Book Review: Gods Amazing Protection by Peter Scadden
Book Review: Gods Amazing Protection by Peter Scadden
6 December 2022
In Major Peter Scadden’s memoir God’s Amazing Protection, he chronicles the reality of living with post-traumatic stress disorder caused by events in the mission field but also highlights God’s faithfulness on his journey.
God’s Amazing Protection is a self-published memoir covering the life and ministry of New Zealand Salvation Army officer Major Peter Scadden.
The events included appointments in Congo-Brazzaville, Fiji, Malawi, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tonga, Zambia and his country of origin. It is a comparatively short book of 80 pages with several photographs of people and locations.
Although it lacks a contextual and theoretical discussion on locations, people and missionary service during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the memoir uncovers recent stories on Salvation Army and international history that would be unfamiliar to many readers.
Peter shows the dangerous side of ministering as a missionary, having firearms pointed at him, being a witness in the case of the Pakistan territorial commander Colonel Bo Brekke’s murder, working against corruption and offering assistance after civil war, genocide and earthquakes. While the author was clear that such events led to his post-traumatic stress disorder, he believes God showed amazing protection.
This memoir would interest readers looking for a succinct and honest narrative of modern missionary services.
God’s Amazing Protection is available from the author as a paperback edition by contacting peter_scadden@yahoo.co.nz
GARTH R. HENTZSCHEL IS A SALVATIONIST LIVING IN BRISBANE (QLD) AND IS EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF SALVATION ARMY HISTORY.
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