Awakening to a World of Need

Awakening to a World of Need, by the well-known Christian author Tim Chester, tells the story of how evangelical Christians rediscovered social involvement in the second half of the twentieth century. It explores the influences of key Western and non-Western thinkers like Billy Graham, Carl Henry, John Stott, Francis Schaeffer, Rene Padilla, Vinay Samuel and Samuel Escobar along with landmark conferences like the Lausanne Congress. It also highlights the historical and sociological factors that shaped this renewed concern for the poor as well as exploring the theological issues at stake.

John Stott in his foreword writes: "This book badly needed to be written, and Tim Chester has put us in his debt by writing it with considerable skill, insight and balance. By dint of wide and careful listening he has told the story of the recovery, during the past quarter-century, of our temporarily mislaid evangelical social conscience."

First published in 1993, Awakening to a World of Need is available for the first time as an ebook.