Living a life of reckless abandon

Gary Clayton  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Jun 2017
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Living a life of reckless abandon

Steve Saint second left, and his sister Kathy being baptised by Waodani Christians Kimo and Mincayani, who were once part of the party that killed

Gary Clayton remembers five missionary martyrs and tells us of a new play about their story

Missionary Ed McCully wrote this to his friend Jim Elliot on 22 September 1950:

‘I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy into it. Maybe he’ll send me someplace where the name of Jesus Christ is unknown.’

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