Consummation by Randy White

A recent novel by BGU alum, Dr. Randy White.

Keith Gilbert is a development expert establishing micro-loan programs in areas of extreme poverty and corruption around the world, but his internal world is corroding. He is questioning his own value, the worth of his work, and he is harboring a secret. His kidnapping in Ghana unleashes both an inner journey and an international chase, testing both his spiritual foundations and identity. Keith’s wife Esther enters her own pilgrimage, as does the innocent Alyth, who is caught in the drama. What they discover will lead to deep transformation, to false hopes dashed, to disappointment and delight, and reveal the power of deep friendship and grace. Consummation captures the internal journey of people trying to navigate their needs, illusions, expectations and faith in a quest for something more.

About the author:

Dr. Randy White has worked with faith and civic organizations for more than forty years, focusing on individual, organizational and community transformation. He began as InterVarsity's National Coordinator for Urban Projects, and founded the Fresno Institute for Urban Leadership. He then helped renowned urbanologist, theologian and historian Ray Bakke build the global Bakke Graduate University. He finished his formal career founding the FPU Center for Community Transformation, contributing multiple economic transformation initiatives in his community of Fresno, California. Concurrently, he led the Master of Arts degree program in Community Leadership and Transformation at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary, and founded the Certificate in Community Transformation for Spanish-speaking leaders across the Valley.

Randy is the author of many articles, and seven books, among them: Consummation, a novel (2025), You are the Full Cloud: Selected Poems (Bookemon, 2024), Out of Nazareth: Christ-Centered Civic Transformation in Unlikely Places (Urban Loft, 2017), The Work of Our Hands: Faith Rooted Approaches to Job Creation, Training or Placement in Contexts of Concentrated Poverty (Condeo Press, 2012), Encounter God in the City: Onramps to Personal and Community Transformation (IVP, 2006), and Journey to the Center of the City: Making a Difference in an Urban Neighborhood (IVP, 1996). 

Randy has earned a Doctorate of Ministry in Global Urban Leadership from Bakke Graduate University, a Master of Arts in Urban Sociology and Community Development from Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary, and a Master of Christian Studies from New College Berkeley.

You can purchase Randy's latest book HERE.