Ruth Tucker exhibits the spiritual discernment one expects in this late Laodicean Age of the church: lukewarm!
I was amazed to read what Tucker considered "missions", especially concerning the harlot church of Rome.

Better title would be: The Mess Man Makes With Religion

This book has very little to do with real Biblical missions.

This book was required for a college class at Moody Bible Institute (www.moody.edu). The author did a great job of caputring some of the interesting missionary characters over the years. No life is glossed over with flowery words or unrealistic statements. The good and bad facts are presented here.

Definitely an interesting read if you like history and missions. Good to read in short spurts as its set up similar to an encyclopedia. You can look up your missionary, read his or her blurb, and then skip around without missing much. I cannot think of a missionary that Ruth Tucker missed. She did a great job researching this book. Many missionaries I had never heard of with awesome stories are recorded here.