Commendations for Faith Martin's book
The White Chief of Cache Creek
Having lived in neighboring Kansas and known people like the pioneering missionaries described in this book, I was fascinated with the details captured here….a story that is well worth remembering.
—Robert Wuthnow
Professor of sociology, Princeton University, author of What Happens When We Practice Religion
Thoroughly researched and clearly written, The White Chief of Cache Creek tells how God, who made all peoples from one, sent a preacher in answer to a defeated Comanche Chief’s prayer to the sun. The sweat, love, loneliness, faith, pain, and hope of this frontier mission will stay with you.
—William J. Edgar
author, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 1871-1920
This is an inspiring and poignant story of God's work in the lives of wise and courageous missionaries and faithful Indian converts walking the "Jesus Road" together during an era of intense turmoil and drastic change. Readers will be challenged and edified by this powerful history.
—Matthew Stewart
associate editor, Front Porch Republic
What a treat this wonderful book is! Beautifully written and an accessible and easy read, it is both a scrupulously honest and totally engrossing account of the Reformed Presbyterian Indian Mission to the Comanche–Kiowa–Apache Reservation near Fort Sill in what is now Oklahoma.…You have to get this book.
—Gordon J. Keddie
author, retired pastor
This story beckons you with an engrossing account of God’s tender reach toward indigenous Americans during a tumultuous juncture in the US's history.
—Jonathan Watt
professor of sociology and anthropology, Geneva College and Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, pastor
Just as the sons of Abraham number as the stars, so do their stories. In this meticulously researched and well-written account of Reformed Presbyterian mission work among Native American tribes in Oklahoma, Faith Martin (based on earlier work done by Charles McBurney) brings alive the incredible tale of one such shining star.…Read with fascination and benefit The White Chief of Cache Creek!
—Barry York
president, the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary