FaithCamp Reading List
Adventist Authors on Missions
Authors: Alonzo T. Jones and Ellet J. Waggoner
One of the finest books on victorious Christian living, and a popular seller for years. The “how to” of overcoming. Explains many hard-to-understand passages from Galatians. What really is the 1888 message? This selection of articles and sermons is an excellent presentation of that message — righteousness by faith.
Author: Ellet J. Waggoner
The Gospel in Creation sets forth clearly and simply the relation between God's work in creation and redemption. The signs of power and greatness that mark the handiwork of God in the visible universe are shown to be but indications of the unfailing strength with which He works in the lives of those who submit to His will. This book will be an encouragement to those who are sharing the Gospel being confident of God’s power to save.
Author: Ellen G. White
“Every true disciple is born into the kingdom of God as a missionary.” God might have chosen unfallen angels as His representatives on earth. Instead, He chose us. This volume is an invaluable compilation, not only for ministers, teachers and church leaders, but to everyone who feels the responsibility to fulfill the gospel commission in any way possible. Topics include personal preparation, training, organizing a wide variety of outreach ministries, health and publishing ministries, and many “how to” guidelines for personal and group action.
Author: Ellen G. White
This volume is a call to action–a plea for believers to work for their Savior by bringing the gospel to the millions of people in the cities of the world.
Missionary Biographies
Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret
Authors: Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor
A spiritual biography of the “father of modern missions,” Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret poses one question: What empowered Hudson Taylor’s ministry in China? Written by Taylor’s son and daughter-in-law, it shows us a man with fierce faith who believed that God truly would fulfill all He promises in Scripture. For Christians longing for the inward joy and power that Hudson Taylor had, they can find the secret to it here. The secret, it turns out, is available to any who call on Christ’s name. “An easy, non-self-denying life will never be one of power,” Taylor said. “Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. There are not two Christs—an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and a suffering, toiling one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are you willing to abide in Him, and thus to bear much fruit?”
The Autobiography of George Müller
Author: George Müller
What can be accomplished in an ordinary man who trusts in an extraordinary God? George Müller discovered the endless possibilities! These excerpts from his diary allow Müller to tell his own story. Join him on his journey from a life of sin and rebellion to his glorious conversion. Share his struggles and triumphs as he establishes orphan homes to care for thousands of English children, depending on God’s response to his prayer of faith to supply all things. George Müller’s unwavering, childlike dependence upon his heavenly Father will inspire you to confidently trust the God of the impossible in every area of your life.
Author: Norman P. Grubb
How did the faith and prayers of a humble coal miner affect the course of World War II? Rees Howells’ updated biography by Norman Grubb tells the story of one man who progressed in faith until his prayers even altered world events. Written with humanity and humor, this book uncovers the rich truths of the Holy Spirit.
Author: Bruce Olson
What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy leaves home and heads into the jungles to evangelize a murderous tribe of South American Indians? For Bruce Olson, it meant capture, disease, terror, loneliness, and torture. But what he discovered by trial and error has revolutionized the world of missions.
Author: Don Richardson
In an age when all of mankind is rapidly becoming interdependent within a single global community, cross-cultural communication unavoidably becomes one of man’s highest priorities. Peace Child chronicles the agony – and the triumph – of Don and Carol Richardson’s attempt to probe one of the world’s most violent cultures to its foundations and then to communicate meaningfully with members of that culture. The result is an adventure in human understanding which will infuse the reader with an even greater and more compassionate regard for the earth’s endangered minority peoples.
C. T. Studd: Cricketer & Pioneer
Author: Norman Grubb
C.T. Studd unceasingly pursued a life devoted to God. A star English cricket player in his youth, C.T. did nothing halfway. When challenged by near tragedy and the words of an atheist, the wealthy young man became a missionary of extreme devotion.
Serving in China, India, and finally Central Africa, C.T. Studd was the first missionary to reach numerous tribes deep in the Congo. Together with the mission he founded, Worldwide Evangelization Crusade, this man who refused to retreat opened a way for Africans to hear the gospel for years to come.
Author: Brother Yun
The true story of Chinese Brother Yun, who underwent tremendous persecution in order to share his faith with others. Truly a life-changing book.
Books on Missions
Author: John Piper
A beautiful book that focuses on the true life principles of how to have a full and meaningful life in the pursuit of the greatest joy. It’s easy to slip through life without taking any risks — without making your life count. But life ought not be wasted. You don’t need to know a lot of things to make a lasting difference in the world, but you do have to know the few, great, unchanging, and glorious things that matter and be willing to live and to die for them. Free PDF download at this link.
Author: Christopher J.H. Wright
Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Christopher Wright boldly maintains that there is a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and all about God’s mission. We need to see how the familiar bits and pieces fit into the grand narrative of Scripture. Beginning with the Old Testament and its groundwork for understanding who God is, what He has called His people to be and do, and how the nations fit into God’s mission, Wright gives us a new understanding that God’s mission is to reclaim the world, and God’s people have a designated role to play.
Author: Brother Yun
One of the best books we’ve ever read on the state of the church in the west and the way out of our spiritual lethargy. Written by the “Heavenly Man,” Brother Yun (see above).
Author: Steve Saint
Steve’s father (Nate Saint), along with Jim Elliott and three other missionaries, was martyred in 1952 during his attempt to reach a Waodani tribe in the jungles of Ecuador. Steve points out the importance and place of the national believer in evangelizing his own people.
Author: George Müller
Answers to Prayer is George Muller’s public testimony of the power of prayer, spirituality, and a strong personal relationship with God.
Author: George Müller
Through the extraordinary example of George Müller’s life, you will discover how to trust God and receive His provision for your every need. You can experience the same miraculous hand of God at work in your life today.
The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected
Authors: Nik Ripken and Greg Lewis
How does faith survive, let alone flourish in a place like the Middle East? How can Good truly overcome such evil? How do you maintain hope when all is darkness around you? How can we say “greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world” when it may not be visibly true in that place at that time? How does anyone live an abundant, victorious Christian life in our world’s toughest places? Can Christianity even work outside of Western, dressed-up, ordered nations? If so, how?
The Insanity of God tells a story—a remarkable and unique story to be sure, yet at heart a very human story—of the Ripkens’ own spiritual and emotional odyssey.
The Insanity of Obedience: Walking with Jesus in Tough Places
Author: Nik Ripken
The Insanity of Obedience is a bold challenge to global discipleship. Nik Ripken exposes the danger of safe Christianity and calls readers to something greater. The Insanity of Obedience challenges Christians in the same, provocative way that Jesus did. This book dares you—and prepares you—to cross the street and the oceans with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Author: K.P. Yohannan
This book portrays a vision for reaching the unreached on a scale we never believed possible. Jesus for Asia (JFA) was begun on the vision portrayed in this book. A free copy of the book available at this link.
Author: K.P. Yohannan
Whether you realize it or not, your prayers change things. Be hindered no longer as K.P. Yohannan shares how you can grow in your daily prayer life. See for yourself how God still does the impossible through prayer.
The Pineapple Stories - Audio Series
Author: Otto Koning
Otto Koning shares 15 humorous and inspirational messages through true stories from his missionary experiences in Irian Jaya (now called West Papua). The stories begin with how a pineapple garden taught him the important lesson of yielding rights. These stories will build your faith and are encouraging and motivating for all ages.
Videos
Tim, originally from Australia, has been living by faith for more than 30 years. Despite working as an unpaid volunteer in Cambodia, God has sustained and grown his ministry. Tim and his family run an orphanage, a TV studio, and two schools. They also operate Butterfly Paradise, which showcases the beauty of God’s creations to tourists coming to visit Angkor Wat and provides financial support for the orphanage and schools.
His presentations during FaithCamp 2008 showcase the faith journey that took him and his family to Cambodia to be a missionary like George Müller.
West and East, Cultural Differences - Part 1
The first part of a documentary with interesting studies about Eastern and Western thought, not their opinions of a specific topic, but mental schemes, reasoning and learning.
West and East, Cultural Differences - Part 2
The second part of a documentary with interesting studies about Eastern and Western thought, not their opinions of a specific topic, but mental schemes, reasoning and learning.