The Five Smooth Stones, Essential Principles for Biblical Ministry by Robertson McQuilkin and published by Broadman & Holman Publishing.
Dr. McQuilkin, president emeritus of Columbia International University, was driven to find a place where theology and best practices in ministry engaged. He found five major doctrinal principles that play a major role in how ministry is conducted: the Bible as authority, a correctly aligned church body, the power of the Holy Spirit, the plan of redemption proclaimed, and the lordship of Christ lived out in the leadership. After a number of years surveying an international array of churches he found that these five principles defined the ministries that were successful. Learn how to put these principles into practice at your church.
