Missionaries

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Who are some of your favorite missionaries from years past or currently serving in the Kingdom? If they are still alive, please post their link so we can check their ministries out.

Personally, I'm fond of Hudson Taylor & Amy Carmichael. Heidi & Roland Baker are too that are currently enlisted in God's army that I follow. They can be found here.

 

[AnnaDeborah]

Amy Carmichael and Hudson Taylor were the first two missionary biographies I read as a youngster and they made a huge impact on my life. Also Gladys Aylward.

Recently, I've been blessed by Naomi Reed's books. She and her husband served in Nepal for several years and I found her trilogy of books on their time there very helpful.

 

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Amy Carmichael and Hudson Taylor were the first two missionary biographies I read as a youngster and they made a huge impact on my life. Also Gladys Aylward.

Recently, I've been blessed by Naomi Reed's books. She and her husband served in Nepal for several years and I found her trilogy of books on their time there very helpful.

How was it helpful? Have you been called to mnistry as well?

 

[AnnaDeborah]

Not to overseas ministry but to a ministry in my home country. Her books aren't just standard 'we did this' type biographies, but look at the spiritual lessons she learned during her time in Nepal. For example, one looks at the various 'seasons' in their lives and I found it particularly helpful during seasons of waiting & grieving in my own life. Another takes up the theme of home - home has always been very important to me and it is obviously important to the author too. They had to evacuate their home in Nepal at one point due to the civil war, and her physical place of refuge became somewhere unsafe - so she looks at what 'home' means and the way that as Christians, our permanent home is with the Lord. I found it really helpful when I was finding it hard to leave my physical, earthly 'home' and move somewhere unfamiliar. Her books always leave me wanting to read the Bible more too, which is definitely a top reason to read them!

 

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Not to overseas ministry but to a ministry in my home country. Her books aren't just standard 'we did this' type biographies, but look at the spiritual lessons she learned during her time in Nepal. For example, one looks at the various 'seasons' in their lives and I found it particularly helpful during seasons of waiting & grieving in my own life. Another takes up the theme of home - home has always been very important to me and it is obviously important to the author too. They had to evacuate their home in Nepal at one point due to the civil war, and her physical place of refuge became somewhere unsafe - so she looks at what 'home' means and the way that as Christians, our permanent home is with the Lord. I found it really helpful when I was finding it hard to leave my physical, earthly 'home' and move somewhere unfamiliar. Her books always leave me wanting to read the Bible more too, which is definitely a top reason to read them!

Ah, I see. Keeping a pilgrim just passing thru attitude has always been a challenge to me too. Like the preachers say; we should learn not to post our tent poles too deep cause this isn't our home. And any book that inspires us to read the Word is always going to be a winner. Thanks for sharing!

 

[dqhall]

Who are some of your favorite missionaries from years past or currently serving in the Kingdom? If they are still alive, please post their link so we can check their ministries out.

Personally, I'm fond of Hudson Taylor & Amy Carmichael. Heidi & Roland Baker are too that are currently enlisted in God's army that I follow. They can be found here.

I liked Rev. Richard Wurmbrand (1909—2001). He was a Jewish Christian who was imprisoned by the Soviets for his Christian missionary activities. A European church paid a ransom to the Soviets to get him out of jail. He and his wife moved to the USA and founded Jesus to the Communist World; now known as Voice of the Martyrs missionary group.

 

[vinsight4u]

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[vinsight4u]

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[vinsight4u]

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[dreadnought]

Who are some of your favorite missionaries from years past or currently serving in the Kingdom? If they are still alive, please post their link so we can check their ministries out.

Personally, I'm fond of Hudson Taylor & Amy Carmichael. Heidi & Roland Baker are too that are currently enlisted in God's army that I follow. They can be found here.

The Apostle Paul was one of the better ones, wasn't he?

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/r/rsv/

 

[Rhamiel]

St Francis De Sales (1567-1622)
He is sometimes called “the gentleman saint” because he showed kindness and an openness to debate at a time when both sides were very vitriolic.
He was born in Switzerland and went to a region of southern France where over 95% of the population had left the Church. At first people would not even let him speak so he used pamphlets and tracts