Five Stones Global Articles
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The "Thinning" Revisited: Dependency and Church Planting in Cambodia
Jean JohnsonJune 1, 2010 -
The Best Way to Plant Indigenous Churches is to Begin That Way
Jean JohnsonSeptember 1, 2016 -
"They Did Business With You Because of Your Great Wealth of Goods"
Jean JohnsonJuly 1, 2016 -
Could Inspiring More "We Did It" Stories Help Break The Dependency Mindset?
Dan CarlJuly 31, 2014 -
Three Things of Importance: Spiritual Renewal, Restructuring, Imagination
Glenn Schwartz
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The 80/20 Mission Principle: Constantly Speak of the Kingdom of God
“As before, [Jesus] spoke constantly of the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3, The Voice). Jesus could have done so many things during His 40 days while risen from the grave, but once again He constantly spoke of the kingdom of God: As before, he spoke constantly of the kingdom of God. Speaking about the kingdom […]
The 80/20 Mission Principle: Introduction
Imagine this . . . You go to a global mission training hoping to learn all you can and the trainer hands you the Book of Acts and then dismisses you, saying, “Here is your manual. Read it. Pray it. Follow it.” What would our mission strategies consist of if we allowed the Book of […]
Still Taking Initiative Where We Are
Five Stones Global, Jean Johnson Since our last blog and conversation, have you been declaring this prayer “God, may your Kingdom come to my neighborhood and may I play an integral part in it’s coming”? Anything happening? We received some insightful comments from those who read our first blog, Taking Initiative Where We Are. I […]
Taking Initiative Where We Are
Would you join us in stepping outside your door each morning while declaring this prayer: “God, may your Kingdom come to my neighborhood and may I play an integral part in it’s coming?” In Acts 1:8, Luke writes: You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you. And you will be My witnesses, […]
Let Jesus Be Himself
We all hear or use phrases like these: Just be yourself. Embrace who you are. Own your story. Let me be me. I am free to be me. This way of thinking is popular in American culture today. We allow great latitude for ourselves to be at home in our own skins and others to […]