Biography

Being made in our Creator’s image, is it any surprise that Christians keep creatively inventing? Few people know that two of the most popular sports, basketball and volleyball, were both invented by Christian missionaries in the 1890s as evangelistic sports?  Who might have imagined that 127 years later, over 46 million North Americans and 800 million people globally would now … [Read more...] about William G. Morgan, missionary inventor of Volleyball

Dr. Helen Roseveare was a missionary’s missionary, showing remarkable faithfulness in the midst of sufferings during horrific times. She was a sterling example to many young missionaries.  Over a seven-month period in 1964, two hundred missionaries, serving in the Congo, were tragically killed. Thousands of local Congolese pastors and congregants were tortured to death. Dr. … [Read more...] about Dr. Helen Roseveare: The fellowship of His sufferings

Are you inspired by the lives of great men and women of faith? They often appear so far above us in greatness and deed. Edith Cavell was an ordinary country girl who grew to be known as a pioneer, patriot, spy and heroine. Her life began with such simple ideals: a love for God and a desire to serve others.  Edith Louisa Cavell was born in 1865 in Norfolk, England, the … [Read more...] about In view of God: Edith Cavell

One of the greatest miracles in the world of missions in the last hundred years has been the millions of Koreans who have been swept into God’s Kingdom in Korea, Canada, and around the world.  Korea, along with Brazil and USA, now have the highest percentage of missionaries sent around the world.   The earliest missionaries to Korea died faithfully as they were … [Read more...] about Sang Sun Lee: Faithful Kingdom sowing & reaping