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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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	Alexander Mackay God's Engineer Heroes of the Faith Series by Sophia L. Fahs from A Beka Books Biography for 7th-10th grade in A Beka Book Report books (Location: REA-ABK)
	Amy Carmichael of Donhavur by Frank L. Houghton from CLC Publications for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	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)
	Arrow Pointing to Heaven Rich Mullins: A Devotional Biography by James Bryan Smith Revised from B&H Books for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $14.99
	Autobiography of Charles G. Finney The Life Story of America's Greatest Evangelist - In his own words by Charles G. Finney from Bethany House Autobiography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $19.00
	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)
	Born Again by Charles Colson from Chosen Books for 9th grade-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $19.99
	Bring Your Eyes and See Our Journey into Justice, Compassion, and Action International Adventures by Steve Goode, Mary Goode from YWAM Publishing for 7th-Adult in International Adventures (Location: BIO-INTADV) $12.00
	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)
	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)
	Cross and the Switchblade A True Story by David Wilkerson from Penguin Putnam Biography for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.99
	D. L. Moody by Kevin Belmonte from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 7th-Adult in Christian Encounters (Location: BIO-CE) $12.00
	David Livingstone Man of Prayer and Action by C. Silvester Horne from Christian Liberty Press Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $11.75
	Dayuma Life Under Waorani Spears by Ethel Emily Wallis from YWAM Publishing for 7th-Adult in International Adventures (Location: BIO-INTADV) $14.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Divine Light The Spiritual Leadership of Jonathan Edwards Leaders in Action Series by David Vaughan from Cumberland House Biographies for 9th-12th grade in Leaders in Action (Location: BIO-LIA)
	Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees by Thomas Hale from Zondervan for 9th-Adult in History of Missions (Location: XCH-MIS) $15.99
	Eric Liddell Men of Faith by Catherine Swift from Bethany House Biography for 6th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	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
	Five Pioneer Missionaries by Various from Banner of Truth Trust Biography for 9th-Adult in History of Missions (Location: XCH-MIS) $13.00 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	For Those Who Dare by John Hudson Tiner from Master Books for 8th-Adult in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Forgotten Founding Father The Heroic Legacy of George Whitefield Leaders in Action Series by Stephen Mansfield from Cumberland House Biography for 9th-12th grade in Leaders in Action (Location: BIO-LIA) $16.95 $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain H. Murray 2^nd edition from Banner of Truth Trust for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Francis Asbury God's Circuit Rider by Charles Ludwig from Mott Media for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	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
	George Whitefield by Arnold A. Dallimore from Crossway Books for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $14.50
	George Whitefield: Wayfaring Witness by Stuart C. Henry from Abingdon Press for 9th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	God's Mountain Man The Story of Jedediah Strong Smith by Esther Vogt from Gospel Publishing Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	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
	Heavenly Man by Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway from Monarch Books for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99 $8.50 (1 in stock)
	Heroes of the Holy Life Biographies of Fully Devoted Followers of Christ by Wesley L. Duewel from Zondervan for 8th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $6.00 (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
	If I Perish by Esther Ahn Kim from Moody Press Biography for 8th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $14.99
	In Search of the Source A First Encounter with God's Word by Neil Anderson, Hyatt Moore from Wycliffe Bible Translators Missionary Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.00 (3 in stock)
	Isobel Kuhn Women of Faith by Lois Hoadley Dick from Bethany House for 5th-10th grade in Men & Women of Faith (Location: BIO-FAITH)
	Jesus Freaks Martyrs by DC Talk from Bethany House for 9th-12th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $11.00 (1 in stock)
	John Charles Ryle Evangelical Bishop by Peter Toon, Michael Smout for 10th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	John Newton by Catherine Swift from Bethany House for 5th-10th grade in Men & Women of Faith (Location: BIO-FAITH)
	Jonathan and Sarah An Uncommon Union by Edna Gerstner from Soli Deo Gloria Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Jonathan Edwards A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought by Stephen J. Nichols from P&R Publishing Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	Joni An Unforgettable Story by Joni Tada from Zondervan Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	Joni Eareckson Tada: Her Story The Three Bestselling Autobiographies Complete in One Volume by Joni Eareckson Tada, Joe Musser, Steve Estes from Inspirational Press for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Journals of Jim Elliot by Jim Elliot from Fleming H Revell Co. for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	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
	Life and Diary of David Brainerd by David Brainerd from Baker Books Biography for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.00 $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Life and Diary of David Brainerd by David Brainerd from Moody Press Biography for 10th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $24.00 (1 in stock)
	Life of John Newton by American Missionary Fellowship from Attic Books for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.50
	Living on the Devil's Doorstep From Kabul to Amsterdam International Adventures by Floyd McClung from YWAM Publishing for 7th-Adult in International Adventures (Location: BIO-INTADV) $14.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Livingstone and his African Journeys by Elspeth Huxley from Saturday Review Press for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Lone Journey The Life of Roger Williams by Jeanette Eaton, illustrated by Woodi Ishmael from Harcourt for 7th-10th grade 1945 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Lords of the Earth by Don Richardson Reprint. from Regal Books for 9th-Adult in Church History (Location: XCH-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Man Called Peter by Catherine Marshall from Evergreen Farm for 9th-12th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Pioneers of Oregon by James Daugherty from Viking Press for 7th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Marcus Whitman: The Great Command The Story of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Oregon Country Pioneers by Nard Jones 2^nd edition from Binford & Mort Publishing for 6th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Maria by Maria von Trapp from Creation House for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Marriage to a Difficult Man The Uncommon Union of Jonathan and Sarah Edwards by Elisabeth D. Dodds from Audobon Press Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Missionary Patriarch The True Story of John G. Paton, Evangelist for Jesus Christ Among the South Sea Cannibals by John G. Paton from Vision Forum Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.00 (1 in stock)
	My Heart in His Hands Ann Judson of Burma by Sharon L. James from Evangelical Press for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $11.00 (1 in stock)
	Narrow Road Stories of Those Who Walk This Road Together by Brother Andrew, Elizabeth Sherrill, Jars of Clay, John Sherrill from YWAM Publishing for 10th-Adult in International Adventures (Location: BIO-INTADV) $14.99 $9.00 (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)
	On Call Jaffray Collection of Missionary Portraits by David C. Thompson, MD from Christian Publications, Inc. Biography for 8th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Passion for the Impossible The Life of Lillias Trotter by Miriam Huffman Rockness from Discovery House Publishers for 8th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Peace Child by Don Richardson from Regal Books Biography for 10th-Adult in History of Missions (Location: XCH-MIS)
	Peace Child by Don Richardson 4^th edition from Regal Books Biography for 10th-Adult in History of Missions (Location: XCH-MIS) $15.99
	Personal Life of David Livingstone Chiefly from His Unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the Possession of His Family Heroes of the Faith by W Garden Blaikie from Fleming H Revell Co. for 10th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Pigtail and Chopsticks Man The Story of J. Hudson Taylor and the Inland China Mission by Jim Cromarty 2010 Printing from Evangelical Press for 8th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Saint Patrick by Jonathan Rogers from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 7th-Adult in Christian Encounters (Location: BIO-CE) $12.00
	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
	Seven Men And the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 8th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Seven Men And the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 8th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $16.99
	Seven Women by Eric Metaxas from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 8th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $17.99
	Shadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth Elliot from HarperCollins Biography for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Shorter Life of D. L. Moody Moody Colportage Library #83 by A. P. Fitt from Moody Press for 8th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Skipper of the Sentinel by May Cole Kuhn from Review and Herald Publishing Association for 6th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Splendor of God by Honore Morrow from Grosset & Dunlap for 8th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Spurgeon Heir of the Puritans by Ernest Bacon from Christian Liberty Press Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $11.75 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	St. Francis Christian Encounters by Robert West from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 10th-Adult in Christian Encounters (Location: BIO-CE) $12.00
	Taking on Giants by Joe Portale from YWAM Publishing for 7th-Adult in International Adventures (Location: BIO-INTADV)
	These are the Generations by Mr. and Mrs. Bae, as told to the Rev. Eric Foley from Voice of the Martyrs for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot from Tyndale House Biography for 8th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot 40th Anniversary from Tyndale House Missionary Biography for 8th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.99
	To Live Again by Catherine Marshall from McGraw-Hill for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.50 (1 in stock)
	To the Golden Shore Life of Adoniram Judson from Judson Press for 9th-12th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	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)
	Torches of Joy A Stone Age Tribe's Encounter with the Gospel International Adventures by John Dekker & Lois Neely from YWAM Publishing Missionary Biography for 10th-Adult in International Adventures (Location: BIO-INTADV) $14.99 $8.00 (2 in stock)
	Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand 50th Anniversary Edition from David C. Cook Autobiography for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Whitman Massacre of 1847 by Catherine, Elizabeth, and Matilda Sager from Ye Galleon Press for 7th-12th grade in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Whitman Massacre of 1847 by Catherine, Elizabeth, and Matilda Sager from Ye Galleon Press for 7th-12th grade in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
	Wigglesworth A Man Who Walked with God by George Storemont from Harrison House for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	William Bradford Plymouth's Faithful Pilgrim by Gary D. Schmidt from Eerdmans Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.00 $7.50 (2 in stock)
	William Penn by Catherine Owens Peare from University of Michigan Press for 9th-Adult in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	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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