Essential Missionary Biography Checklist

Must-Read Biographies

• To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson by Courtney Anderson.

• When Iron Gates Yield by Geoffrey Bull.

• David Brainerd: A Flame for God by Vance Christie.

• Mission to the Headhunters: How God's Forgiveness Transformed Tribal Enemies by Frank and Marie Drown.

• The Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot by Elisabeth Elliot.

• Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot.

• Faithful Witness: The Life and Mission of William Carey by Timothy George

• Ann Judson: A Missionary Life for Burma by Sharon James

• By Searching: My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith by Isobel Kuhn.

• The Autobiography of George Müller by George Müller.

• The Story of John G. Paton: Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by John Paton.

• Lords of the Earth: An Incredible but True Story from the Stone-Age Hell of Papua’s Jungle by Don Richardson.

• A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter by Miriam Huffman Rockness.

• Evidence Not Seen: A Woman’s Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II by Darlene Deibler Rose.

• Behind the Ranges: Fraser of Lisuland by Mrs. Howard Taylor.

• Hudson Taylor in Early Years: The Growth of a Soul by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor.

• Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission: The Growth of a Work of God by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor.

• The Triumph of John and Betty Stam by Mrs. Howard Taylor.

Worth-Reading Biographies

• Robert Morrison: A Master-Builder by Marshall Broomhall.

• William Carey by S. Pearce Carey.

• Things as They Are: Mission Work in Southern India by Amy Carmichael.

• John and Betty Stam: Missionary Martyrs by Vance Christie.

• In Japan the Crickets Cry: How Could Steve Metcalf Forgive the Japanese? by Ronald Clements.

• William Tyndale: A Biography by David Daniell.

• George Whitefield: God’s Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century by Arnold Dallimore.

• The Life and Diary of David Brainerd by Jonathan Edwards.

• The Savage, My Kinsman by Elisabeth Elliot.

• For the Glory: The Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of Chariots of Fire by Duncan Hamilton.

• Patrick of Ireland: His Life and Impact by Michael Haykin

• No Sacrifice Too Great: The Story of Ernest and Ruth Presswood by Ruth Presswood Hutchins

• God Planted Five Seeds by Jean Dye Johnson

• Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest by David McCasland.

• Mary Slessor: A Life on the Altar for God by Bruce McLennan.

• D. L. Moody: Moody Without Sankey by John Pollock

• Hudson Taylor and Maria: A Match Made in Heaven by John Pollock

• The Cambridge Seven by John Pollock

• Henry Martyn: Saint and Scholar, First Modern Missionary to the Mohammedans by George Smith.

• George Müller: Delighted in God! by Roger Steer.

• John G. Paton: Missionary to the Cannibals of the South Seas by Paul Schlelein.

• Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons: Mrs. Ann H. Judson, Mrs. Sarah B. Judson, Mrs. Emily C. Judson, Missionaries to Burmah by Arabella Stuart.

• Borden of Yale ‘09: The Life that Counts by Mrs. Howard Taylor.

• A London Sparrow: The Inspiring and True Story of Gladys Aylward by Phyllis Thompson.