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Faith, Love, and Hope: A Spiritual History of the Firs (Centennial Edition)

Faith, Love, and Hope: A Spiritual History of the Firs (Centennial Edition)

Jeffrey, Katherine B.
Whipple, Bruce G.

Hardcover

General Christianity

Publisher Price: $45.00

ISBN13: 9798385275847
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: Apr 21 2026
Pages: 260
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The 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.

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