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Faithful Women & Their Extraordinary God by Noël Piper (Crossway, 2005)
The stories of these five ordinary women—Sarah Edwards, Lilias Trotter, Gladys Alyward, Esther Ahn Kim, and Helen Roseveare—will challenge readers to make a difference for Christ in their families, in the church, and throughout the world by trusting in their extraordinary God.
In Trouble and in Joy: Four Women Who Lived for God by Sharon James (Evangelical Press, 2003)
Take a look into the lives of four women who lived between the 17th and the 19th centuries in England and America (Margaret Baxter, Sarah Edwards, Anne Steele, and Frances Ridley Havergal). Through the different experiences these four women experienced see how their contentment and happiness did not depend on good health or a happy family. It came from God.
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Elliot, Jim—Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot by Elisabeth Elliot (Harper Collins, 2009)
Shadow of the Almighty is one of the great missionary stories of modern times. This book is the life and testament
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An In-Depth Biography on the Life and Work of Missionary Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) is one of the most widely known Christians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. After the death of her husband, Jim, and four other missionaries at the hands of Waorani tribesmen in Ecuador, Elliot famously returned to live among the same people who had killed her husband. Her legacy, however, extends far beyond these events. In the years that followed, Elliot became a prolific writer and speaker, touching the lives of countless people around the world.
In this single-volume biography, Lucy S. R. Austen takes readers on an in-depth journey through the life of Elisabeth Elliot—her birth to missionary parents, her courtship and marriage to Jim Elliot, her missions work in Ecuador, and her private life and public work after she returned to the United States. Through Elliot’s example of love for God and obedience to his commands, readers will ponder what it means to follow Jesus.
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Faith Cook is an author, biographer, and hymn writer. She grew up as a missionary child in war-torn China and has chronicled her story in an autobiography. Her biographical work has been on both men (from the well-known Fearless Pilgrim: The Life and Times of John Bunyan to the little-known William Grimshaw of Haworth) and women (like The Nine Day Queen of England: Lady Jane Grey, Selina: Countess of Huntingdon: Her Pivotal Role in the 18th Century Evangelical Awakening, and Anne Bradstreet: Pilgrim and Poet).
I recently corresponded with her to see if she could provide us with some recommendations of biographies about Christian women in church history. You can read her top five, with recommendations, below. After her list is a bonus list, courtesy of Michael Haykin, who sent along six recommendations, including two from Faith Cook.
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(Men, these are for us, too! But it’s also not too early to think about some Christmas shopping here!)
Edith L. Blumhofer, Her Heart can See: The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby (Eerdmans, 2005).
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