Zambia Hunt

I recently polled my friends on social media to get recommendations for missionary biographies. Here is the list you sent to me… I hope you will pick some and begin to read… and pray for gospel advance around the world!

1. Lottie Moon
2. Henry Martin
3. John G. Paton by Paul Schlehlein
4. A Chance to Die – Amy Charmichael, written by Elisabeth Elliot
5. Amy Carmichael, Beauty For Ashes by Iain Murray.
6. End of the Spear by Steve Saint
7. John Paton – Autobiography
8. To the Golden Shore: Adoniram Judson
9. All of Isobel Kuhn’s books
10. John G. Paton: Missionary to the Cannibals of the South Seas
11. ‘God made them Great,’ (series) has biographies of various Christians.
12. Too Hard for God? by Charles Marsh
13. Our Incredible Journey by Harry Bollback
14. Adonirum Judson, Missionary to Burma.
15. Evidence Not Seen: A Woman’s Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
16. “Growing Up Yanomamo” by Michael Dawson.
17. Jonathan Goforth of China, A Foreign Devil in China by Nelson Bell
18. McKay of Uganda by Alexina McKay Harrison
19. In the Arena by Isobel Kuhn
20. Bruchko by Bruce Olson
21. Through Gates of Splendor. Elizabeth Elliott
22. Too Small to Ignore by Wes’s Stafford
23. Land of the Blue Burqas by Katie Mcloud. William Knibb, missionary to Jamacia
24. George Muller, “Man of Faith and Prayer” written by Basil Miller
25. Hudson Taylor
26. We Two Alone -Ruth Hege
27. Richard Wurmbrand
28. C.T.Studd
29. Hudson Taylor / George Mueller
30. Converting the West by Julie Roy Jeffrey
31. Peace Child by Don Richardson
32. Gracia Burnham, In the Presence of My Enemies
33. The Three Mrs Judson’s
34. David Brainard’s Journal.
35. I Can See the Shore- Michael Dawson
36. Adroniram Judson
37. Butterfly Christian Nation – Kerr
38. Ellen Santilli Vaughn has published a two-volume biography from Elisabeth Elliot’s journals and letters: “Becoming Elisabeth Eliot,”  “Being Elisabeth Elliot”
39. William Carey’s Biography.
40. To The Golden Shore
41. Port of Two Brothers, by Paul Schlener.
42. They Called Me Mama
43. John G. Paton’s Autobiography. 
44. Hudson Taylor: The Growth of a Soul
45. Hudson Taylor: The Growth of a Work of God 
46. Borden of Yale
47. Shadow of the Almighty
48. Through Gates of Splendor
49. Journals of Jim Eliott
50. “If I Had Two Lives” Biography of Coastas Macris
51. The St. Andrew’s Seven
52. Mary Slessor of Calabar by W.P. Livingstone
53. A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lillias Trotter
54. I Can See the Shore- Michael Dawson
55. Ludwig Krapf by Aaron Dunlop
56. David Brainerd
57. God’s Smuggler
58. Gladys Aylward
59. Olive Carey Doke by Conrad Mbewe
60. Delighted in God, The Life of George Mueller by Roger Steer. 
61. Torches of Joy – Decker
62. If I Had Two Lives – Dan Vorm

I’m sure that there are other titles that you may know of that we can add to this list, if so please email them to me at philhunt66@gmail.com! Happy reading!