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This product will be available on September 11th, 2026
Description
Recovering the Gospel-Centered Mission of the Church
What should the church prioritize in its mission—gospel proclamation or social action? In Partnership with Priority, John Sypert turns to Charles Haddon Spurgeon to answer one of the most pressing questions facing the modern church.
Drawing deeply from Spurgeon’s sermons, institutions, and vast ministry output, this book reveals a missiology that is both compassionate and convictional. Spurgeon refused to pit word against deed. Instead, he championed a dynamic partnership between gospel proclamation and mercy ministry—while insisting that the preaching of Christ must always remain primary.
Written with pastoral sensitivity and scholarly rigor, this volume challenges contemporary assumptions about “holistic mission” and offers a biblically grounded alternative rooted in Spurgeon’s lived practice. Sypert shows how Spurgeon’s orphanages, pastor-training college, church planting, and global mission efforts all flowed from a clear theological vision: love expressed through deeds, anchored by the priority of the gospel.
This book will help you:
- Clarify the relationship between evangelism and social action
- Learn from Spurgeon’s real-world ministry, not abstract theory
- Recover a gospel-centered vision for missions and church life
- Think biblically about mercy, justice, and proclamation today
Author
John Sypert (Ph.D., Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as the senior pastor of Preston Highlands Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. He is married to Suzy and they have three children.
Specifications
ISBN 9781527114357
Author John Sypert
Imprint Mentor
Category Ecclesiology
Series Biography
Series Biography
Release Date 11 September 2026
Format Paperback
Page Count 182
Width 138 mm
Height 216 mm
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