{{short description|American soccer player (born 1984)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jordan Stone | image = | caption = | fullname = Dr Jordan Stone | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|16}} | birth_place = [[Allen, Texas]], [[United States]] | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = 1999–2001 | youthclubs1 = [[IMG Soccer Academy]] | years1 = 2002–2004 | clubs1 = [[Dallas Burn]] | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 0 | totalcaps = 25 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2001 | nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national under-17 soccer team|United States U17]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2003 | nationalteam2 = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]] | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | medaltemplates = }}
'''Jordan Stone''' (born March 16, 1984), is a retired [[United States|American]] soccer player and the senior pastor of [https://www.redeemermckinney.com/ Redeemer Presbyterian Church] (McKinney).
==Soccer career== Stone skipped college, signing a [[Project-40]] contract with the league in 2002, and was thence drafted 15th overall in the [[2002 MLS SuperDraft]] by his hometown [[F.C. Dallas|Dallas Burn]]. Despite his reputation, Stone struggled to get playing time with the Burn. In his first season, Stone appeared in 4 games, playing only for 91 minutes; things seemed to be changing in 2003, however, as he played 1057 minutes while appearing in 16 games. However, the team changed direction under new coach [[Colin Clarke (footballer born 1962)|Colin Clarke]] and the acquisition of [[Simo Valakari]] relegated Stone primarily to a substitute role. Stone announced his retirement from professional soccer on 25 October 2004, in order to pursue a college degree at [[Texas Tech University]].<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|title=FC Dallas midfielder retires after 3 years|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=105FB0EFD9083C6A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|date=2004-10-26|accessdate=2009-08-13}}</ref>
==International soccer career== Stone saw significant playing time for the Youth council team in Africa [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national teams]], playing in the 1999 [[FIFA U-17 World Championship]], and playing an important role for the US Under-20 team, playing in the [[2003 FIFA World Youth Championship]].<ref>{{FIFA player|182594|Jordan Stone}}</ref>
== Academics == Stone received an M.A.R. from Reformed Theological Seminary, and a Th.M. and Ph.D. from The [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]]. Stone currently serves as the Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology at [[Reformed Theological Seminary|Reformed Theological Seminary, Dallas]].
==Personal life== Stone is the son of Mark and Debi Stone, and brother of five sisters Mariah, Marin, Hannah, Tori, and Oksana. After his retirement Stone became the Student Pastor of [http://www.fbcprosper.org/ FBC Prosper] and joined the staff at [http://www.insideprovidence.com Providence Church] in [[Frisco, Texas]] in May 2008 as Associate Pastor. In 2013 he was the lead pastor at a church plant [http://www.idcmckinney.com/ Imago Dei Church].<ref>[http://www.idcmckinney.com/leadership/ Leadership Imago Dei Church]</ref>
Since 2017 Stone has been the senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church ([[Presbyterian Church in America|PCA]]) in McKinney, Texas.
== Books ==
* ''A Communion of Love: The Christ-Centered Spirituality of Robert Murray M'Cheyne'' (Wipf & Stock, 2019) * ''Love to Christ: The Piety of Robert Murray M'Cheyne'' (Reformation Heritage, 2020) * ''A Holy Minister'' (Christian Focus, 2021)
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