You were made to
Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell

Contend

A book by Pastor
Philip Anthony Mitchell

Coming on
October 13, 2026

The cover of Contend by Philip Anthony Mitchell

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And receive the Contend Questions — a conversation guide designed to be shared.

Jude wrote one letter to a generation under pressure: contend for the faith. Two thousand years later, that charge is yours.

The book moves in two parts. The first names the moment — a generation called to wake up, stand up, and live with conviction in a culture that won’t stop shifting.

The second is Jude’s letter. Read carefully. For the first time. By people ready to hear what it says. You were delivered something. Stand on it. Live for it. Contend for it.

“Contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.”

Jude 1:3

This isn’t a book for spectators. It’s for the believer ready to stop drifting and start standing. Contending isn’t loud. It’s faithful.

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Author • Pastor • Believer

Philip Anthony Mitchell

Philip came to faith on a bathroom floor in November 2003 — minutes after a failed suicide attempt.

What he’s built since wasn’t theoretical, and it didn’t survive intact. The depression. The ministry that almost didn’t make it. The Sunday he stood in front of empty seats and nearly quit.

He preaches what he’s lived. He refuses to soften what saved him.

Contend is what he learned in those rooms. The book he needed in the dark — and the book he wrote for the believer ready to stand. He pastors 2819 Church in Atlanta.

Portrait of Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell

There are three ways in.

Pre-order Contend before October 13 and choose what comes with it.

One Copy

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Receive all four bonuses the moment your order is confirmed:

  • Discussion Guide Chapter-by-chapter for small groups
  • 7-Day Devotional Reading Plan Chapter-by-chapter for small groups
  • Contend Cards Pocket-sized field kit
  • Chapter Excerpt Yours before launch

Not available after release.

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Three Copies

Three copies. Three sets of bonuses.

  • 3x Discussion Guides Chapter-by-chapter for small groups
  • 3x 7-Day Devotional Reading Plans
  • 3x Contend Cards Pocket-sized field kit
  • 3x Chapter Excerpts Yours before launch

Not available after release.

The remnant moves together.

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Every bonus in One Copy and Three Copies

  • Every bonus in One Copy and Three Copies A set of bonuses per copy.
  • Early-Access Invitation to Contend Cohort A six-month intensive launching Q1 2027. Reserved for pastors, church leaders, and ministry teams placing bulk orders.

Not available after release.

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What would you stop tolerating in the church — or in yourself — if you actually believed what you say you believe?
From the Contend Questions
Who in your life needs you to stop accommodating and start saying the thing you’ve been afraid to say?
From the Contend Questions
If contending for the faith cost you something — an audience, a relationship, an opportunity — would you still do it?
From the Contend Questions

Three of forty. The full Contend Questions guide is a conversation tool — built to move the book from your hands to someone else’s.

70,000 gathered in an arena in Arlington, Texas

The week before the book releases,
70,000 will gather in Arlington, Texas.

More at 2819church.org.

Contend Sunday

200 churches. One Sunday. One book.

The Sunday Contend releases, pastors across the country will preach on Jude 1:3 and recommend the book to their congregations. Synchronized conviction. Communal movement.

If you lead a church or a ministry, you’re invited.

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