Scott Todd - Hope Rising: How Christians Can End Extreme Poverty in This Generation

PRAISE FOR HOPE RISING

Hope Rising not only proclaims a call to believe that extreme poverty can end in our lifetime, it also provides an inspiring path for each of us to make the fight personal and do our part. Hope Rising is worthy to be read. Worthy to be believed. And worthy to be acted on!

SANTIAGO JIMMY MELLADO, PRESIDENT AND
CEO, COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL

Hope Rising had a major impact on my thinking and is a must read for Christians who care about the poor. Dr. Todd moves beyond emotional appeals and guilt-based action to show solid reasons for generosity and the impact of wise, redemptive giving. The evidence presented in Hope Rising deserves a prominent place in our thinking and conversation on global poverty as we mobilize the Church toward getting to zero.

DAVID WILLS, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION

My heart started beating fast as Scott Todd laid out a bold vision for what our world could look like in 2035. I defy you to read this book without being awakened, stirred up, and all ready to sign up for the revolution to join our collective forces in Gods name to end extreme poverty.

NANCY BEACH, LEADERSHIP COACH, THE SLINGSHOT GROUP
AUTHOR OF GIFTEDTOLEAD: THE ARTOF
LEADING AS A WOMAN IN THE CHURCH

A refreshing, even daring new perspectiveextreme poverty doesnt have to exist! Heres a book that converts the skeptical and energizes the church. Theres no place for extreme poverty to hide from the power of Gods people.

DR. WESS STAFFORD, PRESIDENT EMERITUS, COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL

I couldnt put your book down. It was so refreshing. Not pie-in-the-sky, but challenging to recognize the real needs in our world and hopeful that we can do this in our lifetime. The real prophet brings not just the bad news of judgment, but also the good news of restoration.

DR. MICHAEL D. SANDERS, PROFESSOR OF CHRISTIAN
FORMATION AND CAMPUS PASTOR, WARNER UNIVERSITY

Hope Rising both strikes a chord and hits a nerve. It is insightful and provocative. It will help many people break free from the low expectations trap.

JOHN ORTBERG, SENIOR PASTOR OF MENLO PARK PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH AND AUTHOR OF THE ME I WANT TO BE

Hope Rising turns conventional thinking about poverty on its head and invites us to follow Christ in ways that profoundly change the world.

STEPHEN BAUMAN, PRESIDENT/CEO, WORLD RELIEF

Hope Rising will change many hearts and empower the church to rise up to put an end to extreme poverty! I am now a believer that God can end extreme poverty through His people!

GEORGE BOCOX, PASTOR OF NEW HOPE EVANGELICAL
CHURCH, MCPHERSON, KANSAS

Hope Rising is practical, inspirational, motivating, and challenging. Without overwhelming the reader, Todd presents the problem and paths toward a solution. After reading this book, you will take the issue of poverty personally.

DALE HANSON BOURKE, AUTHOR, THE SKEPTICS
GUIDETOGLOBAL POVERTY

Do you sometimes wonder if theres really any hope of ending poverty, or if God wants you to do anything about it? If so, read Hope Rising, be inspired, join the 58: initiative, let God draw you into His desire to heal the world and become part of what Scott Todd calls this uncrushable movement to end global poverty. With arguments and stories that are in turn both hard-hitting and lovely, Dr. Todd explains why God cares for the poor, why we should care too, and how we can join a movement within Christs church that is truly having a global impact.

DR. ROLAND HOKSBERGEN, ECONOMIST AND DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES PROGRAM AT CALVIN COLLEGE

Dr. Scott Todd delivered one of the best presentations Ive seen at Q... The data are convincing, the call is compelling... Scott is architecting one of the great efforts of the global church.

GABE LYONS, AUTHOR OF THE NEXT CHRISTIANS AND FOUNDER OF Q

Scott Todds Hope Rising presents a bold and compelling view of what it means to live as a Christian in an age of poverty and globalization. What can Christians in rich countries do about poverty? Todd not only shows what the churches can do to fight poverty, but provides a biblical basis for the roles of business and government. Hope Rising is a passionate, personalized narrative that will challenge the individual Christian, but is also suitable for study in small groups of believers who want to work together to make a positive difference for the poor in Jesus name.

BRUCE WYDICK, PHD, PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS,
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND VISITING PROFESSOR,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY

I loved, loved, loved it!

ROBIN HERSMA, MOTHER OF FOUR AND FOSTER PARENT

Hope Rising is a compelling call to have followers of Jesus Christ fast-forward the end of extreme poverty. Scott Todd is a modern-day William Wilberforce who brings passion, Scripture, and strategy to ignite the church for world-changing action.

PETER GREER, PRESIDENT/CEO, HOPE INTERNATIONAL

Hope Rising is a call to the church to throw off the low expectations that limit our vision and hope for what the Maker of the universe can and will do through us. Lets heed the invitation to roll up our sleeves and join God in the miraculous works He has prepared for us to do.

JIM MARTIN, VICE PRESIDENT OF SPIRITUAL
FORMATION, INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION

Are you overwhelmed by global poverty? This book proves that the end of extreme poverty is closer than we thinkand each of us can join in todays movement. Extreme poverty has been cut in half in the last thirty years, and the global church is the most promising force to bring it to an end. The church led the abolition of slavery, and in our generation we will lead the abolition of extreme poverty. Hope Rising offers a hopeful invitation to each of us to be the movement that puts global poverty into the history books.

RICH HALVORSON, FOUNDER, GLOBAL FAST

As a community of faith we are guilty of low expectations concerning the Lords ability to use His body to restore and redeem His creation. After reading Hope Rising I was convicted and encouraged by the simplicity of the solution and the vision of the future that should be ours as followers of Christ. The strategy outlined by Dr. Todd is a necessary reminder of why the Body exists and provokes individuals to respond to the call of Christ.

ERIC E. PRATT, PH.D., VICE PRESIDENT FOR CHRISTIAN
DEVELOPMENT, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE

Get ready to be uncomfortable. Scott Todd applies the message and spirit of the Jewish prophets to the call of the church today. Hope Rising insists on linking love for God with the work of ending preventable human suffering caused by extreme poverty. Inspired by an optimism grounded in Scripture, Hope Rising offers practical strategies to make the end of the worst forms of poverty an achievable reality in our day.

DON GOLDEN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING
& CHURCH ENGAGEMENT, WORLD RELIEF

For too many, its easy to become hopeless about the state of the worlds poor. Dr. Scott Todd challenges this stance, taking us on a fascinating tour of extreme poverty through recent history, showing us glimmers of hope, and calling this generation of Christ-followers to work together to end extreme poverty in our lifetime. We are already winning, and with concerted effort, extreme poverty can indeed be history.

CHAD HAYWARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ACCORD NETWORK

This is a book to launch a movement. In Hope Rising, Scott Todd has a bold and prophetic voice, calling us to escape the tyranny of our own low expectations. Children dont have to die from hunger or preventable diseases. God has given us all the tools we need to defeat extreme poverty. Having worked in the fight against poverty for nearly twenty years, I confess that I approached