Do you like to hear of God’s amazing work in the lives of people around the world? These stories will build your faith, encourage your heart, change your perspective, and invite your action.

Missionary Stories

  • Commandos for Christ by Bruce Porterfield — read online
  • Canopy of Darkness by Jonathan Kopf — reaching the Hewa people of Papua New Guinea. Amazon
  • God Planted Five Seeds by Jean Dye Johnson — five missionaries martyred in Bolivia. Amazon
  • A Promise Kept: The 70-Year Ministry of Borneo’s Jungle Evangelist by Robert “Borneo Bob” Williams, co-founder of New Tribes Mission — read online
  • When Things Seem Impossible by Jean Dye Johnson — Paul Dye escapes from guerrillas. video version
  • Mission Venezuela (also published as Culture Shock) by Marg Jank — read online
  • Treasures of Darkness by Marg Jank — Amazon
  • God Plus Nothing by Arvalee Palmer — Amazon
  • Tales from the Tribe by Aaron Luse — a missions-focused devotional. Goodreads
  • In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham — Amazon
  • To Fly Again by Gracia Burnham — read online
  • Hostage by Nancy Mankins — Goodreads
  • God’s Work in God’s Way by William S. Dillon — Amazon
  • The Story of New Tribes Mission by Ken Johnston — Ethnos360
  • God If You Are Up There Do You Care? by Rosalie Ranquist — Goodreads
  • Message in a Bottle (formerly Our Witchdoctors Are Too Weak) by Davey and Marie Jank — Goodreads
  • His Voice Shakes the Wilderness by Sophie Muller — Ethnos360
  • From Darkness to Light by David Bell — the Inapang people. read online
  • From Darkness to Light by Virginia R. Sharp — the Embaloh people. Goodreads
  • Someone Must Die by Alan Foster — the Yuqui people. Amazon
  • Where Spirits Roam but God Reigns by Annette McManigle — the Pwo Karen. Goodreads
  • To God Be the Glory by Jim Ferguson — missionary aviation. Amazon
  • Remembering Nueva Vida by Marge Day — Amazon

Foundational Bible Teaching & Chronological Resources

  • Building on Firm Foundations by Trevor McIllwain — Ethnos360
  • Firm Foundations by Trevor McIllwain — Ethnos360
  • The Establish Series — a discipleship course using foundational Bible teaching for equipping everyone. establishseries.com
  • God’s Promise by Ken West — Amazon
  • God and Man by Dell & Sue Schultze — Amazon
  • Rock Solid Kids: Drawing Kids Close to God’s Unchanging Heart by Jill Goring — rocksolidkids.org
  • The Lamb, The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus, By This Name, and All That the Prophets Have Spoken by John R. Cross — goodseed.com
  • The Most Amazing Story by Wanda Nazworth — Amazon

General Missions Reading

Missionary Biographies

Mobilizing the Next Generation

  • Gen Z Misunderstood by Tanner Callison
  • Mobilizing Gen Z: Challenges and Opportunities in Missions by Jolene Erlacher and Katy White — Amazon

Must Read

By Ethnos360 Missionaries and Friends

  • Esther Unmasked: God’s Unconditional Love for Israel by Dr. Bethany A. Smyth — Amazon
  • Ruth: No Longer a Stranger by Dr. Bethany A. Smyth — Amazon
  • MIA: That the Lost May Be Found by Mark Reichman — read online
  • The Legend of the Wopa (fiction) by Ernie Bowman — Amazon
  • Death Is No Stranger (fiction) by Ernie Bowman — Amazon