Celebrate church history month with the kids in your life by reading through some of these great books on church history. I’ve organized the books by suggested age range. So many wonderful biographies of Christian men and women have come out in the past decade! Comment below if we are missing any good ones, and we’ll add them to the list!
Toddlers

The Woman Who Loved To Give Books by Rebecca VanDoodewaard (2017)

The Woman Who Helped A Reformer by Rebecca VanDoodewaard (2017)

The Man Who Preached Outside by Rebecca VanDoodewaard (2017)

The Doctor Who Became a Preacher by Rebecca VanDoodewaard (2018)
Ages 4 – 8

Do Great Things For God series (2021-2023)
Read a review of Amy Carmichael: The Brown-Eyed Girl Who Learned to Pray.

Here I Am! biography series (2023)

The Church History ABCs: Augustine and 25 Other Heroes of the Faith by Stephen J. Nichols (2010)

Reformation ABCs: The People, Places, and Things of the Reformation―from A to Z by Stephen J. Nichols (2017)

Everyone a Child Should Know by Clare Heath-Whyte (2017)

Little Lights series (2011-2019)

Heroes for Young Readers series (2001-2014)

Courageous World Changers: 50 True Stories of Daring Women of God by Shirley Redmon (2020)

Brave Heroes and Bold Defenders: 50 True Stories of Daring Men of God by Shirley Redmon (2020)
Ages 9 – 12

God’s Timeline: The Big Book of Church History by Linda Finlayson (2018)

Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages by George Hodges (-)

Radiant: Fifty Remarkable Women in Church History by Richard Hannula (2015)

For Christ’s Crown and Covenant: Sketches of Puritans and Covenanters by Richard Hannula (2014)

Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History by Richard Hannula (2010)

Redemption: The Church in Ancient Times by Luke H. Davis (2022)

Reign: The Church in the Middle Ages by Luke H. Davis (2022)

Reform: The Church at the Birth of Protestantism by Luke H. Davis (2023)

Renewal: The Church That Expands Outward by Luke H. Davis (2023)

Who What Why series by Danika Cooley (2021-2023)

Christian Biographies for Young Readers series by Simonetta Carr

Reformation Heroes by Diana Kleyn (2020)

Empowered: How God Shaped 11 Women’s Lives by Catherine Parks (2019)

Strong: How God Equipped 11 Ordinary Men with Extraordinary Power by Catherine Parks (2019)

Christian Heroes Then & Now, Vol. 1-5 by Janet & Geoff Benge (2000)

Lightkeepers Girls Box Set: Ten Girls by Irene Howat (2016)

Lightkeepers Boys Box Set: Ten Boys by Irene Howat (2016)
Young Adult

Church History by Simonetta Carr (2022)

2,000 Years of Christ’s Power Vol. 1: The Age of the Early Church Fathers by Nick Needham (2016)

2,000 Years of Christ’s Power Vol. 2: The Middle Ages by Nick Needham (2016)

2,000 Years of Christ’s Power Vol. 3: Renaissance and Reformation by Nick Needham (2016)

2,000 Years of Christ’s Power Vol. 4: The Age of Religious Conflict by Nick Needham (2016)

2,000 Years of Christ’s Power Vol. 5: The Age of Enlightenment and Awakening by Nick Needham (2023)




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