Counting the Cost (Paperback) by Shirley Donovan and David Donovan

British missionaries David and Shirley Donovan were running a health centre in Nigeria when a pounding on their bedroom door tipped their lives upside down. Threatened at gunpoint, held hostage and ransomed for a billion naira, they tell of the grace that allowed them to witness to their kidnappers in the midst of the chilling and disturbing realisation of what man is capable of.

Title

Counting the Cost
Author(s)

Shirley Donovan and David Donovan
ISBN

9781527103061
Format

Paperback
Publisher

Christian Focus Publications
Audience

Adults
Pages

224
Published

01/05/2019

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Shirley Donovan

Shirley Donovan graduated in history from Edinburgh University. She retrained in nursing to aid the Mission she co–established in Nigeria, in response to Gods call on her life.

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David Donovan

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Counting the Cost

Counting the Cost is the incredible story of medical missionaries kidnapped in the Niger Delta while working at a clinic. This is a brilliantly written book that shows a truly Christian response to evil and suffering.

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