Launch Out Into the Deep

What happens when the Holy Spirit interrupts a man’s plans and calls him beyond the safety of the shoreline?

In this fourth revised edition of Launch Out Into The Deep, Dr. Mark Rutland looks back across 50 years of ministry, mission, and Spirit-led obedience. This new edition includes fresh chapters and new reflections from Dr. Rutland as he revisits the journey, the miracles, the challenges, and the faithfulness of God over half a century of ministry.

Like a modern-day Saul of Tarsus, Rutland was powerfully interrupted in his pursuit of religious advancement. In 1975, the Holy Spirit redirected his life, shattered his ambitions, and launched him into a worldwide ministry as a missionary-evangelist, pastor, teacher, university president, and author.

With humor, honesty, and deep spiritual insight, Rutland recounts experiences from every inhabited continent—stories that are sometimes funny, sometimes astonishing, and often deeply moving. He writes with such transparency that readers are invited to see themselves, their faith, and their world with fresh eyes.