Missionary Biographies

Resources available at Miller Library:

 

Anderson, Gerald H. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 1998.
BV3700 .B56 1998

 

Barber, W. T. A. b. 1858. David Hill: Missionary and Saint. 2nd ed. London: C.H. Kelly, 1898.

       BX8495.H5 B3 1898

 

Beck, James R. Dorothy Carey: The Tragic and Untold Story of Mrs. William Carey. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1992.
BV3269.C3 B37 1992

 

Boersma, Jeanette, and David De Groot. Grace in the Gulf : The Autobiography of Jeanette Boersma, Missionary Nurse in Iraq and the Sultanate of Oman. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1991.
BV3210.I7 B64 1991

 

Broomhall, A. J. Hudson Taylor & China's Open Century. Sevenoaks, Kent: Hodder and Stoughton and the Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1981.
BV3427.T3 B68 1981

 

Broomhall, Marshall. Hudson Taylor: The Man Who Believed God. London; Philadelphia: China Inland Mission, 1930.
BV3427.T3 B7 1930

 

Broomhall, Marshall. To what Purpose? London; Philadelphia: China Inland Mission, 1933.
BV3427.F5 B7

 

Bueltmann, A. J. White Queen of the Cannibals: The Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar. Chicago: Moody Press, 1960.
BV3625.N6 S593

 

Burnham, Gracia, and Dean Merrill. In the Presence of My Enemies. Wheaton, Ill: Tyndale House, 2003.
BV3382.B87 A3 2003

 

Carey, S. Pearce, and Peter Masters. William Carey. London: Wakeman Trust, 1993.
BV3269.C3 C33 1993

 

Carré, E. G. Praying Hyde, Or A Challenge to Prayer: Glimpses of the Amazing Prayer-Life of John Hyde, a Missionary in India, Whose Intercession "Changed Things". 3rd ed. ed. London: Pickering & Inglis, 1930.
BX9225 .C3

 

Clapham, J. W., and Neville J. Taylor. John Olley: Pioneer Missionary to the Chad. London: Pickering & Inglis, 1966. 
BV3625.C48 O42

 

Covell, Ralph R. Mission Impossible: The Unreached Nosu on China's Frontier. 1st ed. Pasadena, Calif.: Hope Pub. House, 1990.
BV3423 .N82 1990

 

Covell, Ralph R. W.A.P. Martin, Pioneer of Progress in China. Washington: Christian University Press, 1978.
BV3427.M295 C68

 

Cowman, Charles E., Mrs. Charles E. Cowman: Missionary Warrior. Los Angeles: Oriental Missionary Society, 1928. 
BV3457.C65 C6 1928a

 

Crouch, Millie, and Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. Me? A Missionary? Harrisburg, PA: ABWE Pub, 1999.
BV3382.C76 A3 1999

 

Davis, Rebecca Henry. With Daring Faith: A Biography of Amy Carmichael. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1987. 
BV3269.C32 D3 1987

 

Dawson, David J. No Fear in His Presence. Ventura, Calif.: Regal Books, 1980.
DT658.25 .D38 1980

 

Dick, Lois Hoadley. Isobel Kuhn. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, 1987.
BV3427.K8 D53 1987

 

Edwards, Lee. Missionary for Freedom: The Life and Times of Walter Judd. 1st ed. New York, N.Y: Paragon House, 1990.
E840.8.J83 E38 1990

 

Elliot, Elisabeth. A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael. Old Tappan, N.J: F.H. Revell Co, 1987.
BV3269.C32 E44 1987

 

Elliot, Elisabeth. Shadow of the Almighty: The Life & Testament of Jim Elliot. 1st Harper & Row paperback ed. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989.
BV2852.E45 E45 1989

 

Elliot, Elisabeth. Through Gates of Splendor. 1st ed. ed. New York: Harper, 1957.
F3722.1.H83 E44 1996

 

Elliot, Jim, and Elisabeth Elliot. The Journals of Jim Elliot. Old Tappan, N.J: F.H. Revell Co, 1978.
BV2853.E3 A34

 

Finnie, Kellsye M. William Carey: Missionary Pioneer. Fort Washington, Pa: Christian Literature Crusade, 1987.
BV3269.C3 F56 1987

 

Fuller, Millard. Bokotola. New York: Association Press, 1977.

        BV3625.C6 F8

 

Gelatt, Paul. Miracles among the Pioneers. N.l.: Image Group, 1989.
BV2813 .G44 1989

 

Goforth, Rosalind. How I Know God Answers Prayer: The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1921.
BV220 .G6

 

Gould, Alton A. At Every Bend of the Road: An Autobiography of Life. Monterey Park, CA: ECF International, 1997.
BV3427.G68 .A3 1997

 

Greene, Meg. Mother Teresa: A Biography. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2004.
BX4406.5.Z8 G74 2004

 

Guinness, Joy. Mrs. Howard Taylor; Her Web of Time. 2d ed. ed. London: China Inland Mission, 1950.
BV3427.T34 G8 1950

 

Hillis, Don W. I Don't Feel Called (Thank the Lord!). Wheaton: Ill., Tyndale House, 1973.
BV2063 .H5

 

Houghton, Frank. Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur; the Story of a Lover and Her Beloved. London: S.P.C.K, 1953.
BV3269.C350 H680

 

Hunt, Rosalie Hall. Bless God and Take Courage: The Judson History and Legacy. 1st ed. Valley Forge, Pa: Judson Press, 2005.
BV3271.J7 H86 2005

 

Jackson, Herbert C., and Missionary Research Library (New York, N.Y.). Missionary Biography; an Initial Bibliography. New York:, 1965.
 Z7817 .M51 1965

 

Judson, Edward. Adoniram Judson: A Biography. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1894.
BV3271.J7 J8

 

Jungk, Robert, and Albert Schweitzer: das Leben eines guten Menschen. Albert Schweitzer: The Life of a Great Man. 1st English ed. London: Lutterworth, 1956.
CT1018.S45 P53 1956

 

Kreiger, Barbara, and Shalom Goldman. Divine Expectations: An American Woman in 19th-Century Palestine. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1999.
BV3202.M55 D58 1999

 

Liefeld, Olive Fleming, and Verne Becker. Unfolding Destinies: The Untold Story of Peter Fleming and the Auca Mission. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990.
F3722.1.H83 F545 1990

 

Livingstone, David, and Isaac Schapera. Livingstone's Private Journals, 1851-1853. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1960.

        DT731 .L77 1851   

 

Livingstone, W. P. Mary Slessor of Calabar. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publising House, 1984. 

        BV3625.N6 S599 1984

 

Malcolm, Kari Torjesen. We Signed Away our Lives: How One Family Gave Everything for the Gospel. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1990.

        BV3427.A1 M34 1990

 

Miller, Basil, b.1897. Mary Slessor: Heroine of Calabar. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House, 1985.
BV3625.N6 S64 1985x

 

Miller, Basil. William Carey the Father of Modern Missions. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany Fellowship, 1980.
BV3269.C3 M54 1980

 

Mugg, James E. Another Train to Catch, another Border to Cross. Springfield, Mo; Dallas, Tex: Jim Mugg Global Outreach; BEE International, 1994.
BV3705 .M83 1994

 

Muggeridge, Malcolm. Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta. 1st Harper & Row pbk. ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
BX4406.5.Z8 M8 1986

 

Neely, Lois. Come Up to this Mountain: The Miracle of Clarence W. Jones & HCJB. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 1980.
BV2853.E3 J666 1980

 

Olsen, Viggo. Daktar II. Chicago: Moody Press, 1990.
R722.32.O47 A3 1990 
 

Olson, Bruce, Bruce Olson, and For this cross I'll kill you. Bruchko. Rev. and Updated ed. Lake Mary, Fla: Charisma House, 1995.
F2319.2.M6 O44 1995

 

Olson, Bruce. For this Cross I'll Kill You. 1st ed. ed. Carol Stream: Ill., Creation House, 1973.
F2319.2.M6 O44

 

Paton, John Gibson, and Benjamin Unseth. John Paton. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, 1996.
BV3680.N6 P377 1996

 

Pitman, Emma Raymond. Anne. H. Judson: Missionary Heroine of Burma. London: Pickering & Inglis, 1936.

       BV3271. J82 P5

        

Pouncy, Anthony Grenville. Henry Martyn, 1781-1812: The First Modern Apostle to the Mohammedan. London: Church Book Room Press, 1947.
BV3705.M3 P6

 

Pullinger, Jackie, and Andrew Quicke. Chasing the Dragon. 1st American ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant Books, 1982.
BV3427.P8 A33 1982

 

Ranson, Charles W., and International Missionary Council. Renewal and Advance; Christian Witness in a Revolutionary World. London: Edinburgh House Press, 1948.
BV4520 .I5

 

Ranson, Charles W. A Missionary Pilgrimage. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1988.
BX8495.R264 A3 1988

 

Roseveare, Helen. Give Me this Mountain; an Autobiography. 1st ed. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1966.
BV3625.C63 R643

 

Scott, William Dale. Called to Africa. Little Rock, Ark: August House, 1993.
BV3625.C63 S36 1993

 

Seel, David J. Challenge & Crisis in Missionary Medicine. Pasadena, Calif.: William Carey Library, 1979.
R722.32.S4 A33

 

Service, Grace, John S. Service, and Inc NetLibrary. "Golden inches the China memoir of Grace Service." University of California Press. 1989.
BV3427.A1 S48 1989eb

 

Severance, Gordon, and Diana Severance. Against the Gates of Hell: The Life & Times of Henry Perry, a Christian Missionary in a Moslem World. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2003.
BV3192.P47 S48 2003

 

Skoglund, Elizabeth. Amma: The Life and Words of Amy Carmichael. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1994.
BV3269.C32 S56 1994

 

Smith, George, and Inc NetLibrary. "The life of William Carey; shoemaker and missionary." Project Gutenberg; NetLibrary. 1990s.
BV3269 .S54 1990eb

 

Stagg, Kristen. If God should Choose: The Authorized Story of Jim and Roni Bowers. Chicago: Moody Press, 2002.
BV2853.P7 S73 2002

 

Steer, Roger. J. Hudson Taylor: A Man in Christ. Singapore, Singapore; Robesonia, PA: Overseas Missionary Fellowship Ltd; Distributed by OMF Books, 1990.
BV3427.T3 S73 1990

 

Stubbs, Denise C. A Burning and Shining Light: The Life and Ministry of the Rev. David Brainerd. Morgan, PA: Soli Deo Gloria, 1997.
E98.M6 B787 1997

 

Swift, Catherine M. Eric Liddell. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, 1990.
BV3427.L52 S95 1990

 

Swift, Catherine M. Gladys Aylward. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House, 1989.
BV3427.A9 S95 1989

 

Taylor, James Hudson, et al. Hudson Taylor. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House, 1986.
BV3427.T3 T39 1986

 

Thompson, Phyllis. God's Venturer: Hudson Taylor. London; Philadelphia: China Inland Mission, 1955.
BV3427.T3 T49


Townsend, W. J. Robert Morrison: The Pioneer of Chinese Missions. London: S.W. Partridge & Co, 1888.
BV3427.M6 T6


Tregelles, Edwin O., and Sarah E. Fox. Edwin Octavius Tregelles, Civil Engineer and Minister of the Gospel. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1892.
BV2846.T74 A3

 

Walsh, Jay, Patricia C. Oviatt, and Joint Author. Ripe Mangoes: Miracle Missionary Stories from Bangladesh. Schaumburg, Ill: Regular Baptist Press, 1978.
BX6493 .W34 1978


Walsh, Jay. Against all Odds: A Venture of Faith with the Hill Tribes of Bangladesh. Harrisburg, Pa: ABWE Pub, 1996.
BV3259.5.W35 A3 1996

 

White, Kathleen. Jim Elliot. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, 1990.
BV2853.E3 W45 1990 
 

Wilkinson, Samuel Hinds. The Life of John Wilkinson, the Jewish Missionary. London: Morgan & Scott, 1908.
BV2622 .W54

 

Willson, Arabella M. The Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons. Springfield, MO: Particular Baptist Press, 1999.
BV3271.J8 S78 1999 
 

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke. Ten Fingers for God : The Life and Work of Paul Brand. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Pub. House, Projected Date: 1111, 1989.
R722.32.B7 W54 1989

 

Woodall, William Love. William Carey of India. 1st ed. ed. New York: Pageant Press, 1951.
BV3269.C3 W6 1951

 

Woodworth, Ruth A. No Greater Joy. Harrisburg, PA: ABWE Pub, 1996.

       BV3382.W66 A36 1996


 Wraight, Pat. On to the Summit : The Len Moules Story. Waynesboro, GA: OM Literature, 1998. 
BV3420.T5 W72 1998


 Wyeth, Walter N. Sarah B. Judson : A Memorial. Philadelphia, PA: The Author, 1889.
BV3271.J82 W9