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Wheaton’s New Jim Elliot Plaque Does More Than Remove ‘Savage’

The revised memorial takes a longer view at the well-known story of the missionaries killed by the Waorani.

Review

Missionary Opponents Misunderstand the Waorani Mission. So Do Evangelicals.

Some revere Jim Elliot and his friends as martyrs. Others revile them as oppressors. Both sides have an incomplete picture.

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Died: Dayuma, First Convert from Tribe that Martyred ‘Gates of Splendor’ Missionaries

(UPDATED) Ecuadorian woman was instrumental in Jim Elliot and Nate Saint’s ill-fated outreach to the Amazon’s Auca, and later helped to convert the tribe to Christianity.

Wire Story

Shuttle Mission to Include Missionary History

Astronaut plans to take a piece of a plane used by Nate Saint, who was slain in Ecuador in 1956.

Martyrs to the Spear

Fifty years after five missionaries were murdered in Ecuador, their story still inspires.

The Rest of the Story

Half a century after killing five missionaries, the ‘Auca’ find themselves on the cutting edge of modern missions.

Cover Story

Did They Have to Die?

Forty years after five missionaries lost their lives in the Ecuadorian jungle, the killers explain what really happened.

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