Bauman - Possible: A Blueprint for Changing How We Change the World

Inspiring. Hopeful. Needed. Possible: A Blueprint for Changing How We Change the World is a beautiful road map for us all as we discover our role in bringing Gods heart to the whole world.

L OUIE G IGLIO , pastor of Passion City Church and founder of the Passion Conference

Possible is a beautiful, remarkable book. Stephan Bauman gives us a blueprint for changing the world that is light on superficialities and heavy on essentials. Whether youre a young activist discerning your path or a seasoned leader recalibrating for the road ahead, youd do well to say a prayer and then start here.

J OSHUA D UBOIS , director of Values Partnerships and former executive director of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the White House

This is an inspiring book! Written by the leader of one of the worlds most effective relief and development organizations, it is full of stories that taught me and equipped me to be more effective in helping the way Jesus did.

D R. J OEL C. H UNTER , senior pastor of Northland, A Church Distributed

There are many resources available on how to make a difference in the world. Stephan Bauman presents the most compelling blueprint I have read on how to do that. I wish Id had this book as a reference and guide forty years ago!

R. T IM Z IEMER , rear admiral, United States Navy (retired)

Stephan Bauman is a visionary for what the people of God can do with a little faith. Possible doesnt just encourage us to believe in the impossible but gives us a blueprint for action. When so much can overwhelm us with whats wrong with the world, this book helps us act with, learn from, and come alongside those who are vulnerable. Weaving personal stories with practical application, this is an essential handbook to create a community of change makers.

J ENNY Y ANG , vice president of Advocacy and Policy at World Relief and author of Welcoming the Stranger

Possible is the book for everyone who wants to move beyond complacency to commitment and from doing little to truly changing the world. Lots of writers tell us that our world is a mess, but Stephan Bauman shows us how to fix it.

L EITH A NDERSON , president of the National Association of Evangelicals

This is a book about not shrinking back from the challenges of the world but leaning into them with love, resolve, and inexplicable hope. Its about not doing easy things but doing lasting things. Stephan Bauman has rolled out something beautiful on the table. But its not for us just to look at but to act upon. Part memoir, part manifestothis book will challenge some of your assumptions and confirm others.

B OB G OFF , author of Love Does

Possible is not just a blueprint for change; its a cartography of courage. Stephan Bauman has personally challenged me to go beyond the safety of facile and distant engagement so pervasive in our age to the arduous but promising incarnational work of world changing. If you, like me, resist the cynicism that too often accompanies world changing, Possible calls you to leave the Shire with renewed hope.

R EV. G ABRIEL S ALGUERO , president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition

In a world of poverty, suffering, and downright evil, Stephan Bauman calls us to live lives of hope, justice, and vision. He challenges us not to passively accept what is but to courageously rouse ourselves and our communities to make a difference in the world.

A LEC H ILL , president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

Stephan Baumans new book, Possible, has all the marks of greatness. It avoids common pitfalls of many justice books that can either be overly optimistic or idealistic on one side or pessimistic and cynical on the other. This book is for people who still believe it is possible to change the world but want a deep and meaningful conversation on how to get there. Stephan has accomplished something special in this tight and compact treatise. It is passionately written, marked by Baumans years of radically hopeful living. It is intellectual and deep yet remains accessible and inspiring. Possible is sure to spark your imagination and fire your passions.

K EN W YTSMA , founder of the Justice Conference and author of Pursuing Justice and The Grand Paradox

The weave and texture of Possible catapults this book to high levels of literary beauty, yet at the same time it emotionally and intellectually intertwines our lives with the most vulnerable of the world. Stephan Baumans personal vulnerability connected with solid biblical, historical, psychological, and cross-cultural models make Possible a seminal book for our times.

J O A NNE L YON , general superintendent of the Wesleyan Church

Possible invites us to take the first step toward living out Gods purpose for our lives as agents of reconciliation and restoration in the world. Wonderfully accessible, user friendly, and faithfully grounded, Baumans book challenges the status quo, answers the question what can I do? and unleashes whats possible for ordinary people to address root causes of suffering and really change the world.

D AVID B ECKMANN , president of Bread for the World

Stephan Bauman is a poet practitioner with the dirt of the worlds biggest challenges under his fingernails. Many books point toward the worlds problems, but few lay out reasonable solutions as Possible does.

J USTIN D ILLON , founder and CEO of Made in a Free World

I love this book! In Possible, Stephan Bauman helps us understand that if we want to responsibly steward our moment in history, we need to turn our self-focused paradigm upside down. We need to recognize the enormous resilience, creativity, and unwavering hope of those who suffer and then thank God for the privilege of coming alongside them as co-creators of solutions and change. Stephan and his wife, Belinda, have lived out the vision of Possible. When you read their story, I know youll be as inspired and challenged as I have been.

L YNNE H YBELS , Willow Creek Community Church

A powerful combination of gripping stories, solid theology, and probing challenge. This book does not just call us to change the world; it convinces us that we can do it. A wonderful summons to do justice.

R ON S IDER , author of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and Distinguished Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry, and Public Policy at Eastern University

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