The Hole in Our Gospel, Special Edition: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World

by Richard Stearns

Publisher:

W Publishing

, 2014

Overview

ECPA 2010 Christian Book of the Year Award Winner! What Does God Expect of Us? Is our faith only about going to church, studying the Bible, and avoiding the most serious sins—or does God expect more? Have we embraced the whole gospel or a gospel with a hole in it? More than twenty years ago Rich Stearns came face-to-face with that question as he sat in a mud hut in Rakai, Uganda, listening to the heartbreaking story of an orphaned child. Stearns’s journey there took much more than a long flight to Africa. It took answering God’s call on his life, a call that tore him out of his corner office at one of America’s most prestigious corporations—to walk with the poorest of the poor in our world. This anniversary edition of The Hole in Our Gospel features new content along with full-color graphics on poverty statistics, a guide for churches on short-term missions and international engagement, and an index of Scripture on poverty, justice, faith in action, and more. The Hole in Our Gospel changed people’s lives, and some of those personal accounts also appear in this anniversary edition. Stearns’s compelling story demonstrates that the whole gospel was always meant to be a world-changing, social revolution, a revolution that begins with each one of us. The Hole in Our Gospel is also available in Spanish, Vacío en nuestro evangelio.

Product Details

• Title: The Hole in Our Gospel: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World
• Author: Richard Stearns
• Edition: Special Edition
• Publisher: W Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 370
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christian life; Church work with the poor; Stearns, Richard (Richard E.); World Vision International
• ISBNs: 9780785228707, 9780529117670, 9780849947001, 9780785229186, 9780785228677, 0785228705, 0529117673, 0849947006, 0785229183, 0785228675
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_5AB4BCC886D946059EF4BFF2511AE364
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:10:24Z

About Richard Stearns

Richard Stearns is president emeritus of World Vision US, where he served as president for twenty years, traveling more than three million miles as an advocate for the world’s poor. Before leading the Christian relief and development organization, he was a corporate CEO at both Parker Brothers and Lenox. His bestselling book The Hole in Our Gospel was named the 2010 Christian Book of the Year. Among the honors Stearns received for his humanitarian service are five honorary doctoral degrees, the Julia Vadala Taft Outstanding Leadership Award from InterAction, and the Christian Leadership Alliance's highest honor. Rich and his wife, Reneé, have five adult children and six grandchildren, and live in Bellevue, Washington.