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

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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. Stearnss journey took much more than a long flight to Africa. It took answering Gods call on his life, a call that tore him out of his corner office at one of Americas most prestigious corporations, to walk with the poorest of the poor in our world.

Stearnss 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 Visions 75th anniversary.

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Richard Stearns went from success to significance when he left the corporate world behind to become president of World Vision U.S. in 1998. After 20 years as the longest-serving CEO of the Christian relief and development organisation, he plans to retire in January 2019. Stearns holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His professional career included leadership roles at Gillette, Parker Brothers Games, The Franklin Mint, and Lenox Inc., where he became president and chief executive officer in 1995. Stearns brought corporate best practices to World Vision, where he inspired a culture of outcome-focused management. His lasting legacy is his leadership in calling on the Church in America to respond to some of the greatest needs of our time, notably the HIV and AIDS pandemic and the global refugee crisis. Stearns and his wife, Renee, have five children and five grandchildren and live in Bellevue, Washington.