A SPERO book · The Bob Hoskins story
A life on the edge of faith.
Bob Hoskins was preaching at seven. Eight decades later, the ministry he founded has put God's Word in the hands of more than two billion children. Courageous Hope is the whole story: war zones, world leaders, heartbreak, rescue.
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01 · Why you have never heard of him
He has none of the usual credentials.
×No YouTube channel
×No podcast
×No speaking circuit
×No follower count
He has the other thing.
Eight decades of walking with God. Scripture carried across closed borders. Secret meetings in war zones. A calling that survived being hunted, being shot at, and coming heartbreakingly close to failure.
The kind of faith you cannot perform for a camera. The kind you can only live.
If you knew his story, you would want it on your shelf. So here it is.
Start with his life02 · In his own words
Some stories you should hear him tell.
Bob's filmed testimony, recorded across his ninth decade. Three minutes that explain everything the cover cannot.
03 · One life
From a boy preacher to two billion children.
Follow the decades. Every stop below is drawn from the book, and each one lands where you might be standing right now.
The calling arrives early.
A boy steps up to preach, and it never lets go of him. Before most of us pick a career, Bob had a commission.
Faith in hard places.
Missionary across the Middle East and North Africa. Secret meetings in war zones. Hunted and shot at, and somehow still going. This is the part of the story where most people would have quit. He nearly did.
Home, with a bigger idea.
Back in the US, Bob leads Life Publishers International and learns the lesson SPERO is built on: print goes where preachers cannot.
A vision becomes OneHope.
Book of Hope launches with a simple, enormous aim: God's Word, every child. Churches, schools, ministries, and governments join in.
Two billion children later, he wrote it down.
OneHope has reached more than two billion children and is aiming for two billion more by 2033. And Bob, who never built a platform, wrote the story for the generation that lives on them. That would be you.
Build note: dates and captions above follow the book's own account. Archive frames are placeholders while footage and photographs clear OneHope Communications approval.
04 · Read
Start reading before you buy.
Bob Hoskins has lived a life on the edge of faith, courageously overcoming every challenge to bring God's Word to those who need it most.
From secret meetings in war zones to breakthrough moments before world leaders. From heartbreak and near failure to audacious faith and supernatural rescue. From a childhood calling to a global movement, shaping history through the power of the Holy Spirit.
This is more than one man's story. It is a testament to living on the edge of faith, and an invitation for you to be part of a legacy fueled by courage, forged in reckless abandon to Jesus, and overflowing with God's presence.
From the back cover · chapter one excerpt to followInside the book.
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05 · The book asks you three questions
Are you ready to discover what courageous hope can do in your own life?
Are you longing to make a difference that really matters?
Are you searching for purpose that lasts beyond today?
If any of those landed, this book was written at you.
Get the bookA line from the forewords will sit here. The book carries two, and the names hold weight on their own.
Forewords by David Green and Gordon Robertson · pull quotes to come
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