography for 4th-7th grade
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Jim Elliot
by Irene Howat
from Christian Focus Publications
for 4th-8th grade
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John and Betty Stam
by Kathleen White
from Bethany House
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John Newton
by Catherine Swift
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John Wesley
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Biography for 4th-7th grade
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Heroes of the Faith
by Sam Wellman
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
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Johnny Appleseed
by Reeve Lindbergh
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Jonathan Goforth
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
Biography for 4th-7th grade
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Joni's Story
Today's Heroes
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Klaus-Dieter John
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Biography for 4th-7th grade
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$11.99
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Biography for 4th-7th grade
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
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Mary Slessor
Heroes of the Faith
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Missionary Stories with the Millers
by Mildred A. Martin
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Nate Saint
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
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Oswald Chambers
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Christian Heroes: Then and Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Shorter Life of D. L. Moody
Moody Colportage Library #83
by A. P. Fitt
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Sundar Singh
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
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Biography for 4th-7th grade
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$11.99
Ten Boys Who Changed the World
by Irene Howat
from Christian Focus Publications
Biography Collection for 3rd-7th grade
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Ten Boys Who Didn't Give In
by Irene Howat
from Christian Focus Publications
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by Irene Howat
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Ten Boys Who Made History
by Irene Howat
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Ten Boys Who Used Their Talents
by Irene Howat
from Christian Focus Publications
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Ten Girls Who Changed the World
by Irene Howat
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Ten Girls Who Didn't Give In
by Irene Howat
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Ten Girls Who Made a Difference
by Irene Howat
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Ten Girls Who Made History
by Irene Howat
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Ten Girls Who Used Their Talents
by Irene Howat
from Christian Focus Publications
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Through Gates of Splendor
by Elisabeth Elliot
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Missionary Biography for 8th-Adult
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Torches of Joy
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by John Dekker & Lois Neely
from YWAM Publishing
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by Richard Wurmbrand
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Wilfred Grenfell
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
Biography for 4th-7th grade
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William Booth
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
Biography for 4th-7th grade
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$11.99
William Carey
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
Biography for 4th-7th grade
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$11.99