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.

112 pages

ISBN 1-929122-07-1

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
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

If I Had a Thousand Lives is the third in a series of seven books. It tells of Hudson Taylor's decision to leave the Chinese Evangelisation Society and 'live by faith' at a time of momentous upheaval in China, his marriage to Maria Dyer and the completion of his medical studies back in London. At last, in 1865, the China Inland Mission was born.

528 pages

ISBN: 0-340-32392-2

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
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

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

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
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

The seventh and final volume. Some called the China Inland Mission and its principles a 'rope of sand': it would disintegrate on Hudson Taylor's death. Yet despite many difficult moments, we see it grow from strength to strength and mature following his death. Despite the Boxer rebellion, incredible sufferings, the victory of the communists, new attempts to expell all foreigners that succeed under Mao, the Chinese church, freed from all foreign influence and support grew as never before.

718 pages

ISBN: 0-340-50270-3

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. Also available in softcover.

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 (HARDCOVER)

The classic two-volume story of Hudson Taylor and the founding of the CIM (now OMF) is now available in 2 volume paperback. 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. Also available in hardcover.

992 pages combined volume 1 and 2

Size 6 x 9 inches

ISBN for the set of two volumes 1-929122-22-5 (PAPERBACK EDITION)

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

Husband, father, physician, evangelist, visionary and founder of the China Inland Mission - James Hudson Taylor lived his life for God with intention and purpose. In the process, God revealed to him the secret to joy and satisfaction, no matter what circumstances surrounded him.

In the course of his life Talor knew poverty, hardship, loss, frustration and the difficulties of ministering in the challenging country of China. He knew that he could fully and completely trust and depend upon God to meet his every need, all the time, no matter how insurmountable the obstacles appeared.

194 pages

ISBN 1-929122-32-2

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