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Five Smooth Stones:

A Study of the Five-fold Ministry

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 Five Smooth Stones is a book about ministry in the Church. It is a comparison of the ministry model as described in the scripture with the one most often in use today. Using the account of David slaying Goliath as an allegory, the five stones he retrieved from the stream represent the five-fold ministry mentioned in the book of Ephesians chapter 4. The need for members to be “built up” is considered, as well as how the stones represent the building process… in as much as the Hebrew word for stone means “to build”. Scripture declares that within the church there are to be five distinct ministries and they are the means by which the church is to be brought to completion (or “perfection” as used in Ephesians). As the church dispensation comes to an end, the time for completion is at hand and the time for the restoration of all God ordained ministries is at hand as well.The modern church has had for its basis primarily a pastoral ministry emphasis. Five Smooth Stones explores the need to move beyond that model and enter into a more apostolic basis as the Bridegroom prepares to return for His bride (church), which at His coming is“without spot or wrinkle”. The early church using the five-fold model, as recorded in the book of Acts, was said to have turned the world “upside down”. The modern church has not so much turned the world upside down, but is, in some ways, barely holding its own in its attempt to impact the world. Society is not being turned upside down for righteousness, but is fighting to stave off the confusion wrought by a world teaching there is no right and wrong… except the wrong of believing there is a right and wrong. The message of tolerance has become the Holy Grail of societal acceptance... even if it is evil that is to be tolerated This is the giant of our day and it will take five smooth stones in the bag of preparation to cause the church to rise up in its intended faith and strength to slay the Goliath standing before it.And rising up, indeed, are five God ordained ministry types that will bring to the church a multifaceted leadership working in cooperation within itself, which will impart to the church the needed end-time edification. The single focused pastoral based ministry, which too often breeds competition, will give way to the agreement of the five, thus facilitating the last hour spiritual orchestration intended from the inception of the church. Spiritual exploits will be the result of this needed change... the change you are challenged to consider as you read this book. May there be Davids among you! Christianity Ministry & Evangelism
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