故事发生在第一次世界大战时期的非洲。查尔斯·奥尔纳特是一名因失业而流落到非洲的矿山机械师，女主人公罗茜·塞耶是一位向非洲土人传道的教士。为了抵抗德国人，两人同乘一艘破旧的游艇－－“非洲女王号”，沿河顺流而下。途中，这对个性迥然不同的中年男女不仅产生了真挚的爱情，而且还勇敢地击沉了一艘德国战舰…… 1914年，在东非一片僻静的丛林里生活着一些土著人，来自英国的牧师和他的妹妹罗茜也长期生活在这里。奥尔纳特驾驶着他的“非洲女王号”穿行于各个部落之间，为他们传递信件。这天，他带来消息说，英、德之间已经开战了，也许会秧及到这里。果然，德军在第二天便闯进村，烧毁了所有的房屋，赶走了所有的村民，善良的牧师因此而发疯并最终病死。 罗茜请求奥尔纳特送她回到英属的地界，但奥尔纳特不同意，因为那样就必须经过乌兰加河，那是一条从没人能活着航行过去的河道，况且德军的“路易斯号”大渡轮在交界处守着，凭“非洲女王号”这样的小船是无法与它抗衡的。罗西看到船上的炸药和氧气筒突发奇想，利用它们可以自制鱼雷，击沉“路易斯号”。罗西离奇的想法令奥尔纳特惊叹不已，但他不得不承认，这是个聪明的办法。于是，奥尔纳特还是和罗茜一起上路出发了，因为个性不同，沿途两人时常针锋相对、互不相让，但途中的各种艰难险阻和共患难的经历，使他们惊讶地发觉自己竟然爱上了对方；一路上，奥尔纳特教会了罗西许多驾船的技巧，他们逃过了鳄鱼的追赶，驶过了充满暗礁的河道。 最终他们还是被德军的“路易斯号”发现了，很快“路易斯号”出现在他们面前，就在两人安装好自制的鱼雷，瞄准目标蓄势待发之即，暴风雨不期而至，“非洲女王号”被打翻了。醒来时已经风平浪静，他们被“路易斯号”上的德军抓获。正欲实施绞刑之时，意想不到的事情发生了，浮出水面的“非洲女王号”慢慢地向“路易斯号”漂来，两船相撞后，鱼雷爆炸，跳水逃生的奥尔纳特和罗西远远地看到“路易斯号”沉下了水面······
A minister from the Deep South is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the spiritual and emotional needs of his small flock.
Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is sent to a little church in the small town of Sterling, Texas, to try to save it from financial insolvency. The move is sudden and is complicated by the fact that Porter’s wife and eight children are all very comfortable in the large, successful church they have been serving in Dallas.
In the dead of winter, a hard nosed church volunteer in small town Wisconsin clashes with a young bridal party during a last minute wedding.
这是一本展示20世纪40年代中国多样性和差异的引人入胜的场景汇编。古老的紫禁城和长城之后是上海的大都市天际线；原始农业方法与机械化工厂并置；衣衫褴褛的儿童与穿着最新时装的模特形成对比；国民党指挥官和共产党领导人争相支持。
When young John Wesley is miraculously saved from his family’s burning home, his mother is certain that God has a great purpose for the boy's life. John will later refer to himself as a “brand plucked from the burning.” As a man, Wesley tries to live out that special purpose on his own strength and good works, but it only brings frustration and failure. Finally, after years of struggle, Wesley embraces saving grace! But his new message is not welcome in the established churches. Will John break all the rules and take his message outside the church walls to the needy and outcast?