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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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57 products found in Missionary Biographies

Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret
Paperback
  • $14.99

Howard Taylor; Geraldine Taylor

No Ordinary View: A Season of Faith and Mission in the Himalayas
Paperback
  • $14.99

Naomi Reed

My Seventh Monsoon: A Himalayan Journey of Faith & Mission
Paperback
  • $22.99

Naomi Reed

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

Vance Christie

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

Jean Gibson

Five Pioneer Missionaries: David Brainerd, William C. Burns, John Eliot, Henry Martyn, John G. Paton
Paperback
  • $22.99

Various

Trailblazers: To Die is Gain: John and Betty Stam
Paperback
  • $14.99

Rachel Lane

Heading Home: My Search for Purpose in a Temporary World
Paperback
  • $32.99

Naomi Reed

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

Graham J. Miller

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The Journals of Jim Elliot (Repackaged Edition) Missionary, Martyr, Man of God
Paperback
  • $31.99

Elisabeth Elliot

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

Phyllis Thompson

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
Paperback
  • $24.99

Phyllis Thompson

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

John G. Paton

Most Unlikely Missionaries, The: Serving God’s Kingdom in the Middle Kingdom
Paperback
  • $23.99

J. M. Gurvsy

End of the Spear
Paperback
  • $27.99

Steve Saint

Missionary Triumph Over Slavery: William Knibb and Jamaican Emancipation
Paperback
  • $11.99

Peter Masters

Amy Carmichael Story, The
DVD
  • $14.99

Christian History Institute

Inspired: Stories of adventure, risk-taking & God's faithfulness
Paperback
  • $22.99

Simon Guillebaud

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
Paperback
  • $18.99

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

Stuart Piggin; John Roxborogh

William Carey
Paperback
  • $47.99

S. Pearce Carey

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

Lindsay Brown