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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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	African Traveler The Story of Mary Kingsley by Ronald Syme from William Morrow & Company for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Albert Schweitzer by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Amy Carmichael: Rescuing the Children Heroes for Young Readers by Renee Taft Meloche from YWAM Publishing Biography for 2nd-4th grade in Heroes for Young Readers (Location: BIO-HERO)
	And the Word Came With Power by Joanne Shetler, Patricia Purvis from Wycliffe Bible Translators for 2nd-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.50 (2 in stock)
	Betty Greene Wings to Serve Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Bombs and Blessings by Retha Hazel Eldridge from Review and Herald Publishing Association for 9th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Bonhoeffer Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas, foreword by Timothy J. Keller Revised and Updated from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 11th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $24.99
	Brother Andrew God's Secret Agent Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Bruchko Originally titled, For This Cross I'll Kill You by Bruce Olson from Charisma House Biography for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	Bruchko by Bruce Olson Updated from Charisma House for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Bruchko and the Motilone Miracle How Bruce Olson Brought a Stone Age Tribe Into the 21st Century by Bruce Olson from Charisma House Biography for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $14.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
	C. T. Studd No Retreat Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Captured! A mother's true story of her family's imprisonment by the Vietcong by Carolyn Paine Miller 1^st edition from Christian Herald Books for Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Chance to Die The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael by Elisabeth Elliot from Revell Publishing Biography for 8th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $22.99
	China Cry The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam with Richard Schneider from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Clarence Jones Mr. Radio Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Corrie Ten Boom Keeper of the Angels' Den Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Cup of Cold Water The Compassion of Nurse Edith Clavel by Christine Farenhorst from P&R Publishing for 4th-6th grades in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	David Bussau Facing the World Head On Christian Heroes: Then and Now by Janet & Geoff Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Dietrich Bonhoeffer In the Midst of Wickedness by Geoff Benge, Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 5th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Elisabeth Elliot by Geoff Benge, Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-6th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Evidence Not Seen A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II by Darlene Deibler Rose from HarperCollins Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	For God and Country by John Riddle from Barbour Publishing for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Francis Schaeffer A Mind and Heart for God by Bruce Little, ed. from P&R Publishing for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.99
	From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya A Biographical History of Christian Missions by Ruth Tucker 2^nd edition from Zondervan History of missions for 11th-Adult in History of Missions (Location: XCH-MIS) $32.99 $14.00 (3 in stock)
	George Washington Carver: The Peanut Wizard by Laura Driscoll from Grosset & Dunlap for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Gladys Aylward The Adventure of a Lifetime Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	God's Samurai Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor by Gordon Prange, with Donald Goldstein & Katherine Dillon from Potomoc Books for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $21.95
	God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew from Chosen Books Biography for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	Great Waters by Creston Donald Ketchum from Hutchinson & Co. for Adult in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Heavenly Man by Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway from Monarch Books for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99 $8.50 (1 in stock)
	Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom from Bantam Books Biography for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.99
	Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom 35th Anniversary Edition from Chosen Books Biography for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.99
	How I Know God Answers Prayer by Rosalind Goforth Revised from Evangel Publishing House for Adult in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY) $5.99
	I Dared to Call Him Father The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman's Encounter with God by Bilquis Sheikh & Richard H. Schneider 25th Anniversary from Chosen Books Biography for Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Isobel Kuhn by Geoff Benge, Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-6th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Jacob DeShazer Forgive Your Enemies Christian Heroes: Then and Now by Geoff Benge, Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Jim Elliot He is No Fool by Irene Howat from Christian Focus Publications for 4th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	John Flynn Into the Never Never by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Jonathan Goforth An Open Door in China by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Jungle Pilot by Russell Hitt Updated from Discovery House Publishers Biography for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Jungle Pilot by Russell Hitt from Discovery House Publishers Biography for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	Klaus-Dieter John Hope in the Land of the Incas Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Letters of Geerhardus Vos by Geerhardus Vos, James T. Dennison, Jr. from P&R Publishing for Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.00
	Lights In Lisuland Isobel Kuhn CF4Kids Trail Blazers by Irene Howat from Christian Focus Publications for 3rd-6th grade in TorchBearers & TrailBlazers (Location: BIO-TRAIL) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Loren Cunningham Into All the World Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Maria by Maria von Trapp from Creation House for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Mildred Cable Through the Jade Gate by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Minka & Margaret The Heroic Story of Two Nurses Captured in the Jungle by Phyllis Thompson 3rd Printing from Hodder & Stoughton for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Never Dies the Dream by Margaret Landon from Doubleday & Company for 7th-12th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Norman Grubb Mission Builder by Janet & Geoff Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Paul Brand Christian Heroes: Then and Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Rowland Bingham Into Africa's Interior Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Sergeant York and the Great War His Own Life Story and War Diary by Alvin C. York from My Father's World Autobiography for 7th-Adult in World War I (1914-1919) (Location: HISA-20WW1) $22.00
	Shadow of the Almighty The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot by Elisabeth Elliot from Harper & Row for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Something Beautiful for God The Classic Account of Mother Teresa's Journey into Compassion Lives of Faith by Malcolm Muggeridge from HarperCollins Biography for in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	Teresa of Calcutta Serving the poorest of the poor Sowers Series by D. Jeanene Watson, illustrated by Robert E. Lawson from Mott Media Biography for 4th-6th grade in Sowers Biographies (Location: BIO-SOW) $8.99 $5.00 (3 in stock)
	Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot from Tyndale House Biography for 8th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	To Live Again by Catherine Marshall from McGraw-Hill for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Tommorow You Die "You are a traitor. . .and traitors are shot." International Adventures by Reona Peterson Joly from YWAM Publishing for 7th-Adult in International Adventures (Location: BIO-INTADV) $7.50 (2 in stock)
	Wurmbrand: Tortured for Christ The Complete Story by Voice of the Martyrs from David C. Cook for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $14.00 (1 in stock)

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