Awaiting Reprint C.T. Studd: Cricketer and Pioneer By Norman Grubb The biography of a remarkable man who established himself as one of the greatest cricketers of his time, and then became a missionary in China, India and Africa and founded the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade. ISBN-13: 9780718830281 Specifications: 210x140mm, 256pp, Paperback Price: £8.99 • US$17.98 Publication: April 2003 Order this Title Now

About this Book

Translated into over 40 languages, Grubb's biography of C.T. Studd highlights some of the labours and adventures of his life that makes his faith an epic and inspiration to those who read it.

Nurtured in the lap of comfort, educated at Eton and Cambridge, the hero of the sport-loving public, C. T. Studd, whose Cambridge career had been described as "one long blaze of cricketing glory," created a stir in the secular world of his youth by renouncing wealth and position to follow Christ. Despite having established a reputation as one of the greatest cricketers of his time (both losing and winning the original 'Ashes'), it was the illness of a brother which brought Charles Studd face to face with realities and the transitoriness of worldly riches and fame. He abandoned everything to become a missionary in China, as the leader of the 'Cambridge Seven'.

After spending fifteen years in China and six in India, he devoted the rest of his life to spreading the Gospel message in Africa, founding the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade. His name remains particularly linked with the evangelisation of the Congo Basin.

His son-in-law, Norman Grubb, has written an exciting description of Studd's life, and shows the enormous impact that he had on his contemporaries. It highlights the great labours and adventures that make his faith an epic and inspiration to all who read it, resulting in a best-selling biography a great Christian.

About the Author

Norman Grubb was a celebrated author in evangelical circles. He fought in the First World War and was educated at Cambridge, where he founded the Christian Union. After graduating, he and his wife served as missionaries in the Belgian Congo, with the World Evangelical Crusade. He played a leading role in setting up the Christian Literature Crusade. In later life, he lived in America, where he was a pivotal member of the WEC. He died in 1993.

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