An engaging and in-depth tale of a couple who influenced the birth of American missions, Bless God and Take Courage (one of Ann Judson's favorite sayings) provides an intriguing trail of never-before-published discoveries about the missionaries.

Bless God and Take Courage: The Judson History And Legacy

Hunt, Rosalie Hall

Religion & Spirituality

Judson Pr

From the author of Bless God &amp; Take Courage, here is a new narrative history about Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789-1826), the beloved first wife of America's first Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson. Tracing the life of Ann from childhood through her untimely death, the history highlights the scholarship and work of the woman herself as a pioneering missionary, Bible translator, and ministry partner of her more famous spouse. Walk the spiritual road paved by a master storyteller and discover how the Holy Spirit worked through the life of this nineteenth-century woman of God.

The Extraordinary Story of Ann Hasseltine Judson: A Life Beyond Boundaries

Before there was a Woman's Missionary Union, there was Hephzibah Jenkins Townsend, a determined and courageous woman who transcended the societal constraints of the antebellum South to found a missionary society that would become the model for hundreds of others to follow. Hephzibah, mistress of a large plantation on South Carolina's Edisto Island, gave birth to fifteen children. Her passion was missions, and in order to fund missions and to found a church, Hephzibah and her beloved servant Bella started a baking business. Force of character and a profound sense of justice were the hallmarks of Hephzibah's life. This is her remarkable story. Rosalie Hall Hunt is an avid historian, especially of the women who have shaped missions. She is the daughter of missionaries, and she and her husband, Bob, served for thirty years as missionaries in eight Asian countries. She is the author of "Bless God and Take Courage: The Judson History and Legacy," "We've a Story to Tell: 125 Years of WMU," and other books and articles. She speaks at churches, retreats and conferences. Hunt and her husband live in Guntersville, Alabama. "In the story of Hephzibah Jenkins Townsend, we see the true meaning of sacrificial giving and the power of one voice to change our culture and world." - Wanda Lee, Executive Director, Woman's Missionary Union, Southern Baptist Convention "The wonderful research and the intriguing way Rosalie Hall Hunt shares Hephzibah's story will encourage you in your service. May we all be found as faithful as Hephzibah." - Linda Cooper, President, Woman's Missionary Union, Southern Baptist Convention "There is no way to overestimate the importance of Hephzibah to the history of Baptist women in missions, and there is no way to really understand Hephzibah's story without the master storyteller Rosalie Hall Hunt." - Ruby Fulbright, Vice President, North American Baptist Women's Union

Her Way: The Remarkable Story of Hephzibah Jenkins Townsend

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Baptist Courier

No woman in the history of Woman’s Missionary Union has been more revered than the inimitable Fannie Exile Scudder Heck. Born in “exile,” she lived to carve out a way for women to go into all the world through their lives, prayers, and service. By the very force of her personality, she helped to shape WMU into the largest missions organization for women in the world.
More than one hundred years after she lived, Fannie E.S. Heck’s insights are as fresh as this morning’s cup of coffee. "Out of Exile: Fannie Heck and the Rest of the Story" tells the little-known details of the real Fannie, of the beautiful little girl, of life in the Heck home, and of her inner heart and thinking. What formed and shaped the woman who in turn molded and shaped Woman’s Missionary Union? "Out of Exile" opens new vistas into the heart and life of Fannie Heck.

Out of Exile: Fannie Heck & the Rest of the Story

Community & Culture

Courier Publishing

Imagine being transported in time and space, sitting at the feet of Lottie Moon, hearing stories from Southern Baptists' most renowned missionary. If any writer can deliver on the premise, it is Rosalie Hall Hunt, and she does so brilliantly in Lottie Moon and the Silent Bell. 
Hunt is today's definitive voice on historic women on mission, and in these pages she draws on a lifetime's immersion in the study of Lottie Moon's life and work. For years, Hunt has portrayed the famous missionary in a dramatic monologue she performs in churches. She also taps the serendipitous perspective of having known someone who heard "Aunt Lottie's" stories firsthand. And, if that's not enough, it also happens that Hunt grew up in Lottie's beloved China as a child of missionaries and lived in a house where Lottie once lived. 
What is it about Lottie that so captures the imagination? Is it the image of her, small in stature yet stalwart, facing down the challenge of sharing Jesus in a faraway land? Is it because she was especially loved by the people of her adopted China? Is it the allure of leaving behind home and family to answer God's call to be a missionary in a foreign place? For the rapt trio of young sisters gathered in Aunt Lottie's sitting room, perhaps it's the twinkle in her eye as she offers a plate of warm tea cakes. Won't you join them?

Lottie Moon and the Silent Bell