Find Your Place: Locating Your Calling Through Your Gifts, Passions, and Story

by Rob Wegner, Brian Phipps, Todd Wilson (Foreword by)

Overview

Every person has been designed by God for one-of-a-kind Masterpiece Mission, what most people refer to as personal calling or personal purpose. Everyone needs to be able to name what God has put them on the earth to do. Most people never do. That is a tragedy of epic proportions.

We need a simple way to discover that calling, and Find Your Place is that way. GPS technology is widely known as a way to know where you are on the earth, as well as a way to guide you to get where you want to go. The Find Your Place book will help followers of Jesus locate three signals that will help people discern their personal calling: their Gifts, their Passions, and their Story, and help them take meaningful next steps to engage that calling.

Furthermore, the American Church has a Co-Dependency Disorder. Church members have become dependent upon church leaders, and church leaders need their members to remain that way. This co-dependence is doing more than throttling the vitality of the church...it is strangling it. In order for the people of God to truly thrive and be salt and light in the world, church leaders must move from simply "gathering and teaching" their members to "empowering and releasing them." This book, the accompanying online assessment, and the disciple-making tools that both will be integrated into, will all be a part of a turn-key solution for church leaders to accomplish that goal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310100126
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	03/26/2019
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Rob Wegner leads the Kansas City Underground, a decentralized network of reproducing disciples and microchurches in Kansas City, Missouri. Previously, he served as teaching pastor at Granger Community Church in Granger, Indiana and at Westside Family Church in Kansas City. Rob also serves on the leadership team of New Thing and on the Exponential Network Team, leading learning communities and speaking at national church conferences.

Brian Phipps is a disciple-making innovator and the founder of Disciples Made Inc. He regularly consults with churches to create custom, intentional disciple-making environments and systems. He is coauthor of Holy Smokes, served as the Next Steps pastor for Westside Family Church, and is a former church planter and senior pastor.

Table of Contents

Foreword Todd Wilson 11

Acknowledgments 17

Introduction 19

1 Incomprehensible 35

2 Gifts 55

3 Passions 93

4 Story 131

5 Impact 167

Conclusion 185

Notes 189

Editorial Reviews

This is not theory, it is practice. This book is a must read for anyone who is serious about making disciples and developing leaders.

DAN SOUTHERLAND

Wow, where has this book been? It could radically change Christianity in America from attendance driven to fulfillment living for each individual made in the image of God.

EDDIE MOSLEY

Rob and Brian help you discover where you are now, discover where you need to be, and provide ways to discover the path to get there.

NEIL COLE

Daily I talk with people about their calling. I will recommend Find Your Place to people who are looking to reach their full potential for the mission of Jesus.

JANET MCMAHON

Find Your Place has changed my life, my family’s lives, and my business. Read it only if you are truly interested in being activated into His mission for your life.

ANDY TRAUB

I highly recommend that every church purchase several copies of this book and take all of their leaders and potential leaders through it. It will make a difference!

CHRIS SURRATT

This book is a game changer. Read it and then give this practical, clear, and life-changing book to every Christian you know. They will “rise up and call you blessed.

STEVE BROWN

Invite Rob and Brian, through this book, to be your guides in discovering and embracing God’s calling on your life.

DANIEL IM

If you haven’t yet discovered your place in the mission of God or are just looking for more clarity, this book is definitely for you.

DAVE FERGUSON

If you struggle with knowing what you should do with your life, this book is for you.

DR. RICHARD L. PRATT JR.

Find Your Place has challenged me to lean into who God has called me to love and how I can leverage my unique wiring to put love into action.

TONY MORGAN

Find Your Place is exactly what every church member needs. Once you apply these truths, your life, your church, and your community will never be the same.

ALLEN WHITE

If you want to see big things happen in your life and work, Find Your Place is your go-to companion.

RANDY FRAZEE

The best people to write a book on personal calling are ones who have relentlessly optimized their own. Find Your Place provides a clear roadmap for others to follow.

STEVE GLADEN

Brian and Rob have done some amazing work. Do yourself a favor and learn from their decades of ministry.

BEN REED

People serious about following Jesus and finding their place in Jesus’ mission to restore all things need to read this book.

ALAN HIRSCH