Ochorus for missionaries

Christian classics to share, free, in the languages you serve

A free library you can hand to anyone with a link: no payment, no sign-up. The great classics, sermons and missionary biographies, many published as full editions in other languages.

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295
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36
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10

Take them offline

Books to carry where the signal does not reach. Save them all to this device to read in the app with no connection, or take each one as a PDF to print or an EPUB for an e-reader.

In the languages you serve

Each language has its own library of full editions. Send someone straight to theirs, and the whole site reads in that language.

Why missionaries use Ochorus

  • Free to share with anyone

    Every book and sermon is free, with no account needed, so a new believer can be sent a link and start reading straight away.

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  • Full editions in other languages

    Books are published as full editions in Spanish, Swahili, Luganda, Portuguese, Arabic, French, Hindi, Ukrainian and Amharic as well as English, with more languages on the way, so people can read in their own language.

    See what each language has

  • The lives of those who went before

    Hudson Taylor, David Brainerd, Amy Carmichael, George Müller, Samuel Ajayi Crowther and others, in their own words and in biographies.

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  • A path for new believers

    Reading plans take a new Christian through a book one short reading a day, and clear books like The Way to God make a good first step.

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Good places to start

Lives that sent people out

The journals and lives of those who went before you.

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A Retrospect
Hudson Taylor
20 chapters · 3 hr 15 min read
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The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
David Brainerd
12 chapters · 9 hr 8 min read
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Things as They Are
Amy Carmichael
35 chapters · 7 hr 13 min read
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George Müller of Bristol
Arthur T. Pierson
38 chapters · 11 hr 20 min read
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Journal of an Expedition up the Niger
Samuel Ajayi Crowther
5 chapters · 4 hr 33 min read
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Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael
Ochorus Originals
Book 9 of 11 in Portraits of Courage
29 chapters · 3 hr 58 min read

For training local leaders

Books to read with the people you are raising up.

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How to Bring Men to Christ
R. A. Torrey
13 chapters · 2 hr 6 min read
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The Reformed Pastor
Richard Baxter
17 chapters · 7 hr 20 min read
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The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith
R. A. Torrey
16 chapters · 6 hr 56 min read
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How to Succeed in the Christian Life
R. A. Torrey
15 chapters · 2 hr 6 min read
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The Evangelization of the World in This Generation
John R. Mott
9 chapters · 3 hr 29 min read
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Separation and Service
Hudson Taylor
4 chapters · 1 hr 18 min read

For new believers

Clear, warm first books to hand someone who has just believed.

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The Way to God
Dwight L. Moody
9 chapters · 3 hr 26 min read
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All of Grace
Charles H. Spurgeon
20 chapters · 2 hr 51 min read
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Around the Wicket Gate
Charles H. Spurgeon
11 chapters · 1 hr 34 min read
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The Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan
22 chapters · 9 hr 7 min read
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A Call to the Unconverted
Richard Baxter
6 chapters · 4 hr 15 min read
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The Pursuit of God
A. W. Tozer
12 chapters · 2 hr 25 min read

Plans to read together

One short reading a day. Start on the same day and everyone reaches the same chapter together, each reader ticking off their own progress as they go.

New to the Faith

39 days·~8 min/day

Five and a half weeks for anyone just beginning with Christ. Charles Spurgeon meets you at the wicket gate with the plainest help there is for trusting Jesus; then R. A. Torrey, writing for new believers, shows how to begin right — assurance, the Holy Spirit, the church, the Bible, prayer and witness. Short articles along the way answer the questions every new Christian asks: what the gospel is, why Jesus died, what baptism and the Lord’s Supper mean, and how to keep growing.

Day 1 ·What Is the Gospel? A Clear, Simple Summary

The Way to God: Grace for Every Sinner

35 days·~18 min/day

A month on the oldest good news there is. Richard Baxter's tender call to the unconverted, D. L. Moody on the way to God, and Charles Spurgeon's All of Grace — the plainest of guides to how a sinner is saved, and how to know it.

Day 1 ·A Call to the Unconverted

Everything for Christ: A Life Poured Out

25 days·~25 min/day

What does whole-hearted surrender cost, and what does it yield? David Brainerd's searching missionary diary, followed by the stories of men and women who gave everything for the sake of the gospel — a call to consecration told through lives that answered it.

Day 1 ·The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

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Start a reading group

Choose a plan and the day you begin, then pass on the link. Everyone who opens it is on the same day of the plan. Nobody needs an account, and nothing about anyone is collected.

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“Oh, it is sweet to live thus directly dependent upon the Lord, who never fails us!”
Hudson Taylor, A Retrospect, ch. 16 ¶6

Ways to use it in your mission

  1. Discipleship by link

    Send each new believer the same short reading plan, and talk through what they read when you meet.

  2. Training local leaders

    Read Baxter’s The Reformed Pastor or Torrey’s How to Bring Men to Christ with the people you are training.

  3. Strength for the long haul

    When the work is hard, read the journals and letters of those who served before you.

  4. Supporters at home

    Point your praying friends to the same missionary biographies that shaped your own calling.

Meet the writers

The lives behind the books: each one has a full biography, with the books and sermons they left.

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Questions

Is Ochorus really free?

Yes. Every book and sermon on Ochorus is free to read, with no paywall, no subscription and no ads. The classics themselves are in the public domain, and Ochorus is a ministry, not a business.

Do the people I serve need an account?

No. Anyone with the link can read, with nothing to pay and no sign-up. A free account is optional and only keeps a reader’s progress and notes in step across devices.

Which languages are available?

Besides English, books are published in Spanish, Swahili, Luganda, Portuguese, Arabic, French, Hindi, Ukrainian and Amharic. Each language has its own editions, so the shelf in each language shows only what has been published in it.

Can we read without an internet connection?

Yes. The offline pack on this page saves a set of books to your device in one step, and Download on any book’s page saves that book. Many books can also be downloaded as free PDF and EPUB files, to print or to read on an e-reader.

Can we request a book in a language we serve?

Please contact us. We would be glad to hear which books and languages would help your work most.

Share the classics with the people you serve

Browse the library, or start with the lives of the missionaries who went before you.

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