📜 Church History

The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Andrew A. Bonar

≈ 9 h 35 min read · 3 chapters

Bible Characters

D. L. Moody

≈ 16 h 35 min read · 6 chapters

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 1 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

≈ 29 h 17 min read · 19 chapters

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 2 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

≈ 32 h 22 min read · 21 chapters

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

≈ 38 h 16 min read · 29 chapters

A Retrospect

J. Hudson Taylor

James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, tells how God led him from conversion and early lessons of faith and prayer in England to missionary work in China and the founding of the Mission.

≈ 3 h 25 min read · 20 chapters · 105 pages

Adoniram Judson Gordon

Ernest B. Gordon

The life of the Boston pastor A. J. Gordon (1836–1895) — preacher, hymn-writer, missions leader and founder of the Boston Missionary Training School — written by his son, with letters and extracts from his sermons. (This is not a biography of the missionary Adoniram Judson.)

≈ 10 h 21 min read · 27 chapters · 402 pages

Charges and Addresses

J. C. Ryle

J. C. Ryle's charges and addresses to the Diocese of Liverpool — No Uncertain Sound, For Doctrinal Christianity, Hold Fast, Stand Firm and others — on the doctrine, ministry and dangers of the Church of England in his day.

≈ 13 h 7 min read · 18 chapters · 456 pages

George Müller of Bristol

Arthur T. Pierson

Arthur T. Pierson's classic life of George Müller of Bristol, tracing his conversion, his orphan work supported by prayer alone, his world-wide preaching and the lessons of faith God taught through him.

≈ 11 h 27 min read · 38 chapters · 362 pages

Mary Slessor of Calabar

W. P. Livingstone

The life of Mary Slessor (1848–1915), the Dundee mill girl who became a pioneer missionary in Calabar, Nigeria — her work among the Okoyong and Ibibio peoples, her care for twins and outcasts, and her faith.

≈ 11 h 10 min read · 98 chapters · 231 pages

The Life of David Livingstone

Mrs. J. H. Worcester, Jr.

A short life of David Livingstone written for the Missionary Annals series: his boyhood in Blantyre, missionary work in South Africa, great journeys across the continent and struggle against the slave trade.

≈ 2 h 23 min read · 17 chapters · 112 pages · 1888

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

David Livingstone

David Livingstone's own account of sixteen years in South and Central Africa — his mission at Kolobeng, the journeys to Lake Ngami, Loanda on the Atlantic and down the Zambezi to the Indian Ocean, and his observations of the peoples and the slave trade.

≈ 25 h 40 min read · 37 chapters · 399 pages · 1857

Things as They Are

Amy Wilson-Carmichael

Amy Carmichael's first-hand account of missionary work among the women and children of Tamil Nadu in South India — the joys, the hard realities and the call to prayer that moved a generation of readers.

≈ 7 h 24 min read · 32 chapters · 264 pages · 1903

Calvin: His Life and Times

Thomas Lawson

An illustrated nineteenth-century life of John Calvin — his youth in France, conversion, the Institutes, his work in Geneva and the influence of the Reformation he led.

≈ 3 h 50 min read · 29 chapters · 159 pages

Livingstone, the Hero of Africa

R. B. Dawson

A life of David Livingstone written for young readers in 1918 — his Scottish boyhood, medical and missionary training, pioneering journeys across Africa and his fight against the slave trade.

≈ 4 h 41 min read · 20 chapters · 296 pages · 1918

The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard

Count de Montalembert

Volume II of Montalembert's history of Western monasticism, covering the monks of the sixth and seventh centuries — including St. Columba and the monastery of Iona and the missionary monks of the British Isles.

≈ 27 h 41 min read · 28 chapters · 790 pages · 1872

The Life of the Rev. David Brainerd

Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards's life of David Brainerd (1718–1747), missionary to the Native Americans of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, built largely from Brainerd's own diary and journal — with his letters, remains and Edwards's reflections.

≈ 17 h 13 min read · 16 chapters · 526 pages · 1818

Triumphant Love

J. (Hans) Kommers

An open-access academic study of Amy Carmichael's missionary work in South India — her background, the Keswick movement, the Dohnavur Fellowship and her contextual and strategic approach to mission.

≈ 30 h 48 min read · 22 chapters · 663 pages · 2017

Biography of James Hudson Taylor

Dr and Mrs Howard Taylor

The one-volume abridgement of Dr and Mrs Howard Taylor's standard biography of James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission — from his Yorkshire boyhood to his death in China in 1905.

≈ 15 h 12 min read · 24 chapters · 596 pages · 1965

To the Golden Shore

Courtney Anderson

Courtney Anderson's full biography of Adoniram Judson (1788–1850), the American Baptist missionary to Burma — his call, imprisonment at Ava, Bible translation and the families who shared his work.

≈ 15 h 52 min read · 53 chapters · 556 pages · 1956

John Calvin

Thomas J. Davis

A short illustrated introduction to John Calvin for students: his youth in France, conversion, work in Geneva, teaching on the Word of God, theology and legacy, with a chronology, notes and glossary.

≈ 2 h 53 min read · 13 chapters · 133 pages · 2005

George Muller: The Man of Faith

Basil Miller

Basil Miller's popular biography of George Müller of Bristol — his sinful youth, conversion, lessons of trust, the orphan houses built and supplied through prayer, and his world-wide preaching.

≈ 3 h 37 min read · 14 chapters · 131 pages

The Autobiography of George Muller

George Müller

A modern, abridged and edited edition of George Müller's autobiography in 25 chapters — from his youth in Prussia and conversion to the Bristol orphan work and a life of believing prayer.

≈ 4 h 39 min read · 27 chapters · 167 pages

David Livingstone — Missionary Pioneer

Peter Hammond

The text of Peter Hammond's illustrated slide presentation on David Livingstone, missionary pioneer and opponent of the slave trade. The photographs and maps of the slides are not reproduced.

≈ 13 min read · 1 chapters · 139 pages

The Christian Leaders of the Last Century

J. C. Ryle

J. C. Ryle's portraits of the eleven evangelical ministers God used to revive Christianity in eighteenth-century England — Whitefield, Wesley, Grimshaw, Romaine, Rowlands, Berridge, Venn, Walker, Hervey, Toplady and Fletcher — with their lives, preaching and character.

≈ 12 h 28 min read · 25 chapters · 445 pages · 1869

Church Hymns with Tunes

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

The 1903 tune edition of the S.P.C.K. hymnal “Church Hymns”: 658 hymns with their music, arranged for the Church year, saints’ days, sacraments, special occasions, general use and children. This web edition is a searchable index of every hymn — number, first line, author, tune, metre and composer, from the book’s own General Index — with each entry opening the scanned page so the music can be read as printed.

≈ 1 h 12 min read · 13 chapters · 1048 pages · 1903

Jonathan Edwards: A Lifeజోనాథన్ ఎడ్వర్డ్స్: ఒక జీవితం

George M. Marsden

Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George M. Marsden (Yale University Press, 2003) — book information, synopsis, full table of contents and author profile at UECF.NET. PDF available; English & Telugu.

638 pages · 2003

God's Generals: The Revivalistsగాడ్స్ జనరల్స్: ద రివైవలిస్ట్స్

Roberts Liardon

Read Book information, synopsis, table of contents and author profile for God's Generals: The Revivalists by Roberts Liardon online at UECF.NET. Explore the lives, ministries, faith, and revival movements of influential Christian revivalists.

444 pages · 2008

The Theology of the Christian Mission

Gerald H. Anderson (ed.)

The Theology of the Christian Mission (1961), edited and with an introduction by Gerald H. Anderson, foreword by Lesslie Newbigin — twenty-five essays by Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, Oscar Cullmann, Hendrik Kraemer, Max Warren and others on the biblical basis, history and theory of the Christian mission, as a searchable UECF.NET web book with chapter navigation, bookmarks, notes and bibliography.

30 chapters · 341 pages · 1961

Luther: Man between God and the Devil

Heiko A. Oberman

Heiko Oberman's biography of Martin Luther.

≈ 11 h 46 min read · 11 chapters · 404 pages