Table of Contents

Prologue
1. Called to Flourish
2. A Lost Church in a Lost World
3. The Primary Call
4. Relocating: Where Are We Called?
5. Reorienting: How Are We Called?
6. Refocusing: To Whom and What Are We Called?
7. The Way of the Beloved
8. The Way of Wisdom
9. The Way of Suffering
10. So What Does God Call Me To Do?
Epilogue: Light and Salt

About the Author

Mark Labberton is president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He previously served as Lloyd John Ogilvie chair for preaching and director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute for Preaching. Prior to that Labberton was senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California. He has served as chair of John Stott Ministries. Today he continues to contribute to the mission of the global church as a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission. He is the author of The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor and The Dangerous Act of Worship.

Reviews

"Reading Dr. Mark Labberton?s book Called is like taking a glass of cold water after a long, tedious and dreary journey on foot under the tropical African heat. Simply put: it is refreshing. It is re-assuring. It is practical. But it is also troubling . . . because the observations Mark makes are sadly true. There is a crisis of following Jesus today. Most of what we profess, our lives and attitudes and what we have become as Christians and churches, contradict our primary calling. Called is therefore a call to repentance. As I read each of the chapters, I cannot but cry out to Jesus: 'Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord have mercy.'"
*David Zac Niringiye, retired assistant bishop of the diocese of Kampala, Church of Uganda*

"Too often we settle for a 'calling' that is really just sanctified individualism, paddling in the shallows of the self. This book pursues the deeper questions of flourishing, sacrifice, community and transformation that are the heart of the Christian life."
*Andy Crouch, executive editor, Christianity Today, author of Playing God*

"Much of the most critical wisdom I have gleaned in my own life has come from the mentorship of Mark Labberton. Called brings together so many of the 'aha!' moments that so many have experienced from Mark's leadership, and offers these truly urgent insights in the form of a gift to anyone who opens this book. . . . This book needs to be read far and wide amongst followers of Jesus all over the world, because it clarifies in profound depths what we very most need to remember as we wake to each new day God gives. There is one call, and but One who calls, and the invitation to be answered is 'Follow Me.'"
*Bethany Hoang, IJM Institute for Biblical Justice, author of Deepening the Soul for Justice*

"I read everything Mark Labberton writes and his newest sings the songs of the kingdom. You will want to read Called."
*Lance Ford, Forge America, author of Revangelical*