| Mary Slessor: Forward Into Calabar Contributor(s): Benge, Janet (Author), Benge, Geoff (Author), Publishing, Ywam (Author) |
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ISBN: 1576581489 ISBN-13: 9781576581483 Publisher: YWAM Publishing OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: "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! for thirty-nine years, this fiery mill worker from Scotland labored in love among the unreached, often treacherous, tribes of Africa's Calabar region (1848-1915). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.3" W x 8.14" (0.39 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: God would indeed answer the prayer of the fiery, red-haired woman from Scotland. For thirty-nine years, Mary Slessor would labor in love among the unreached, often treacherous, tribes of Africa's Calabar region. Braving sickness, danger, and death on all sides, Mary became the cherished "White Ma" to entire tribes. Her faith, steadfastness, and pioneering spirit brought her beloved adopted people their first brilliant, contrasting example of the life and freedom found in Jesus Christ. Mary Slessor's story in an ageless epic of a woman who would stop at nothing to reach the lost with the life-giving gospel of Christ. (1848-1915). |