The Kingdom and the Seven: Thomas Chalmers and Scotland’s First Missionaries

by Paul Schlehlein

The true story of a pastor and six young men whose zeal to expand Christ’s kingdom to the unreached transformed a church and a nation.

272 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2026

About the author

Paul Schlehlein has served as a church-planting missionary among the Tsongas in rural South Africa since 2006. He established Trinity Baptist Church in Mbhokota Village and has since handed it off to national leadership. Their other ministries include Miseve Classical School, the Missionary Minds Podcast and GYM Camps for young men. Much of his time is spent ministering in the villages through the Tsonga language, as well as preaching throughout southern Africa.

He is a published author with Banner of Truth and has degrees from several seminaries, including Reformed Theological, The Master's (DMin in preaching) and NorthWest University Potchefstroom (PhD in New Testament).
He and his wife, Lindy, have nine children.