12 Best biography books like How One Woman Got to Know Jesus in a North Korean Prison by Jan Vermeer

Cover of How One Woman Got to Know Jesus in a North Korean Prison by Jan Vermeer

How One Woman Got to Know Jesus in a North Korean Prison

By: Jan Vermeer

3.93

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

Kim Yong Sook’s life started in 1951 in a Chinese village as the second child of a poor Korean fami…

If you liked the biography plot in How One Woman Got to Know Jesus in a North Korean Prison by Jan Vermeer , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by David John, Hyeonseo Lee

1. The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

By: David John , Hyeonseo Lee

4.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorshi… read more

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  • biography
"He’d valued his dignity more than his own life."

-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

"I was already hiding beneath so many lies that I hardly knew who I was any more. I was becoming a non-person."

-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

"This is when I understood that we can do without almost anything – our home, even our country. But we will never do without other people, and we will never do without family."

-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

"I hope you remember that if you encounter an obstacle on the road, don’t think of it as an obstacle at all… think of it as a challenge to find a new path on the road less traveled."

-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

Cover of Hudson Taylor by James Hudson Taylor

2. Hudson Taylor

By: James Hudson Taylor

2.00

Format: None pages,

James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, and founde… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
Cover of God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom by Bob Fu

3. God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom

By: Bob Fu

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The former pastor of a Chinese underground church tells the dramatic story of his imprisonment and … read more

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  • christian
  • biography
Cover of God's Smuggler by John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, Brother Andrew

4. God's Smuggler

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Brother Andrew

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself underco… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
Cover of The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

5. The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

4.06

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more

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  • christian
"Follow your heart"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

6. Tortured for His Faith

By: Haralan Popov

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

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7. Voice in the Night: The True Story of a Man and the Miracles That Are Changing Africa

By: Bill Johnson , David Wimbish , None

4.50

Format: 232 pages,

Astonishing True Story of the Miracles That Are Changing Africa Born into a long line of witch doct… read more

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Cover of Women Who Risk: Secret Agents for Jesus in the Muslim World by Tom    Doyle

8. Women Who Risk: Secret Agents for Jesus in the Muslim World

By: Tom Doyle

4.70

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

For the first time ever Tom Doyle, popular author and pastor to the unreached, is joined by his wif… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
Cover of Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun by Chris  Broad

9. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

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  • biography
Cover of Iran's Great Awakening: How God is Using a Muslim Convert to Spark Revival by Hormoz Shariat

10. Iran's Great Awakening: How God is Using a Muslim Convert to Spark Revival

By: Hormoz Shariat

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

ONE MILLION MUSLIMS TO CHRIST.  In the mid 1980’s, Dr. Shariat together with his wife, prayed, “Lor… read more

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  • christian
Cover of God's Grace was Sufficient: Lucy Thurston, Pioneer Missionary to Hawaii (Lucy Thurston, Missionary to Hawaii Book 1) by Mary Thurston Hedstrom

11. God's Grace was Sufficient: Lucy Thurston, Pioneer Missionary to Hawaii (Lucy Thurston, Missionary to Hawaii Book 1)

By: Mary Thurston Hedstrom

4.40

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Unexpected marriage.  Perilous voyage.Startling immersion in a primitive culture.How far would you … read more

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  • christian
  • biography
Cover of Love Stories of Great Missionaries: Adoniram and Ann Judson, Robert and Mary Moffat, David and Mary Livingstone, James and Emily Gilmour, François and Christina Coillard, Henry Martyn by Belle Marvel Brain

12. Love Stories of Great Missionaries: Adoniram and Ann Judson, Robert and Mary Moffat, David and Mary Livingstone, James and Emily Gilmour, François and Christina Coillard, Henry Martyn

By: Belle Marvel Brain

4.36

Format: 65 pages, Kindle Edition

Missions and romance—a great match! This easy read is a delightful introduction to missionary biogr… read more

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  • biography
Cover of The Despicable Missionary: How a young girl growing up in Pakistan learned to defend her faith and love Muslims (The Missionaries to America Book 2) by Annie Bradley

13. The Despicable Missionary: How a young girl growing up in Pakistan learned to defend her faith and love Muslims (The Missionaries to America Book 2)

By: Annie Bradley

4.23

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

What was it like for a young Christian girl to grow up in Pakistan? THE DESPICABLE MISSIONARY is a … read more

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Cover of Love So Amazing: The Missionary Biography of Bert and Colleen Elliot by Gilbert A. Gleason

14. Love So Amazing: The Missionary Biography of Bert and Colleen Elliot

By: Gilbert A. Gleason

4.58

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

I often spoke of Bert and Colleen from the platform as examples of stick-to-it-tiveness, godly self… read more

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Cover of The Bulletproof Missionary: Shang Ik Moon's journey from North Korea to America (The Missionaries to America Book 3) by Keriz Rosado

15. The Bulletproof Missionary: Shang Ik Moon's journey from North Korea to America (The Missionaries to America Book 3)

By: Keriz Rosado

4.71

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a story of war and redemption, of hunger and destruction, the kindness of an Army Chaplain … read more

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  • biography
Cover of No Turning Back: Story of Herbert Grings, Christian Missionary to Africa by Jan Van Hee

16. No Turning Back: Story of Herbert Grings, Christian Missionary to Africa

By: Jan Van Hee

4.56

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

Experience the miracle of a life completely surrendered to the Lord. Herbert Grings was an ordinary… read more

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Cover of No Accidental Missionary: How an Ethiopian man became a Christian in Saudi Arabia, and a missionary to America. The Biography of Tesfai Tesema. (The Missionaries to America Book 4) by Marilyn Feldhaus

17. No Accidental Missionary: How an Ethiopian man became a Christian in Saudi Arabia, and a missionary to America. The Biography of Tesfai Tesema. (The Missionaries to America Book 4)

By: Marilyn Feldhaus

4.41

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

Tesfai Tesema became a Christian in Saudi Arabia, and then a missionary in Saudi Arabia. After his … read more

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  • biography
Cover of How One Woman Got to Know Jesus in a North Korean Prison by Jan Vermeer

18. How One Woman Got to Know Jesus in a North Korean Prison

By: Jan Vermeer

3.93

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

Kim Yong Sook’s life started in 1951 in a Chinese village as the second child of a poor Korean fami… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
Cover of The Opened Eyed Missionary: The true story of how the Word removed the scales from the eyes of a believer in Saudi Arabia (The Missionaries to America Book 5) by Christine Schulden

19. The Opened Eyed Missionary: The true story of how the Word removed the scales from the eyes of a believer in Saudi Arabia (The Missionaries to America Book 5)

By: Christine Schulden

4.36

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 20th century a man in Pakistan happened to walk by a small Christian chapel. Inside th… read more

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Cover of Listen for the Donkey Bells by Barbara Hulse

20. Listen for the Donkey Bells

By: Barbara Hulse

4.41

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Listen for the Donkey Bells is a personal memoir by missionary Mabel Sheldon Recorded and Transcrib… read more

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Cover of Overflowing Faith: Lettie Cowman and Streams in the Desert by Michelle Ule

21. Overflowing Faith: Lettie Cowman and Streams in the Desert

By: Michelle Ule

4.68

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Most people familiar with the 1924 devotional Streams in the Desert know little about the author Le… read more

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8 Best christian books like How One Woman Got to Know Jesus in a North Korean Prison by Jan Vermeer

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Hudson Taylor

James Hudson Taylor

2.00

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God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom

Bob Fu

4.04

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God's Smuggler

John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Brother Andrew

4.10

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John Bunyan

4.06

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Captive in Iran

John R. Perry , Maryam Rostampour , Marziyeh Amirizadeh

4.29

Transform Your Habits

God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom

Bob Fu

4.04

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The 3D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures

Jayson Georges

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Art of Disciple Making

LeRoy Eims

4.06

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