Man of vision, woman of prayer

By Marilee Pierce Dunker

Book Overview

A biographical account, this work explores the reality of spiritual warfare, the price of ministry and its effect on family. This is an exploration of a marriage which often had to come second to solving the world's problems.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0840752202
• ISBN13: 9780840752208
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: T. Nelson
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

an amazing account, real but almost surreal

I read this book about a year and a half ago, having checked it out from my Bible College library. It was the title that drew me in, but the story is fascinating. Marilee Pierce Dunker does a just presentation of her father and mother's life in ministry with World Vision from its beginnings right through till her father's death. This biography was gripping for me; towards the latter half, I didn't put it down till it was all over. A very sobering true story of the stress and pressures that famous Christian leaders face, and it's effects on their families, it's a good find among biographies because it balances out the fantastic with the tragic and real issues that often get glossed over in other accounts of people's lives. The author, daughter of Bob Pierce, does in no way disrespect her father or mother, while portraying their difficulties, and I came away from the book wowed by the family's perseverance, challenged to look with a less critical eye on those who are "big names" in the Christian community. Everybody's human, and we all make both sacrifices and mistakes, but God's grace and power to change us is the main message that I believe Pierce-Dunker delivers in this book. A worthy read (I want to read it again) if you can weather the storm that you witness by reading of the Pierce family in this powerfully moving account.