Bob Hoskins (born April 15, 1936) is an American Christian missionary, author, and the founder of OneHope (formerly known as 'Book of Hope International') in 1987.

[1] He has spent the majority of his life serving as a missionary in the Middle East, Africa, South America, Asia and Europe.

[2][failed verification] At 19, Hoskins met Hazel Crabtree at a church event where he was preaching in Little Rock, Arkansas.

They relocated to Miami, Florida, where Bob assumed the presidency of the newly formed Life Publishers International; a literature ministry.

[3] The first 968,000 Books of Hope - customized, Bible-based children's publications - were delivered in 1987 to every schoolchild in El Salvador at the request of the country's Minister of Education.