Biographies

Books

The brave son of Tibet: the many lives of Robert B. Ekvall.
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya. a biographical history of Christian missions
Guardians of the Great Commission. the story of women in modern missions.
Through Gates of Splendor. Jim Elliott.
Shadow of the Almighty. Elizabeth Elliott.
End of the Spear. Steve Saint.
Peace Child. Don Richardson.
Bruchko. Bruce Olson.
American Protestant Women in World Mission. R. Pierce Beaver.
A chance to die. Elizabeth Elliott.
Eternity in their Hearts. Don Richardson.
The Triumph of John and Betty Stam. Mrs. Howard Taylor.
Evidence not Seen. A woman’s miraculous faith in the jungles of World War II. Darlene Rose.
Passion for the Impossible. The life of Lilias Trotter. Miriam Rockness.
Ann Judson. Heroine of Burma. Basil Miller. Out of print, but occasionally available.
To the Golden Shore. The life of Adoniram Judson. Courtney Anderson.
Lords of the Earth. An incredible but true story from the stone-age hell of Papua’s jungle. Don Richardson.
By Searching. My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith. Isobel Kuhn, missionary to China
In the Arena. The continuing story of Isobel Kuhn.
Green Leaf in Drought. The story of the last CIM members who were forced from Communist China.
Stones of Fire. Mary, a young Lisu tribeswoman, challenged by Isobel Kuhn.
Ascent to the Tribes. Pioneering in North Thailand. Isobel Kuhn.
Precious Things of the Lasting Hills. Isobel Kuhn.
Children of the Hills. Isobel Kuhn and the move of God among the Lisu people.
Second-Mile People. Six friends/colleagues of Isobel Kuhn whose lives made a deep impression.
Nests Above the Abyss. sharing life and spiritual battles with the Lisu people.
Mountain Rain. Bio of James O. Fraser, tribes in SW China, northern Burma, major people movement
Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret. Classic autobiography of missionary to China, founder of CIM/OMF.
God’s Smuggler. John & Elizabeth Sherrill. The story of Brother Andrew, Bible smuggler.
Anointed for Burial. The story of a move of God in Cambodia just prior to Khmer Rouge.
And the Word came with Power. How God met and changed a people forever. Joanne Shetler.
Tramp for the Lord. Corrie Ten Boom, picks up where The Hiding Place left off.
Living on the Devil’s Doorstep. Floyd McClung.
There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub. The birth of a Mongolian church planting movement.
The Space between Memories. Recollections from a 21st Century Missionary. David Joannes
Sixteen Seasons. Stories from a missionary family in Tajikistan.

Articles

Unbecoming ladies. Ruth Tucker.
Women, mission and medicine. Clara Swain, Anna Kugler and early medical endeavors in Colonial India.
Missionaries with attitude. a women’s mission in Northwestern China.
Women Missionaries in India. Opening Up the Restrictive Policies of Rufus Anderson
Becoming All Things to All People. Early Moravian Missions to Native North Americans
Evangelist or Homemaker? Mission Strategies of Early 19th-Century Missionary Wives in Burma and Hawaii

IBMR Legacies

Websites

Dictionary of African Christian Biography.