M: Mission Stories and Biographies
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[M2] Memoirs of a life with the Leprosy Mission (TLM).
[M3] The biography of Archbishop Justin Welby.
[M4] The book comprises a collection of Blythe's writings about the parish year at his Suffolk village of Wormingford.
[M5] This narrative, compiled from accounts of Father Arseny’s spiritual children and others whom he brought to God, gives stirring glimpses of his life in the Soviet prison camp system.
Translated by Vera Bouteneff
[M6] Sixty years ago a young Dutchman was inspired to smuggle Bibles into Communist Eastern Europe - the start of a great adventure.
[M7] The spiritual principles of Brother Lawrence, the seventeenth century French monk who in his monastery kitchen discovered and overwhelming delight in God's presence.
[M8] What happens when a church drops its barricades against the community? The story of Wallace and Mary Brown who decided to do just that… Gradually but unmistakably they saw their community begin to turn to Christ for healing and eternal life.
[M9] Written by a BBC producer, this is the story of a remarkable woman, who helped to liberate her people, and rescue hundreds of abandoned children in the Calabar region of Nigeria.
[M10] Published in America, real life stories to inspire and encourage.
[M12] A 1943 Life of the biblical King. Written by someone who was part of the British political elite and connected to landed gentry. Unusual in being published in wartime.
[M13] The first Pope from an Iron Curtain country, Cardinal Wojtyla as he had been known, was virtually unknown outside Poland.
[M14] A Woman’s Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II.
[ M15] Glastonbury Journey tells the story, in the context of the 20th century struggles of Marjorie Milne, a remarkable Anglican mystic and ecumenical pioneer.
[M16] An account of spiritual renewal on a Welsh hillside and an inspiring insight into how God can work in readers' own communities.
[M17] “This official biography will prove essential reading… provides a wealth of information about a man’s development as a teacher and writer and as a Christian.”
Times Literary Supplement “A most valuable book…
From this book C.S.Lewis emerges a living, vital figure.” William Barclay
[M18] Promised Land is the vivid, humorous story of ordinary people sharing their lives and learning from each other and from God.
[M19] London City Mission’s ministry - through disease, War, depression and influxes of refugees and immigrants.
[M20] The story of one man's mission to change thousands of people's lives: the founding of Christians Against Poverty (CAP).
[M21] An epic saga of a unique woman’s journey through the fire. “Brilliantly written… Gripping from first to last. Adrian Plass
[M22] A booklet about the life and letters of St Boniface.
[M23] “You can take it at two levels, as straight autobiography, or as a kind of spiritual thriller” Isabel Quigley, Sunday Times
[M24] A series of 24 letters from Michael Mayne to his grandchildren, depicting all that has inspired him in literature, music and art.
[M25] A book I will keep by my bed for the spiritual nourishment and the pure joy in the writing.’ Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes and 'Tis’.
[M26] A story of daring faith in God when, after the Second World War, a group of Christians made a commitment to purchase a run-down hotel on the North coast of Devon.
[M27] Traidcraft was a true pioneer of the Fair Trade movement and has played a major role in changing the landscape of ethical shopping. This book charts the history of Traidcraft from its birth in 1979 up until its 40th anniversary in 2019.
[M28] ‘Here is an “amazing” story, reading like a novel, exciting like a thriller, and pulsing with real life that is crammed tighter with incident than you would expect any fiction to be.’ Church Times
[M29] A book, written by two who knew him, about this Anglican priest who became one of the most effective Christian leaders in the twentieth century.
[M30] The Amazing Story of a Congo Missionary.
[M1] Looking at the lives of three great saints, and how David Adam finds they still have ability to influence.