Books
Recommended Reading
Explore the remarkable books below that will ignite your spirit, keep your heart racing, and fuel your passion for global missions.
A Chance to Die
The Life And Legacy of Amy Carmichael by Elisabeth Elliot, Baker Publishing. Follow the life of one of India's most beloved missionaries.
A Holy Ambition
To Preach Where God Has Not Been Named by John Piper, Desiring God Ministries. A collection of John Piper’s life's missions which expresses his evangelistic passion for the unreached nations.
A Vision for Missions
The Character of God and the Missionary Motive by Tom Well, Banner of Truth Trust. Described as challenging, it views missionary endeavor as essential to Christianity itself.
Five Pioneer Missionaries
John Eliot, David Brainerd, Henry Martyn, William Chalmers Burns, John G. Paton by various authors, Banner of Truth. Tells the heroic story of five missionary servants of God during the great missionary movement.
John G. Patton
The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) by John G. Piper, Banner of Truth. A gripping account of the life of John G. Patton as he evangicalized a dangerous tribe.
A Chance to Die
The Life And Legacy of Amy Carmichael by Elisabeth Elliot, Baker Publishing. Follow the life of one of India's most beloved missionaries.
A Holy Ambition
To Preach Where God Has Not Been Named by John Piper, Desiring God Ministries. A collection of John Piper’s life's missions which expresses his evangelistic passion for the unreached nations.
A Vision for Missions
The Character of God and the Missionary Motive by Tom Well, Banner of Truth Trust. Described as challenging, it views missionary endeavor as essential to Christianity itself.
Five Pioneer Missionaries
John Eliot, David Brainerd, Henry Martyn, William Chalmers Burns, John G. Paton by various authors, Banner of Truth. Tells the heroic story of five missionary servants of God during the great missionary movement.
John G. Patton
The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) by John G. Piper, Banner of Truth. A gripping account of the life of John G. Patton as he evangicalized a dangerous tribe.
Let the Nations Be Glad
The Supremacy of God in Missions by John Piper, Baker Academic. Draws on key biblical texts to demonstrate the ultimate goal of the church, worship, which fuels missionary outreach.
The Mission of God
Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative, 2nd Edition by Christopher J.H. Wright, Intervarsity Press. Wright makes the case that there is a missional basis for the Bible itself.
To the Golden Shore
The Life of Adoniram Judson by Courtney Anderson, Judson Press. Drawing on letters and church records, the author depicts the early life of Judson and his conflict between material success and serving God.
William Carey
Biography by S. Pearce Carey, Wakeman Trust. Known as the "father of modern missions," William Carey and his friends overcame great obstacles to become prolific church planters and Bible translators.
Where to purchase: The recommended books can be purchased from multiple sources where most books are sold, such as Amazon, Walmart, Thriftbooks, Barnes & Noble, Christianbook or through their publishers. If available through the Publisher, you can click on the title listed to purchase.
Research Resources
Listed below are websites and apps that will help you deep dive into the ongoing evangical Christian inititives occuring throughout the nations, and may move you to get involved with these great cross-cultural dicipleship efforts.
The Joshua Project
Serving the Great Commission Community, the Joshua Project identifies ethnic and cultural groups with the fewest followers of Christ, often referred to as unreached people groups. They provide statistical profiles, photos, maps, and data, to help coordinate missionary efforts and accelerate the spread of Christianity.
The PeopleGroups.org - The International Mission Board
Serving the Great Commission Community, the PeopleGroups.org website provides statistical data on people groups across the globe as it relates to the gospel. To inspire and support missionary work, they provides real-time information to help users and missionary organizatons actively engage unreached people groups.
Powerful
Prayer Guides
We believe prayer has great power in helping you fullful your role in the Great Commission. Prayer is the foundation that empowers and directs our mission work – help us ask God to soften hearts and remove spiritual barriers to the gospel message in India. Pray for missionaries and church planters across all nations, asking for their protection, their personal relationship with God, and for opportunities to effectively share the gospel in challenging areas, especially India. These prayer resources below will help you join us in prayer as we pray for people in India and in every nation.
Operational World
Jason Mandryk, InterVarsity Press
A global prayer handbook that has been used by more than a million Christians to pray for the nations! Featuring all the countries of the world with maps, geographic information, people groups within each county, economic information, political information, religious makeup, along with a daily prayer calendar, answers, and challenges to prayers.
Get the app - Unreached of the Day
Expand your vision and passion for unreached peoples and get all the data from the Joshua Project on the App! This includes a photo, map, basic statistics, profile text and prayer items for a different unreached people group each day.
Foundational truths all believers need to know – the truth about God, the truth about man, and the truth about Christ. The translation includes information on the Bible, God, Jesus Christ, Jesus’ work, Salvation and more.