Hole in Our Gospel, Richard Stearns
Hole in Our Gospel, Richard Stearns
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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

Narrator: Richard Stearns

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/10/2009

Synopsis

This is a story of how a corporate CEO faced his own struggle to obey God whatever the cost, and his passionate call for Christians to change the world by actively living out their faith. Using his own journey as an example, Stearns explores the hole that exists in our understanding of the Gospel.

About Richard Stearns

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 organization, 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, Reneé, have five children and five grandchildren and live in Bellevue, Washington.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mitch on July 20, 2013

Giving a book like this a 2-star rating is like kicking a puppy. I don't want to offend people but I am going to approach this without the rose-colored glasses. For the record, I myself have a very good impression of World Vision and have donated substantially to its work over many years. I will go r......more

Goodreads review by Megan on June 26, 2010

After I started reading this book, it was always on my mind. I expected to find the book to be somewhat of a quiet marketing tool for the author's non-profit organization (World Vision), but what I found was an excellently written, very Biblically-based challenge for Christians to step up and obey t......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on January 27, 2022

A challenging book that is different to what I usually read! I picked up this book because I have been quite intrigued by the concept of the Kingdom of God (KoG) and have been trying to reframe my thinking in that language. The book is simultaneously: a mini-autobiography of Richard Stearns becoming......more

Goodreads review by Trevor on February 21, 2010

The book opens with a question it intends to answer in the 279 pages which follow. The question: "What does God expect of us?" Stearns, currently the president of World Vision, recalls just 60 days into his tenure having his bubble of satisfied security burst open. He had been the CEO of Lenox, a lu......more

Goodreads review by Dean on April 02, 2023

Let me start by saying that I agree completely when the major thrust of this book, God through Scripture has called us to care for the poor and the Western church in particular needs to respond to this call from Scripture. If you haven’t read this book, stop reading this review now. Not because ther......more

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