Five Stones Global

Global workers are going to some of the world’s least-reached peoples with tremendous passion and commitment—but too often without the preparation needed to serve in ways that can be locally owned, sustained, and multiplied.

Five Stones Global (formerly World Mission Associates) helps change that.

Since 1983, we have equipped missionaries and ministry leaders to make wise cross-cultural decisions from the very beginning—approaches that honor local people, draw upon the gifts and resources already within their communities, and help the gospel take root in ways that can continue and multiply without dependence on outsiders.

Our name comes from the story of David, who set aside Saul’s armor and went forward with five simple stones already familiar to him. In the same way, we want to see emerging churches equipped to use what God has placed in their hands—not dependent on methods, money, or resources they cannot reproduce themselves.

Today, Five Stones Global provides training, coaching, and practical resources for global workers and local leaders—and we are developing a new micro-learning initiative to make this kind of preparation accessible to many more people serving among the world’s least reached.

Your gift can help:

• $100 — Provide a partial scholarship assistance for a missionary or ministry leader receiving cross-cultural training.
• $1,000–$4,000 — Help bring a Missions One Bite at a Time micro-lesson to life. Each lesson is different—your gift may help fund creative development, video, animation, interviews, storytelling, or other production needed to make practical missions training engaging and accessible.

Every gift helps prepare people not simply to go, but to serve in ways that local believers can own, sustain, and multiply.