Extreme poverty does not have to exist. When Christians accept that fact and start living accordingly, we will find the solution is already within our reach.

Worldwide, 18,000 children die from preventable causes every day. If that statistic leaves you feeling powerless, you are not alone - but you are wrong. If a false sense of powerlessness has lulled you into apathy, it's time to shake off the grogginess of low expectations and get to work. We can make this world a place where kids do not die from easily preventable diseases.

In Hope Rising, Scott Todd of Compassion International pens a galvanizing, insightful account of the movement that is eradicating extreme global poverty through transformative Christian generosity. Scott provides riveting evidence to show that we are much closer to that goal than you might think.

According to Todd, we live in an historic moment, and chances are you are already part of it. Twenty-first-century Christians are living out their faith by generating multi-continent grassroots movements for the poor. Public and private sectors are working together. It's a new era of philanthropy, compassion, and justice, working together to eradicate the pandemic of extreme global poverty.

This is a future we have the God-given power to create. This is the history we hope to write.

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