A biography series that fulfills the need for positive Christian role models for today's 10-14-year-olds. These biographies are different because they don't just tell about people and their values--they show them--in ways children can grab ahold and will want to imitate. Sidebars with background information for further study.

"Christian Heroes: Then & Now have set a new standard of quality in Christian biography. These thrilling true adventures are the best-written biographies for ages 10 and up! A pioneer missionary to China at age 21, Hudson Taylor eventually led 641 missionaries, about half the entire protestant force in China (1832-1905).

""Then go for me to China!" He heard God's call and did not hesitate to fulfill it. Through many harrowing trials and tests of his faith, Hudson Taylor followed God and relied on Him only. Even when all around him seemed to be crumbling?when fellow missionaries died, funds were short, and friends were arrested?he held fast to his Rock and his Comfort. And when God miraculously supplied a mate, food, medicine, and salvation to the lost, he gave all the praise and thanks to Him. Read the amazing tale of a man who depended on Christ for everything and followed God to the other side of the globe. From Hudson Taylor's experiences, you will discover how you, too, can overcome hardships, witness miracles, and enjoy a life of contagious faith and joy!"--Publisher's website.

Examines the life of the missionary who eventually started the China Inland Mission.

This is a biography of the famous missionary, James Hudson Taylor. His unbreakable faith in God during a life dedicated to reaching China's millions with the Gospel has been a lasting inspiration to many.

More than any other modern man, Hudson Taylor is the pattern by which the missionary is measured. Few who read this account of how Hudson Taylor learned to trust God first for a half crown and eventually for one thousand new missionaries can remain content with the current state of their own faith. "Hudson Taylor is not remembered today as the strategist who almost singlehandedly brought about a revolutionary change in the missionary situation in China one hundred years ago, but rather as a man of God. What abide are the fragrance and influence of his life." So wrote Arthur Glasser, former home director for the USA and Canada of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship. - Back cover.

J. Hudson Taylor was one of the most successful Christian missionaries in China during the 19th century - this is his story, in his own words, with his own photographs. Choosing to focus on life as a gifted and diligent mission worker, Taylor spends only little time on his formative years. He describes his upbringing in but a few paragraphs, stating that it was his father's interest in China - a vast yet undeveloped faraway land - which inspired him to become a missionary. The education he had in medicine accompanied his Christian learning; at the time, missionaries with medical skill were both necessary and in shortage. Over thirty drawings and photographs, plus one lengthy piece of sheet music, form part of this autobiography. The reader is immersed in the culture of rural China as it was in the mid and late 19th century, with temples and architecture contrasting deeply with the Western world. J. Hudson Taylor makes headway in the land, with many rural Chinese converting to Christianity.

The amazing life story of Hudson Taylor explores the challenges of one man's life in Christ. Driven by a deep concern for those without Jesus, and having an unshakable confidence in the faithfulness of God, Taylor moved to China at just 21.

A spiritual biography of the "father of modern missions," Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret poses the question: What empowered Hudson Taylor's ministry in China? The answer: a fierce faith that believed God truly would fulfill the promises in His Word. Written by the missionary statesman's son and daughter-in-law, this book is intended for Christians who "need and long for just the inward joy and power that Hudson Taylor found." Hudson Taylor's 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?"