Biography
Amy Carmichael
The missionary whose work at Dohnavur joined devotion to Christ with the care of vulnerable children.
Topic
Missions
Prayer, preparation and service so that Christ may be made known among the nations.
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Hudson Taylor
The founder of the China Inland Mission and his concern for those who had not heard the gospel.
Biography
David Wilkerson
The Pentecostal pastor whose call to New York grew into ministry among gang members, people struggling with addiction, a local church and a worldwide burden for prayer and repentance.
Biography
Lester Sumrall
An evangelist, missionary, Bible teacher and broadcaster whose long ministry joined Pentecostal preaching with missions and practical relief.
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“The preaching man is to be the praying man. Prayer is the preacher's mightiest weapon.”
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Chapter I
Bounds calls those entrusted with preaching to make prayer part of their own lives.
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“It was to me a very grave matter, however, to contemplate going out to China, far away from all human aid, there to depend upon the living God alone for protection, supplies, and help of every kind.”
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Chapter III · Preparation for service
Taylor recalls his early anxiety about missionary service. His next paragraph reflects on God’s faithfulness even when human faith is weak.
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EN ESPAÑOL
“Todo cristiano aquí es misionero o impostor.”
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Missions
Prayer, preparation and service so that Christ may be made known among the nations.
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Witnesses connected to missions.
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Zacharias Tanee Fomum
63 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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Loren Cunningham
28 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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C. T. Studd
35 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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George Jeffreys
35 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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J. O. Fraser
30 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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B. H. Clendennen
122 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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Henry Martyn
25 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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Alice Luce
5 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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J. C. Ryle
106 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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Reinhard Bonnke
44 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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Martyn Lloyd-Jones
20 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.
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William Chalmers Burns
10 preserved quotations connect this witness to missions.