Peace Child
Ebook
Overview
From Cannibals to Christ-Followers--A True
Story
In 1962, Don and Carol Richardson risked their lives to share the
gospel with the Sawi people of New Guinea. Peace Child tells
their unforgettable story of living among these headhunters and
cannibals, who valued treachery through fattening victims with
friendship before the slaughter. God gave Don and Carol the key to
the Sawi hearts via a redemptive analogy from their own mythology.
The "peace child" became the secret to unlocking a value system
that had existed through generations. This analogy became a
stepping-stone by which the gospel came into the Sawi culture and
started both a spiritual and a social revolution from within. With
an epilogue updating how the gospel has impacted the Sawi people,
this missionary classic will inspire a new generation of readers
who need to hear this remarkable story and the lessons it teaches
us about communicating Christ in a meaningful way to those around
us.
Product Details
- Title : Peace Child
- Author: Richardson, Don
- Publisher: Bethany House
- Publication Date: 2005
- ISBN: 9781441266965
DON RICHARDSON, the bestselling author of Peace Child, Eternity in Their Hearts, and Heaven Wins, has been studying the Muslim world for more than 30 years. He and his late wife, Carol, spent 15 years among the Sawi, a Stone Age tribe of Irian Jaya. Don designed an alphabet suited to the Sawi language, authored 19 primers, taught the tribesmen to read in their native tongue, and translated the entire New Testament. More than half of the Sawi accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Since 1977, Don has served as ambassador-at-large for World Team, a mission organization. Don holds an honorary doctorate of literature from Biola University in La Mirada, California, is an ordained pastor, and speaks at more than 40 church conferences each year.