{"product_id":"faith-love-and-hope-a-spiritual-history-of-the-firs-centennial-edition-9798385275830","title":"Faith, Love, and Hope: A Spiritual History of the Firs (Centennial Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Katherine B. Jeffrey | Bruce G. Whipple\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wipf \u0026amp; Stock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wipf \u0026amp; Stock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Church - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Firs, established in 1921 as a modest annual gathering of friends and supporters of the China Inland Mission, grew by the 1950s into a multifaceted camp and conference ministry with three exceptional recreational properties near Bellingham, Washington. This book recounts the origins and early growth of The Firs, through a complex weave of relationships with pastoral, lay, and missionary leaders, as it pursued a countercultural identity as a \"work of faith and labor of love\" whose primary focus was \"helping people believe.\" It then chronicles the last half-century of The Firs' \"endurance in hope\"--through myriad challenges of suburban encroachment, bureaucratic regulation, cultural upheaval, international tension, enticements to mission drift, technological \"noise,\" and even pandemic lockdowns, ultimately resulting in an unequivocal re-centering on its historic identity and mission. Its special focus is now child and youth evangelism, through premier camp experiences on Lake Whatcom and atop nearby Mount Baker, and year-round mentoring and discipleship for young Christian leaders. This is a bracing narrative of the fidelity of one pioneering family and those who carried forward their vision for a distinctive Christian ministry in the Pacific Northwest. Above all, it is a story of God's faithfulness from generation to generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883555766423,"sku":"9798385275830","price":2182.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798385275830.webp?v=1781102546","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/faith-love-and-hope-a-spiritual-history-of-the-firs-centennial-edition-9798385275830","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}