{"product_id":"faith-love-and-hope-a-spiritual-history-of-the-firs-centennial-edition-9798385275847","title":"Faith, Love, and Hope: A Spiritual History of the Firs (Centennial Edition)","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wipf \u0026amp; Stock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798385275847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Katherine B. Jeffrey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774311297205,"sku":"9798385275847","price":38.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/faith-love-and-hope-a-spiritual-history-of-the-firs-centennial-edition-9798385275847","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}