Articles — The Traveling Team

Missionary Biographies

Robert Speer

Robert Speer

Robert Speer is a man that has been described as ‘the incarnation of the spirit of the Student Volunteer Movement’.

Mary Slessor

Mary Slessor

After nearly 40 years in Africa, Mary Slessor became an inspiration to all who hear her story. She was not only a pioneer missionary, but also a pioneer for women in missions.

Joanne Shetler

Joanne Shetler

“I’ve never quite figured out how to bring God glory. But I have learned to surrender my dreams to Him. And he has made the reality of living according to His plan even better than my greatest dreams.”

John Rucyahana

John Rucyahana

God is using the Bishop of Rwanda to transform a nation of people in great pain by creating opportunities for reconciliation to God one person and relationship at a time.

Helen Roseveare

Helen Roseveare

Helen mobilized people by showing them that God used imperfect people with real struggles to be his ambassadors to the unreached world.

John R. Mott

John R. Mott

Discover the life of John R. Mott, who lead the Student Volunteer Movement to be the greatest missions movement in history, mobilizing 100,000 goers and senders in his generation. 

Lottie Moon

Lottie Moon

Lottie left her career as a teacher and sailed to China in 1873 as a missionary appointee with the Southern Baptist Convention.

Samuel J. Mills, Jr.

Samuel J. Mills, Jr.

Historically, student movements have been started out of prayer. One of the most influential prayer meetings can be traced back to the impact of one student, Samuel J. Mills, Jr.

David Livingstone

David Livingstone

“I have sometimes seen, in the morning sun, the smoke of a thousand villages, where no missionary has ever been.” These words burned in Livingstone’s heart ultimately compelling him to give up his small ambitions in order to join Dr. Moffat as a missionary in Africa.