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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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25 products found in Missionary Biographies

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Company of Heroes, A: Portraits from the Gospel's Global Advance
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Tim Keesee

Amy Carmichael: Beauty for Ashes
Paperback
  • $17.99

Iain H. Murray

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

Paul Schlehlein

God's Smuggler: One Man's Mission to Change the World
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  • $29.99

Andrew, Brother

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John G. Paton: The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
Hardcover
  • $41.99

John G. Paton

Through Gates of Splendour: The Five Missionary Martyrs of Ecuador (Authentic Classics)
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  • $28.99

Elisabeth Elliot

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

Sharon James

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

Elisabeth Elliot

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

Jim Cromarty

Running the Race: Eric Liddell – Olympic Champion and Missionary
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  • $26.99

John W. Keddie

Hudson Taylor: Gospel Pioneer to China
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  • $29.99

Vance Christie

Day's March Nearer Home, A: Autobiography of J. Graham Miller
Hardcover
  • $43.99

Graham J. Miller

History Makers: John and Betty Stam missionary martyrs
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  • $24.99

Vance Christie

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

Phyllis Thompson

History Makers: Hudson Taylor and Maria: A Match Made in Heaven
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  • $19.99

John Pollock

History Makers: John G Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides
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  • $26.99

John G. Paton and James Paton

End of the Spear
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  • $27.99

Steve Saint

Diary and Journal of David Brainerd Preface and Reflections by Jonathan Edwards
Cloth-bound Hardcover
  • $54.99

David Brainerd; Jonathan Edwards

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Five Pioneer Missionaries: David Brainerd, William C. Burns, John Eliot, Henry Martyn, John G. Paton
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  • $18.99

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

Stuart Piggin; John Roxborogh

William Carey
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  • $47.99

S. Pearce Carey

History Makers: David Brainerd a flame for God
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  • $23.99

Vance Christie

John G. Paton: The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
Cloth Bound
  • $46.99

John G. Paton

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

Phyllis Thompson