This book is fairly solid biblically speaking, but it's not terribly engaging. It's also a little repetitive, but that actually serves to make it a quicker read, as there's less to think about overall.

It mostly focuses on why the church should be living missionally. I expected there to be more practical advice (specifically, more anecdotes of what other people/churches have done), but there wasn't much of this. There are a handful of stories that are repeated throughout the book.

One of my favorite quotes:

"...Common in my congregation was a fear of failing to relate to people who were radically different from themselves... I realized that the root of the fear was a collectively diminished view of the power of the gospel and the power of the church to spread it. My congregation lacked a God confidence in Christ's ability to reach lost people, no matter how difficult the context. The challenges of the inner-city seemed greater than God's reach." (p. 100)

I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. ( )