Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) [Paperback]

Janet Benge (Author), Geoff Benge (Author)

Book Description

Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now

While many missionaries died within months, this fiery mill worker from Scotland labored in love among the unreached tribes of Africa's Calabar region for thirty-nine years (1848-1915).

This best-selling, missionary biography series - Christian Heroes: Then & Now - chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory.

An accompanying Unit Study Curriculum Guide is available. This book is also available in Spanish.

Product Details

• Paperback: 203 pages
• Publisher: YWAM Publishing (July 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576581489
• ISBN-13: 978-1576581483
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #591,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars riveting, June 4, 2001

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This review is from: Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) (Paperback)

My 10-year-old and I read this as part of a home school unit on Africa. Mary Slessor is a wonderful role model for kids: scrappy, stubborn in the face of great resistance, and deeply compassionate. She helped West Africans tremendously by opening up inter-tribal trade and, perhaps most importantly, implementing peaceful alternatives to the more devastating and cruel tribal practices. The amazing thing is that she did this through a deep understanding and appreciation of native culture, as opposed to the more typical whites-are-superior-and-Africans-are-savages model of the time. The writing is not perfect by any stretch, but it's a truly great story.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Praise be to the Lord !!!, March 27, 2009

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This review is from: Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) (Paperback)

This book is a wonderful testimony of what God does when we trust in Him. God used Mary to bring peace and civility to a dangerous region in Africa, during a time when men would not dare to enter the interior of the continent. This story should be in every history book.