The Hole in Our Gospel World Vision 75th Anniversary: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World

by Richard Stearns

Publisher:

Thomas Nelson

, 2025

Richard Stearns shows that the Bible boldly speaks that there is no “whole gospel” without compassion and justice shown to the poor. With more than 260,000 copies sold, The Hole in Our Gospel continues to impact readers worldwide, and this new edition includes updated statistics, photos, and a foreword from the current World Vision president.

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 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.

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. With more than 260,000 copies sold, this revised and updated edition will be part of World Vision’s 75th anniversary.

Product Details

• Title: The Hole in Our Gospel World Vision 75th Anniversary: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World
• Author: Richard Stearns
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781400346011, 9781400346028, 1400346029, 9780529117670, 0529117673, 9780718031541, 0718031547, 9780785228677, 0785228675, 9781418571009, 1418571008, 9780785228707, 0785228705, 9781400345946, 1400345944, 1400346010
• Resource ID: LLS:9781400346011
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-13T05:36:12Z

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.