Is the proverb “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose” as applicable to the life long-lived as it is to the young martyr? Jim Elliot, the young martyr who authored that statement, had a little-known older brother who also epitomized this quote. Bert and Colleen Elliot gave their lives to a far-reaching itinerate ministry in Northern Peru, planting more than 150 churches over a 62-year span.
Their story is told in Love So Amazing: The Missionary Biography of Bert and Colleen Elliot, coming June 1. Drawing heavily on their personal correspondence and his relationship with them as their nephew and pastor, Gilbert Gleason describes their formative years and the challenges of primitive jungle life and ministry. Hear the “Auca story” from the unique perspective of Jim’s family and the impact it had on their lives and ministry. Read how their ministry expanded across the coast, mountains, and jungles of Northern Peru. We can learn from their life which was motivated by simple obedience which radiated a love for God and a love for people.
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Love so amazing, so divine
Isaac Watts
Demands my soul, my life, my all
