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Ascent To the Tribes
Day was breaking on the far Thailand hills. A sense of something new coming had been scattered over the mountaintops. A new name was heard on the lips of tribe after tribe. Some wistfully wondered if He had power to dispel the darkness of their bondage to demons. Others whispered His name in secret fearing the consequences of open confession, but there were a few groups who would own Him as Savior and worship Him as the Son of God.

ISBN 1-929122-01-2

316 pages

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Beyond the Great Darkness
By Barbara Reed

"Has anyone ever told you about the prophecy handed down from our fathers?" Suklinyan asked.

"Our fathers told us that white teachers would come into our area and we were to listen and obey their teaching, and we would be able to recognize them because they would know our language."

A strange thrill went down my spine. I turned toward Russell and we looked at each other, speechless. We knew of no other outsider who could speak Tawbuid.

Leaving home and family, enduring separation from their children for long periods, Russell and Barbara Reed dedicated their entire lives to bringing the gospel to the Tawbuid in the Philippines. Buoyed by the prayers of partners back in the United States, reinforcement workers on the field and God’s powerful presence, they persevered to reach the goal.

How might God use you in creating another breakthrough among those who have yet to hear?

320 pages

ISBN 9971-972-55-7

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Breakthrough DVD
About one hundred years ago ... he gave up a promising career and potential fame. He traveled around the world and lived among them, working alone most of the time. He learned their language, created a writing system and preached the good news. What happened next to James O. Fraser and the Lisu people will surprise and inspire you.

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Widescreen DVD (36 minutes)
All regions
9 languages including English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Español (Spanish), Deutsch (German),Thai, Lisu and the following subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese,Traditional Chinese, Nederlands (Dutch) and Korean.

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By Searching
Isobel Miller gave up God for worldly pursuits. But as graduation approached and her engagement was broken, she questioned that decision. "If You will prove to me that You are, and if You will give me peace, I will give You my whole life." God heard Isobel's prayers and responded. Her search ended, and He gave her a whole new life of fruitful missionary service in China.

160 pages

ISBN 0-929122-09-8

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God's Adventurer
By Phyllis Thompson

Hudson Taylor was a teenager when God told him to go to China. Though he was alone, broke and critically ill, he hung on to that goal and to the God who was sending him. Would God be enough? Danger and adventure abound in this true story of a man who dared to risk and trust.

Interest level: Junior High age through adult. Age 13 and up.
For readers of all ages.

112 pages

ISBN 1-929122-07-1

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God's Vagabond
God's Vagabond: The Autobiography of Sadie Custer Compiled by Loraine Custer Czarneke

Sadie Custer was determined to spread the knowledge of the Word of God among the Chinese and other Asian peoples at any cost. In that mindset she abandoned herself to incredibly varied modes of travel and accomodations, especially in old China. She was game for just about anything, You will find yourself shaking your head in amazement as you read. This is a closeup look at a life lived simply at God's disposal.

292 pages

ISBN 1-929122-25-X

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Hudson Taylor & China's Open Century (book 6)
Assault on the Nine
By A. J. Broomhall

The most definitive biography of Hudson Taylor is the James Broomhall, Hudson Taylor and China's Open Century, in 7 volumes (1981-1989).

Book 1 - Barbarians at the Gates (Out of Print)
Book 2 - Over the Treaty Wall (Out of Print)
Book 3 - If I Had a Thousand Lives (Out of Print)
Book 4 - Survivor's Pact (Out of Print)
Book 5 - Refiner's Fire (Out of Print)
Book 6 - Assault on the Nine
Book 7 - It is not Death to Die (Out of Print)

The sixth volume starts with Hudson Taylor, still half paralysed by an accident and burdened with the desire to reach all China for Christ, beginning to see his plans fulfilled: the volunteers to reach nine vast provinces, with over one hundred and fifty million inhabitants, are selected.

No sooner were the first eighteen ready to travel than the murder of a British consular offical and the ensuing court intrigues jeapardises their carefully laid plans. This was an unlikely start for what were to prove the most dramatic ten years of expansion for the China Inland Mission. The frontiers recede; the work grows; the first women missionaries are commissioned; schools are started; countless Chinese colleagues prove the key to advance in the work for which, in 1887, the future seems bright and full of promise.

539 pages

ISBN: 0-340-42629-2

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Hudson Taylor: The Growth of a Soul/Work of God (HARDCOVER EDITION)
By Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor.

The classic two-volume story of Hudson Taylor and the founding of the CIM (now OMF) hardcover edition. This detailed account includes many of Taylor's personal writings that express his vision, faith and frustrations. It is also an account of the miracles that took the young mission agency into the inland provinces of China. The first volume covers Taylor's life, the second describes the founding of the China Inland Mission.

992 pages combined volume 1 and 2

Size 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches

ISBN for the set of two volumes 9971-972-64-6

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Hudson Taylor:A Man in Christ
By Roger Steer

Steer has pulled together key events, character traits and spiritual principles that formed the pioneer missionary and founder of OMF. This is a very readable account of Taylor`s life, his losses and the God who provided for him.

"His life was impelled by a growing confidence in the faithfulness of God." -- from the forward by Billy Graham

375 pages

ISBN: 1-85078-408-6

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Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret - Gregg Lewis Edition
by Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
edited by Gregg Lewis

Discover Hudson Taylor, a pioneer missionary to China, who suffered tribulation, hardship, poverty, and misunderstanding. But at his heart, he loved the Chinese people and learned through his misfortunes to trust God completely. Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret is a stirring biography that challenges you to live a life of faith.

288 pages

ISBN 978-0-929239-20-0

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In the Arena
"In the Arena" continues the story of Isobel Kuhn. Christians are on display, like someone condemned to die in the arena. Isobel was convinced that the trials of her life are "arena experiences" and her most valuable lessons.

232 pages

ISBN 9971-972-68-9

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Isobel Kuhn Collection: Her Life - Gift Set
This gift set includes Isobel Kunh's three autobiographical titles: By Searching; In the Arena; Whom God Has Joined.

In By Searching, Isobel Miller gave up God for worldly pursuits. But she soon questioned that decision. "If You will prove to me that You are, I will give you my whole life." God heard Isobel's prayers and gave her a whole new life of fruitful missionary service in China.

In the Arena continues her story. Christians are on display as in an arena where the trials of her life are "arena experiences" and her most valuable lessons.

John and Isobel were two ordinary people who made an extraordinary commitment in their marriage, to put God first. In her story, Whom God Has Joined, Isobel shares, with honesty and humor, stories from life as a missionary wife in China.

ISBN 0-929122-09-8 ISBN 9971-972-68-9 ISBN 1-929122-11-X

Set of 3 books 515 pages

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Konnichi wa Kiwi - Who ME... called to mission?
by Warren Payne

In this book the author challenges you to discover what God wants you to do with your life. Konnichi wa Kiwi is the unique and facinating story of an ordinary person from New Zealand and his family who discovered what is was to cross cultural barriers and become Christian workers in Japan.

You too have a unique story of God's grace. It is our hope that this book will help you discover what your story will be, and encourage you to share it with your world.

124 pages

ISBN 978-0-9582822-3-9

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Looking Back
The autobiography of Hudson Taylor

J. Hudson Taylor's life radically changed the Christian church. His faith and godliness inspired countless believers to extraordinary faith and passion for Christ. He has been called one of the four or five most influential foreigners who came to China in the 19th century for any purpose, religious or secular. Few who read his story will remain content with the state of their own faith. His increasing thirst for God is contagious.

This new modern language edition of his autobiography is for today's believers - to discover his model of faith, obedience, humility and dependence on God.

155 pages

ISBN 1-929122-19-5

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Mountain Rain
By Eileen Fraser Crossman
Edited by M.E. Tewksbury

"Much of the spiritual teaching one hears does not seem to work. But I found that the Cross of Jesus Christ worked. I felt like a man perishing of thirst, to whom some beautiful, clear cold water had begun to flow ... I had so much to learn! It seemed as if God was saying: 'You are crying to me to do a big work among the Lisu; I am wanting to do a big work in you yourself.'"

James Fraser was only 22 years old when he abandoned a promising engineering career and went to China. At first sight of the Lisu tribespeople of Yunnan province he felt an immediate affection for them. For the rest of his life, he traveled on horseback over rugged mountains, laboring to bring the Lisu the good news of Christ. Packed with personal letters, insightful anecdotes, and riveting stories of missionary life in China, this superb biography by his daughter shines with God's constant faithfulness and power over evil.

271 pages

ISBN 1-929122-05-5

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Point Me to the Skies
by R. Ronald Clements

The story of ambush had shaken them. ‘They are going to force you out. But you won’t make it to Xichang.’ ‘They will shoot you… on the mountain pass.’ As the Communists gained control of China, foreigners were no longer welcome.

The team packed what they could onto their mules and set out across the mountains. As they ascended the icy slopes, bleak mists closed in. The paths were treacherous, the future uncertain.

Joan had spent years trying to get to China, facing setbacks, discouragement and opposition. But she was sure God wanted her in China. Finally, reaching the ‘Great Cold Mountains’, things seemed to fall into place. Living and working with the Broomhall family, Joan felt, for the first time in her life, that she belonged.

Now she was being asked to leave. Did God really have a plan?

As Joan looks back, 60 years on, God’s faithfulness and sovereignty are clear. Her remarkable story shows us that there are some lessons we can only learn with hindsight.

320 pages

ISBN 978-08254-6157-6

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Stronger than the Strong
By Louise Morris

The moving story of Jim and Louise Morris and their years of labor among the Pwo Karen people of Thailand. When would God fulfill His promise to release these people from bondage?

160 pages

ISBN 981-3009-14-4

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The Adventurer Series for Teens
God's Adventurer and The Promise

In God's Adventurer, Hudson Taylor was a teenager when God told him to go to China. Though he was alone, broke and critically ill, he hung on to that goal and to the God who was sending him. Would God be enough? Danger and adventure abound in this true story of a man who dared to risk and trust.

In The Promise, one disappointing night Mary makes a promise to God. Little does she know it will carry her half way around the world and throw her into the hands of the communists! Mary's promise takes her to China in 1947, just two years before the communist takeover. Mary struggles to stay true to her promise - and to be thankful in everything. But it is this "thanksgiving key" that will open the door to freedom.

160 pages and 112 pages

ISBN 1-929122-16-0
ISBN 1-929122-07-1

Interest level: Age 13 and up. (For readers of all ages.)

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The Prayer of Faith
By James O. Fraser

"J. O. Fraser, wise and successful church planter among the Lisu people of Southwest China, was also an engineer who believed in things working. These excerpts from his diary and letters, which have had a profound influence for many years, show how the prayer of faith brings victory in Christian life and service." The original of this booklet was created from excerpts of Behind the Ranges, the original biography of James O Fraser.

32 pages

Size 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches

ISBN 978-0-85363-106-4

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The Promise
By Mary Teegardin
Book Two in the Adventurer Series

One disappointing night Mary makes a promise to God. Little does she know it will carry her half way around the world and throw her into the hands of the communists! Mary's promise takes her to China in 1947, just two years before the communist takeover. As her life gets more and more restricted, Mary struggles to stay true to her promise - and to be thankful in everything. But it is this "thanksgiving key" that will open the door to freedom.

Interest level: Junior High age through adult. Age 13 and up.
For readers of all ages.

160 pages

ISBN 1-929122-16-0

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