If God Should Choose: The Authorized Story of Jim and Roni Bowers [Hardcover]

Kristen Stagg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2002

A gripping story featured on ABC Primetime with Diane Sawyer.Compelling story of love between a man and a woman, and a missionOn April 20, 2001, the plane in which missionaries Jim and Roni Bowers and their children were riding was shot down over Peru in an interception of a perceived drug plane. Roni and their seven-month old daughter, Charity, were killed. This tragedy has touched the lives of millions of people, believers and non-believers alike. If God Should Choose portrays the Bowers' story coherently and completely. This sobering work will leave readers more committed to, in the words of Jim Bowers, 'stay alert to the things that really matter, to cherish [their] loved ones even more, to be ever ready to explain (and live) the truth to friends who do not know Christ personally.'

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About the Author

Kristen Stagg is an assistant editor for the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. As the daughter of ABWE medical missionaries, she spent eleven years in Bangladesh, and since joining ABWE’s publications department has traveled extensively visiting the mission’s works around the world. Kristen currently resides in Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Moody Publishers; 1St Edition edition (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802415881
• ISBN-13: 978-0802415882
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,257,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Find us faithful", April 17, 2002

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Radical Abandonment "Pam" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If God Should Choose: The Authorized Story of Jim and Roni Bowers (Hardcover)

This is a story that is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. There are no mistakes or situations beyond God's control. It is a story for our time so that we remember the faithfulness of God through the lives of his servants. We have seen it over and over again in the history of the church. I was looking forward to the publication of the book ever since I saw the story on Primetime and was not disappointed. I needed kleenex before I finished the first page of the foreward not because of sadness, but because of the call a sovereign God places on human lives for His glory. Every Christian should read this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing story - Tragic but beautiful, July 21, 2005

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Rarely Quiet "If you don't feel close to God,... (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If God Should Choose: The Authorized Story of Jim and Roni Bowers (Hardcover)

I had received this book as a gift and was fairly skeptical to read about it. I have never been one to read biographies, even of people that I was interested in. The book grabs you from the beginning and never lets go. I finished the whole book, cover to cover in approximately 3 1/2 hours. I couldn't wait to go back to it when I would be interrupted to find out what was going to happen to Jim and Roni. It's a wonderful testimony to how God can work in people's lives and eventually in their death, no matter how untimely. I heartily recommend the book and will be passing it around my small group at church.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SO REAL...SO FAITHFUL, February 25, 2003

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JAN CARVER (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If God Should Choose: The Authorized Story of Jim and Roni Bowers (Hardcover)

I was a little amazed that the book read so well. It clipped along really good...never became boring. I have already passed it on to a young man interested in MAF/Missionary Aviation Fellowship. I read it in 3 to 4 days, which is fast for me.
This book boosted my faith tremendously & let me know others believe in the soveriegnty of God. It was a faith builder. Though he slay me, I will still love & worship him.