Mover Of Men and Mountains

By R.G. LeTourneau

Book Overview

What if you lived as though God were your partner?

More than 300,000 copies sold

Robert Gilmour LeTourneau, who lived by the motto "God is my Partner," discovered that such a partnership was an adventure far beyond anything he imagined. Mover of Men and Mountains is the autobiographical account that tells the remarkable story of an inventor, businessman, and generous giver whose life went on to impact millions.

Through heartwarming and often humorous stories, readers witness how God took a young man with little formal education and shaped him into a prolific inventor of earthmoving machinery. Known to his friends as R.G., LeTourneau learned to trust God through failure--eventually achieving such success that he gave away 90 percent his salary and profits to build God's kingdom through missions and education.

Over the course of his life, alongside his wife Evelyn, LeTourneau founded LeTourneau University, secured 299 patents, and supplied 50 percent of the earthmoving equipment used by the Allied forces during World War II.

When R.G. invited God into his business, extraordinary things followed. This inspiring story encourages readers to do the same--and experience the wonder of God's unwavering goodness and faithfulness firsthand.

For 25 years or more, I've been traveling this land of ours and a few foreign countries trying to teach and preach by word of mouth and example, that a Christian businessman owes as much to God as a preacher does.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802438180
• ISBN13: 9780802438188
• Release Date: June 1967
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.9" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Huge Earth Moving Machines

This man went from tithing 10% to tithing 90% of his income as his business expanded.

excellant reading

excellent reading. I waited nearly a year for this book to become available. well worth the waite. this man gave 50% of his income and 50% of his business's profits back to Letourneau university as well as church and other religious organizations. at the time of his death he was living off 10% of his income and giving away 90% of his income

Mover makes a difference

If it weren't for my brother giving me a copy of R.G. LeTourneau's book Mover of Men and Mountains while I was in high school I would have never ended up where I did for college at LeTourneau University, the school he founded in Longview, TX.I found the book very interesting (I've always been interested in technical information and didn't consider myself much into autobiographies but "Mover" really held my attention the whole time I was reading it.It also includes several sections of pictures which really help you understand the scale of what Mr. LeTourneau did with God's help. I very strongly recoommend this book and I think you'll really enjoy it!

A Must Read !!!!!

I have an MBA with a distinction, was a consultant with a Big 6 firm, and even lectured in business at a university. However, it was the results seen in this book on R.G. LeTourneau's life combined with my experiences of working with entrepreneurs who trusted and focussed on God and the truly astound effects it had on their businesses and lives, that has made me realise that as humans we are really nothing. Even during the Great Depression, LeTourneau's business survived!! This book is a mind blower - it shows that 1 + God = a majority. Also try Stanley Tam's "God Owns my Business"

If God is First all other will be added

I truely enjoyed this book. I just entered into LeTourneau University and my first assignment was to read this book. I have been so inspired by this book. R.G. Letourneau put God first and all other was added unto him. He was truely the christian I strive to be. In everything he did he placed God at the center and whatever happen to him whether good or bad he continued to believe it was God's will. Thank God for people like R.G. Letourneau. I truely have enjoyed his testimony.

My nomanie for man of the Century

I grew up in the shadow of this great man. I worked in the R.G. LeTourneau archives one summer as a teenager. Living in Longview, TX, I had the chance to be around his family and friends after his death in 1969. I read this book after my parents gave me a copy and learned much about his way of life and his inspiration. This is a man committed to God, his family, his country and to getting a job done. He had a sense of humility and pride that is not seen in this world today. His humility in that he never put himself first. His pride in that he always wanted the biggest, fastest and best. The only man I know of that drove a VW beatle to the airport to ride in his Lear Jet. Much of what he built and what he stands for is not politically correct today. He was an industrialist making big heavy equipment. He invented machines that tore down juggles, cut down mountains, drilled for oil in the gulf. But the fact is that the America we know today would not be possible without him. We would still be using mules and the backs of thousands of workers to build roads if he never lived. His Christain stance is legendary. His giving was beyond what most people think is possible. He proves that it is possible. I have since met two other men who claim to match R.G.'s giving level. Both very prosperous.The line that I took from the book that I often quote when I am addressing people on success is, "America is the most prosperous nation because it is the most productive nation. If it ever ceases to be the most productive, it will cease to be the most prosperous." If you are looking for other books that mention R.G LeTourneau, then I have found him in two success books that were written in the sixties. J. Paul Getty's "How to Rich" and there is a facinating first hand story of him in Napoleon Hill's "Master Key to Riches"

A must read for all Christian Business Men

This is a great book.....a must read! R.G. LaTourneau is an insperation to us all. This book shows how God can work thru all of his people in both good times and bad. I will be passing this one on to many of my friends and family. It would be great if God could use us all, the way he used LaTourneau.