Jesus lived and breathed compassion. He was and is compassion itself. A Call to Compassion is your personal invitation to discover the joy of committing your life to a cause higher than your own personal desires and learn to be a reflection of God’s steadfast love. Be inspired by the stories of these eleven great women:

• Catherine Booth, co-founder of the Salvation Army
• Nancy Ward, hero and “last beloved lady” of the Cherokee Nation
• Florence Nightingale, reformer and pioneer of health care and a well-trained nursing profession
• Gladys Aylward, missionary to the sick, orphans, and poor in China
• Mother Teresa, devoted servant to the poor in Calcutta, India, and the world
• Amy Carmichael, missionary in India, serving girls offered as temple prostitutes by their parents
• Catherine Drexel, a nun who gave away millions of dollars to help Native Americans and African Americans
• Phoebe Palmer, mother of the Holiness Movement
• Hannah More, a well-known writer who worked for the abolition of slavery
• Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer in England and Europe
• Heidi Baker, passionate missionary “compelled by love” to the poor in Mozambique, Africa, and the world