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

Janet Benge (Author), Geoff Benge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 28, 1999 | 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: 5.3 x 0.6 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Religious

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars riveting June 4, 2001

By A Customer

Format: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

By rejoice

Format: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.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Where is God in This? May 13, 2012

By Mommy Caylor

Format:Paperback

If you just want to know what Mary Slessor did in Africa, read this book. However, if you want to know why she did it, and what her driving force was, you had better find another book. After reading this biography, I thought possibly someone who didnt believe in God could have done what she did. Surely she must have had some experience with Jesus to drive her to love and care for the people she served, but the author never reveals this to us. Did Mary love God and know she was deeply loved by him? Was her relationship with God the driving force behind all that she did, or did she do it all because she thought that somehow her works would cause God to accept her? I don't want my children thinking that they should DO stuff to please God, because it will never happen that way. God is pleased with us because we are His children, and He loves us simply because of that. I want my children reading things that encourage their relationship to our loving God.