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One of the most renowned missionaries of recent years is Elisabeth Elliot, who moved to the remote jungles of Ecuador to bring the gospel to the Auca people. She remained there even after her husband Jim was killed by some Aucas. What inspires such selfless devotion to the gospel? One of Elisabeth's influences was Amy Carmichael, who had served as a missionary in India half a century earlier—she even wrote a well-known biography of Carmichael.

How many missionaries, through their writings and biographies, have inspired others to take up the call to bring the gospel to the nations? Surely the number is great. Few things prepare you for the joys and hardship of the mission field like reading about those who have been there before.

Even if you don't end up leaving your home as a full-time missionary, these biographies will inspire you to love Christ and preach the gospel wherever God has placed you. They'll encourage you also to bear up under sufferings, trusting the God who has all things in his hands.

In this collection we've curated some of the best missionary biographies. You can use the product filters to browse by topic, series, or person (like Hudson Taylor, John Paton, or Amy Carmichael).

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19 products found in Missionary Biographies

Company of Heroes, A: Portraits from the Gospel's Global Advance
Paperback
  • $34.99

Tim Keesee

Amy Carmichael: Beauty for Ashes
Paperback
  • $17.99

Iain H. Murray

John G. Paton: Missionary to the Cannibals of the South Seas
Paperback
  • $19.99

Paul Schlehlein

Count it all Joy
Paperback
  • $10.99

Helen Roseveare

Ann Judson: A Missionary Life for Burma
Paperback
  • $19.99

Sharon James

Chance to Die, A: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
Paperback
  • $31.99

Elisabeth Elliot

It Is Not Death to Die: Hudson Taylor
Paperback
  • $23.99

Jim Cromarty

Plum Tree in the Desert, The: Ten Stories of Faith and Mission to Inspire You
Paperback
  • $22.99

Naomi Reed

Trailblazer Heroes & Heroines Box Set 5
Paperback Set
  • $46.99

Various

Hudson Taylor: Gospel Pioneer to China
Paperback
  • $29.99

Vance Christie

Trailblazers: Fearless in the Forest: Maud Kells
Paperback
  • $14.99

Jean Gibson

David Livingstone: Missionary, Explorer, Abolitionist
Hardcover
  • $77.99

Vance Christie

Mission to the Headhunters: How God's Forgiveness Transformed Tribal Enemies
Paperback
  • $23.99

Frank and Marie Drown

London Sparrow, A: The Inspiring and True Story of Gladys Aylward
Hardcover
  • $24.99

Phyllis Thompson

Into all the World: The Missionary Vision of Luther and Calvin
Hardcover
  • $15.99

Lindsay Brown

The St Andrews Seven the finest flowering of Missionary Zeal in Scottish History
Paperback
  • $21.99

Stuart Piggin; John Roxborogh

Five Pioneer Missionaries: David Brainerd, William C. Burns, John Eliot, Henry Martyn, John G. Paton
Paperback
  • $21.99

Various

Most Unlikely Missionaries, The: Serving God’s Kingdom in the Middle Kingdom
Paperback
  • $16.99

J. M. Gurvsy

William Carey
Paperback
  • $47.99

S. Pearce Carey