Taylor knew God would honor his work as long as Taylor continued to honor God.

His level of faith in God was unshakable. He spent more time in prayer than any other activity. He provided an example of faith and prayer that was unequaled. Taylor was a pioneer missionary who spent the last half of the nineteenth century serving in China.

Hale explains about being a missionary, what it’s like, the problems, the challenges, the heartaches, and the joys. The author pulls from his experience as a missionary in Nepal. Every prospective missionary would benefit from reading it before leaving for the field, and every Christian should reread it regularly. Thomas Hale wrote this landmark book on missions. It is our call to spread the worship and glory of God through missions. John Piper shocks the reader by explaining we cannot take our own comfortable lives and make them the measure of what we allow the Bible to mean. It makes it clear missions is not simply a good option, but a mandate for all Christians. This is a theological and biblical defense of God’s supremacy in missions. Much of the gospel is about serving the poor and the needy as Christ has called us to do. For many of us the problem with our faith is we have ignored, rewritten, or lied about what the gospel says regarding poverty and justice. Stearns takes a challenging look at followers of Christ. As Christians we committed our lives to following Christ and living in such a way that those watching would see a reflection of God’s love, justice, and mercy through our actions. Richard Stearns tells us that if our individual faith in Christ has no positive outward expression then our faith has a hole in it. His missionary service and life ended when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 29. Brainerd served as a missionary to the American Indians in modern day New York, Massachusetts, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Such missionary greats as William Carey, Hudson Taylor, Adoniram Judson, and Jim Elliot acknowledge being greatly influenced by this book. First published in 1749 the work was edited from Brainerd's diary. This is a biography of missionary David Brainerd written by theologian Jonathan Edwards. The combined content of these nine books will boost your understanding of God’s passion and mandate to make disciples among the nations. If you are on the mission field, contemplating missions, or a disciple of Christ who wishes to expand your understanding of missions these books should be in your personal library.

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