| World Missions- Book of Hope |
| Lake Forest Community Church supports
World Missions, we contribute to Affect Destiny Founded by Bob
Hoskins and Directed by Son Rob Hoskins. |
| History of Book of Hope: |
| Their lives crushed and
hopes dashed after years of civil war, the children of El Salvador
needed spiritual help. In 1987, missionary and evangelist Bob
Hoskins was asked by the Minister of Education in El Salvador
to provide bibles to the country's 986,000 school children.
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Hoskins was up to
the challenge, but instead of bibles, he delivered what is now
called the Book of Hope, with tremendous results. The country
was caught in a wave of church revivals and students and their
families committing their lives to Christ. It would be the beginning
of an international venture to get the Word of God into the
hands of children and youth around the world.
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The Book of Hope publication combines the Gospels of Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John to tell the life story of Jesus Christ
- the most important part of the scriptures. The book reads
in chronological order and features 100 study questions that
direct the reader back into the Word. There is also a clear
plan of salvation at the end of the book so children know
how to accept Christ as their personal Savior.
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Affect Destiny Teams are an effective and relevant
approach to short-term
mission teams as groups of volunteers distribute God's Word
to children
all over the world in the form of the Book of Hope. |
| To date, over 230 million Books of Hope have been
distributed worldwide The book has been translated into more
than 65 distinct languages and dialects. |
COUNTRIES:
| Angola |
Chile |
Germany |
Guyana |
Jamaica |
Serbia |
| Antigua |
Colombia |
Guadeloupe |
Japan |
Moldova |
Slovakia |
| Argentina |
Comoros |
Guatemala |
Kazakhstan |
Mozambique |
Scotland |
| Bahamas |
Costa Rica |
Guam |
Kenya |
Myanmar |
South Africa |
| Barbados |
Croatia |
Guinea-Bissau |
Kosovo |
New Zealand |
Spain |
| Belarus |
Cuba |
Guinea |
Latvia |
Nicaragua |
Switzerland |
| Belgium |
Czech Republic |
Guyana |
Lebanon |
Nigeria |
Tanzania |
| Belize |
Dominican Republic |
Haiti |
Lithuania |
Panama |
Trinidad-Tobago |
| Benin |
Ecuador |
Honduras |
Macedonia |
Paraguay |
Uganda |
| Bolivia |
El Salvador |
Hungary |
Madagascar |
Peru |
Ukraine |
Bosnia-
Herzegovina |
England |
Iceland |
Marshall Islands |
Philippines |
Uruguay |
| Brazil |
Equatorial |
India |
Martinique |
Poland |
USA |
| Burkina Faso |
Estonia |
Indonesia |
Mauritius |
Portugal |
Venezuela |
| Bulgaria |
Fiji |
Ireland |
Mayetta |
Puerto Rico |
Vietnam |
| Cape Verde |
France |
Israel |
Mexico |
Reunion |
Russia |
| Cayman Islands |
French |
Ivory Coast |
Middle East |
Romania |
Samoa |
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Spot Light on Russia: |
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| Over 72 million copies of the Book of Hope have
been distributed in the former Soviet Union. |
| Background: The defeat of the Russian
Empire in World War I led to the seizure of power by the communists
and the formation of the USSR. The brutal rule of Josef Stalin
(1924-53) strengthened Russian dominance of the Soviet Union
at a cost of tens of millions of lives. General Secretary Mikhail
Gorbachev (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika
(restructuring) in an attempt to modernize communism, but his
initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991
splintered the USSR into 15 independent republics. Since then,
Russia has struggled in its efforts to build a democratic political
system and market economy. |
| You can contact the Book of Hope directly at [www.bookofhope.net]. |
