Godspeed
Making Christ's Mission Your Own
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Publisher Description
Have you ever felt like there’s a higher calling for your life? Something more than the mundane weekly routine of work, eat, sleep, play, and church? In Godspeed, Britt Merrick challenges us to step out of our little, self-centered lives and step into God’s grand mission—His plan to restore, redeem, and renew the world. Your heart has been aching for something more, and this is it. Join His mission and change the world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Amid a slew of titles encouraging Christians to become more "missional" intentionally pursuing God's mission in everyday life veteran "surfer-pastor" Merrick (Big God) urges his readers to adopt Missio Christi. Missio Christi, a term coined at Merrick's multi-location Reality Church in California, is the essence of "living life at Godspeed." It is living the way Jesus Christ did, reaching out and changing the world through ministry to the marginalized poor and sufferers. To spur his readers to go and do the same, the author exhorts, encourages, and equips with the characteristic no-nonsense discourse of a surfer swapping stories on the beach. Pulling no punches, Merrick indicts the American Christian church for its judgmental past and encourages American Christians to reclaim their sense of "sent-ness" as God's missionaries within their own community. The book is best digested in part two, with its practical applications, called a "playbook for mission based on the historical life of Jesus." Merrick utilizes personal stories, everyday analogies, and meaningful metaphors to bring his points home. Lacking theological depth, his populist, surfer-style approach will certainly prove inspirational for everyday Christians.
