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Fred G. Zaspel reviews DeYoung’s and Gilbert’s “What Is the Mission of the Church,” praising its call for Christians to return to “that which ought to be the central mark of the Church.” The book addresses “What in the world does Jesus send us into the world to do? And to that question they provide a gospel answer.” It offers “a very helpful and concisely-stated exegetical, theological, and biblical-theological framework,” distinguishing “the mission of God and the mission of the church.” The authors conclude: “The mission of the church is to go into the world and make disciples by declaring the gospel of Jesus Christ… to the glory of God the Father.” Zaspel affirms the book “calls the church back to its redemptive and gospel-centered identity,” stating, “Christianity is a redemptive religion” whose “first concern has not to do with things temporal but things eternal.”