The Art of Networking

Several evangelical organizations are working together to save time and duplication of efforts by making the Evangelical Training Database their training search page. The Evangelical Training Database is tailored to each evangelical association so that it pre-selects members of that association in the search. Moreover, all evangelical training providers can register and post information on their courses free of charge. The site functions in seven languages, and interfaces in other major languages are in progress.

Among those already partnering to use the Database:
* Global Connections (formerly known as the UK Evangelical Missionary Alliance), which until recently had its own database, a duplication of effort.
* The Evangelical Alliance of the UK
* The World Evangelical Alliance

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Particularly useful from this article are Kenneth Hemphill’s “seven reasons we must seek cooperation and partnerships” - see toward the bottom of this article. I was first alerted to this piece in Justin Long’s Momentum Magazine

Dave
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Working cooperatively for the Kingdom
The Baptist Press
By Kenneth Hemphill
Posted on Sep 26, 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–I had a college friend who played basketball in prep school with Pistol Pete Maravich. My friend could also score with the best of them. Their prep school program had several other athletes who had been selected by major college programs.

When I heard him list all the “stars” on his prep team, I asked if they ever lost a game. He smiled and indicated that they didn’t even have a winning season. How could that be possible? The answer was surprisingly simple. There weren’t enough basketballs to go around. They were all shooters gunning for their own stats, and no one truly valued teamwork.

When I think back on that conversation, I wonder if the same is not true of the church. The church-growth movement has made several positive contributions to the modern-day church, but it has also had its downside. I am afraid that the exaggerated emphasis on “growing my church” has produced a spirit of competition rather than one of cooperation.

We sometimes behave as if a few “superstar” churches are all that is needed to advance the Kingdom. The truth is, God has designed every church, whatever its size or location, to work in cooperation with other like-minded churches for the advancement of the Kingdom to the ends of the earth. No single church working alone can reach its own Jerusalem, much less the ends of the earth. When churches work cooperatively, their strength is not added together but is actually multiplied. We would be astounded by what we could accomplish together if we truly didn’t care who got the credit for it! Truth is, we need to pray for such growth that only God can get the credit for it.

FROM ANTIOCH TO JERUSALEM WITH LOVE

If you have been reading these articles during the last year, you know that I have a great appreciation for the church in Antioch for numerous reasons. I especially appreciate that this church was characterized by a generous spirit and a cooperative strategy. In Acts 11:27-30 we are told that a prophetic messenger predicated that a severe famine would impact the Roman world. The response by the church in Antioch was both spontaneous and generous: “So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea” (Acts 11:29).

The offering for the saints in Jerusalem, which was apparently ignited by the gift from Antioch, was a mammoth task that was a focus of Paul’s ministry for nearly a decade. In 1 Corinthians 16 Paul appealed to the church at Corinth to join with the churches from Galatia in this cooperative venture. “Now about the collection for the saints; you should do the same as I instructed the Galatian churches” (1 Corinthians 16:1). In 2 Corinthians 8 Paul spoke of the generosity of the churches of Macedonia to challenge the Corinthian community to complete their offering for Jerusalem. Paul insists that the Macedonians “begged us insistently for the privilege of sharing in the ministry of the saints” (1 Corinthians 8:4).

In 2 Corinthians 9 Paul indicated that he had been boasting to the Macedonians about the readiness of the Corinthians to give to this great cause. The readiness of the Corinthians to give had actually stimulated the Macedonians to give (verse 3). Paul tells the Corinthian believers that this cooperative ministry would not only supply the needs of the saints, but that it would produce thanksgiving to God and cause others to glorify God (verses 12-15). Here’s the bottom line: Cooperation enables churches to stimulate one anther to good deeds and thus advance the Kingdom in a manner that no single church could accomplish.

When we read about Paul’s travel plans in Romans 15:25-29, we discover that the cooperative offering was a grand success. “Now, however, I am traveling to Jerusalem to serve the saints; for Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution to the poor among the saints in Jerusalem” (Romans 5:25-26). An offering birthed by a single church took on Kingdom proportions as several churches worked in partnership, each stimulating the other to good works. If we are serious about Kingdom advancement, we must jettison our arrogant desire to do it alone and rediscover and nurture the biblical pattern of cooperative ministry.

COOPERATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LETTERS OF PAUL

We don’t know all the details about the collection and distribution of the letters of Paul, but it is apparent that these letters to the churches were a stimulus for cooperation. When you think about the challenging circumstances of first-century Christianity, where persecution was common and communication was difficult, you can begin to understand the necessity of cooperation for personal encouragement and Kingdom advancement. The early churches had no option but cooperation.

The letters of Ephesians and Colossians provide an example of the distribution of several of the Pauline letters for mutual encouragement. The general tone of the Ephesians letter and the lack of personal remembrances make it unlikely that Ephesians was written to a single congregation. Notice, for example, that in Ephesians 3:1-2, Paul introduced himself by including a reference to his ministry to the Gentiles. Such an introduction would hardly have been necessary in a letter to the church where Paul ministered for at least two years (Acts 19:1-20).

While Paul was in prison, he came into contact with Epaphras (Colossians 4:12), a leader in the church at Colossae (Colossians 1:7-8). Epaphras must have shared with Paul concerning the heretical teachings that were creating difficulties for his church family. Thus, Paul wrote Colossians at the request of Epaphras. After writing the letter to the Colossian church, Paul seized the opportunity to write a more general and positive letter designed to stop the spread of similar heretical teachings to other local churches.

I would suggest that Paul dispatched Tychicus, a beloved brother and a faithful servant with these two letters (Colossians 4:7). Tychicus was also accompanied by the slave Onesimus, whom Paul felt compelled to return to his owner, Philemon. Tychicus and Onesimus landed at the port of Ephesus with the letters we call Colossians, Ephesians and Philemon. Paul left the letter we now call Ephesians in Ephesus with the instructions that it should be shared with other churches in proconsular Asia.

It would have been natural for a letter intended to strengthen and unify the churches in Asia Minor to originate from this seaport location which had been the focal point of Paul’s ministry in Asia. It is possible that the original route for the distribution of the letter was the seven churches mentioned in Revelation — Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. It is possible that these churches had banded together for communication and mutual support, functioning much like a modern-day association of churches.

I think it is highly probably that the distribution of the Pauline letters was designed to encourage and unify the early churches. Cooperation is a vital necessity for the health of the individual church and for the advancement of the Kingdom. In the hostile environment of the first century, cooperation was not an option. I would suggest the same is true today.

THE ATTITUDE FOR COOPERATION

We tend to be “loners” with the “I can do it myself” attitude. When we work alone, it is tempting to claim the credit for what is accomplished. Some churches today expend energy and resources for global advancement only in settings where they can control what is accomplished and take the credit for the accomplishment. It is easy to rally people to give when we can build something, take a picture of it, and then boast that “we did this.” It is harder to get people involved in a project that is so large that no one can take credit for what is accomplished. But a global strategy requires Kingdom thinking and Kingdom cooperation which ultimately allows God to get all the credit. We sometimes forget that He is the only scorekeeper that matters.

No single passage describes the attitude necessary for cooperative ministry better than Philippians 2:1-11. Paul begins with several rhetorical questions whose answer is “yes.” “If there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy …” (Philippians 2:1). Since these are all true, what should be the attitude of our heart and mind? “Fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, sharing the same feelings, focusing on one goal. Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:2-4). Paul then illustrates the Christian attitude by reference to the mind of Christ.

What if we really took this passage seriously? What would change about how we do church and missions? Do you think the spirit of church business meetings would change? Does your church have one mind and one goal? Do we see more rivalry than we see cooperation?

Following are seven reasons we must seek cooperation and partnerships:

1. It is biblical. The Bible is full of examples where cooperation is the norm for those who are one body in Christ.
2. It provides for strength and stability. The wise king Solomon declared, “Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts … a cord of three strands is not easily broken (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12).
3. It promotes unity in diversity. In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul compared the church to the human body which has many diverse but equally important parts. The diversity of the body parts is actually fundamental to its unity.
4. It enables strategic thinking which enables us to maximize effectiveness and minimize waste. Paul’s desire to unite the churches in Achaia and Macedonia demonstrates the need for strategic thinking. Missiologists tell us that about 1.56 billion people remain who have little or no access to the Gospel. We can ill afford to duplicate effort and waste the King’s resources by failing to work cooperatively to complete the task of world evangelization.
5. It provides a biblical model for other churches. When you read 2 Corinthians 8 and 9 you will discover that Paul wanted the generosity of one church to provide a model for other churches. By working cooperatively in our mission strategy we can ensure that the churches we plant have the DNA to be cooperative.
6. It enables Kingdom advancement. For the sake of the Kingdom, we must be willing to move beyond church growth to Kingdom advancement.
7. It ensures that God will receive all the glory. We sometimes get so caught up in our little world of ministry that we forget that all we do has a single aim — the glory of God.

Can we afford to do any less than our best when we serve the King of kings and Lord of lords? Too much is at stake for us not to work cooperatively.

Kenneth S. Hemphill is the national EKG (Empowering Kingdom Growth) strategist for the Southern Baptist Convention.

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A heartwarmingly successful collaborative effort between US and Kenya partners.

Dave
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by Ruth Zekowski
Presbyterian Outlook - 01/06/2008

The Ember Kenya Grandparents Empowerment Project is just what its name suggests: a grassroots effort to empower the grandparent caregivers of AIDS orphans to become self-sustaining for the sake of the children. This startup project in Funyula in the Busia District of west central Kenya near Lake Victoria intended to begin small and grow as it found funding to support further efforts. But the need was so great that the project’s founders have had to rethink their strategy.

At first, the project was only a theory in the doctoral dissertation of Robert Barasa, who graduated in June 2006 from the Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill. While he was a student, he and his family attended Northminster Church in Evanston. Barasa, an Anglican priest, had graduated from the Presbyterian-founded Near East School of Theology in Beirut, Lebanon, and received an International Fellowship for one year of study at McCormick Seminary in Chicago where he earned a Master of Arts in Theological Studies. When he went to Funyula to conduct basic research and interviews for his dissertation, he was surprised at the interest he found. While he expected to interview perhaps 200 grandparents, more than 500 came to tell him their stories.

Back in the United States, Robert Barasa reached out to others who wanted to help, forming what ultimately became the Ember Kenya Advisory Board. Believing that The Ember Kenya Grandparents Project was not only needed, but that it could succeed, Northminster Church, which has been involved in other international efforts, took a leap of faith and contributed $35,000 to launch the project.

He came to understand that he was being called by God to implement the conclusion of his dissertation, that he could best help AIDS orphans by first working with their grandparent caregivers to upgrade their standard of living. The poverty of these people, many of whom had spent all their resources trying to help their dying children, pierced his heart. Many grandparents, still grieving, fell into despair at the prospect of having to start all over raising two, five, and even fourteen frightened grandchildren, when they had assumed that their own adult children would care for them in their old age. Just finding food every day was an overwhelming challenge, leaving families hungry, afraid, and ill.

Primarily a handful of Presbyterians, along with a Lutheran who had worked with Barasa in a Chicago family mental health clinic, the Ember Board began to brainstorm how they could help.

The first challenge was finding the money to fund the project for the first year. The Ember Kenya Project was conceived as a three-year effort to bring grandparents into small-businesses where they could support themselves and their grandchildren. By the end of year one, enrollees were to have identified a business for which they were suited. Year two would see the individual businesses grow and become sustainable. Year three would bring in local organizational partners, so the grandparents might continue their individual work while contributing to a community project for the benefit of all participants. The board would then evaluate the Ember Kenya Project to determine whether it should expand the project in Funyula with new enrollees or move to a new area to start over.

The needs of a startup project in another country posed more of a challenge than the small Advisory Board was equipped to meet, and a Chicago not-for-profit organization, Heartland Alliance International, agreed to handle logistics, such as money transfers to Kenya, helping to form a local Funyula Board of Directors so the project could become a legitimate non-governmental organization under the laws of Kenya. and providing supervision. Heartland, which oversees many large projects in the United States as well as in Iraq, Rwanda, and other African countries, became a vital partner in getting this grassroots effort off the ground.

When Barasa returned to Kenya in late spring 2006, word of the project had spread, and grandparents came and came and came, walking miles to be screened at the project office. More than 2,000 arrived that first month. Clearly the project could not handle that many. Strict screening procedures were set up, and volunteers from the community were trained to ascertain which potential participants would be most likely to succeed in the program. Ultimately, almost 1,000 participants were chosen. These grandparents are so motivated that they are well on their way to launching small business projects: soap-making, growing groundnuts for peanut butter production, raising domestic livestock, and much more. A seed has been planted in Kenya, and Christians have planted it.

Christians of other denominations are joining with Presbyterians to help fund this crucial and exciting work and make this a truly ecumenical effort. For more information on how you can help, please go to http://www.gettingtomaybe.com/ember.
Ruth Zekowski is a member of the advisory board of the Ember Kenya project and has visited the mission site in Kenya.

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Dan Adler writes on his website that “Division is an active thing - never static. Chasms tend to grow wider with time. They don’t stay the same.” Adler’s reflections are timely in that he gives examples of division in regard to racially motivated denominational divisions, such as between the African American church and the “white” church.

He says, “Because of initial division due to racism and prejudice, because initial divisions weren’t healed, we now have culturally blessed and embraced division that has become a core cultural identity - especially amongst African Americans.”

The main point of his article is this: “We need a sense of urgency about divisions amongst us - both those that have been growing farther and farther apart for generations and also those new ones that keep popping up - both interpersonally and on a Church-wide basis. …. We must at least try and do our part in bridging the gap - and do it quickly before too much time has passed and the chasm is too wide.”

Read Dan Adler’s complete article

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The fundamentals of successful partnerships are summarized by Phill Butler in 12 Principles of Partnership video segments on YouTube. Each is about one minute long. See the collection on PowerofConnecting’s video page or on visionSynergy’s YouTube channel.

Non-English online video collections are also carrying the English versions of these same videos in the following languages: Deutschland | España | France | Chinese 中国 | Taiwanese 台灣 | Japanese 日本 | Korean 한국 | India | Italia | Australia | Brasil | Nederland | México | Türkiye | Россия

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Richard Balm’s recent blog describes what a missionary in Romania learned when he asked many Romanian church leaders this question: What are the mistakes missionaries have made in the past 12 years?

The responses are hard-hitting, insightful, and revealing. One of them:

Forming partnerships with nationals too quickly has led to many good missionaries working with and being represented by Romanians that have long and bad reputations. This had led to their own ministry being tarnished and many times, missionaries forming very bad opinions of Romanian church leaders. Please tell missionaries to choose their partners more carefully so that missionaries don’t keep leaving with a negative view of the ministry in Romania.

Read Richard Balm’s blog post, titled,
“Are you sure you want to know?”

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Is your ministry or church a good candidate for collaboration? Before seeking to engage other churches, ministries or agencies in collaboration, you may want to take time to examine how ready and open you are to work with other groups in ministry.

visionSynergy has prepared a free, instant-scored online Ministry Assessment Tool. By rating 10 brief statements, this tool will give you a score on whether you are likely to be a very effective partner in collaboration - or one that needs additional preparation on your core vision, values, and operational norms prior to engaging others in collaboration.

The first three statements, for example, ask users to rate, on a scale of 1 to 10:

1. My ministry has a clear mission and vision statement
2. My ministry’s specialty is in demand
3. My ministry’s leadership is clear and confident about our purpose

Use the Ministry Assessment Tool

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I’m citing this article from The Times of South Africa because it gives a convincing secular argument on the value of collaboration - in this case to to help Africans “get rid of the scourge of poverty and uplift millions of poor South Africans.”

Citing Trialogue: Philip Brink Published: Nov 24, 2007

Dave

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This week, Trialogue — a corporate social investment (CSI) specialist and publisher of The CSI Handbook — held its inaugural “Making CSI Matter” conference at the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg.

Attended by about 250 delegates, the conference brought together leading local and international CSI practitioners and development experts to debate and workshop some of the most pressing issues shaping CSI practice in South Africa.

According to the commemorative 10th edition of The CSI Handbook, launched at the conference, corporate South Africa spent a collective R3.2-billion on CSI initiatives over the last 12 months. While this figure is dwarfed by government spending on social development, businesses’ professional approach means they are often able to punch well above their weight. Yet the conference highlighted that companies could achieve so much more if they worked together on their CSI projects.

The message was clear: South African companies need to collaborate more closely if they are to help government get rid of the scourge of poverty and uplift millions of poor South Africans. (Emphasis added)

Until now, companies have mostly approached their social investment in isolation from each other. Given the marketing mileage and branding potential of some CSI projects, it is perhaps understandable that companies are guarded when it comes to sharing accolades. And tackling projects alone makes for simpler project management and decision-making.

But companies that do not collaborate on their social projects miss many opportunities:

The “Making CSI Matter” conference was an effort to share knowledge.

It also saw the launch of an exciting new initiative, the CSI Mapping Project. This joint effort between Old Mutual, Trialogue and Naledi Development is a real-time, visual geographical information system that tracks companies’ CSI spending by geographic region and development focus area.

Participating companies can therefore establish where the greatest development needs are, what types of intervention are most likely to be suitable and, crucially, what other companies are already doing.

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By Dave Hackett, visionSynergy Associate Director

After your big event brings together a wonderful set of people from all over, how are you going to work on those projects you want to accomplish together over the coming year? The truism of “out of sight, out of mind” applies all too often. Conferees may be highly enthused and excited at the conference, but once back home, the daily grind takes over. Follow-through typically drops to nothing. Disappointment can set in. What can be done to keep the drive going?

Many networks and partnerships have found their answer in “online collaboration spaces” to fuel on-going work, especially since their members are scattered to the four winds. In fact, “online collaboration” is a hot topic these days. A Google search on the term brings up 615,000 references to it.

We know of several networks modeling the use of online collaboration spaces. Some are experiencing more success than others. New solutions emerge frequently. Clearly, however, mission networks are sensing that this is a way their members can have a “living” space where they can work together, center their work, and bring together people virtually in a way that is vastly superior to limiting interaction to spotty, infrequent, event-centered gatherings.

Here’s a short list of online collaboration spaces you can explore. Following this list we’ll give a short review of each one.
TWiki.org - (http://www.twiki.org) Free
eMinistry GCX Community - (www.mygcx.org) Free
Basecamp - (http://www.basecamphq.com/) Subscription
Google Sites - (http://sites.google.com) Free
ThinkFree - (http://www.thinkfree.com) Free
Microsoft Sharepoint (http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/) or Groove (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/groove/) Subscription
Sosius - (http://www.sosius.com) Free
Ajax Workspace - (http://www.ajaxworkspace.com/) Free, limited version

1. TWiki.org - (http://www.twiki.org) A free, open-source, highly-featured wiki interface (similar to Wikipedia, the online dictionary). Twiki’s big feature is that it has RSS-level encryption for security — the same level banks use online. Though the program is free to use and download, the user needs to supply a server computer somewhere. (This actually enhances security as the network can maintain the full security measures.) The emphasis here is on security. Once inside it, areas (webpages) for work groups can be set up, with notices sent out by email when a page has been changed. Editing the wiki can be challenging, so some basic training is necessary.

2. eMinistry GCX Community - (http://www.mygcx.org) This “Global Connexion” is a very large collaboration site set up by Campus Crusade for Christ Int’l originally for its global staff to use, but which they have said is available for other ministries to use at no cost when arrangements are made. GCX editing is exceedingly easy, no code is involved, and security is high. We especially like the discussions feature. As far as proven scalability for large numbers, GCX is it, since it handles at least the 20,000 CCCI staff members. In this model, each “community” has a home page with discussion topic rooms branching off that. Other functional pages such as directories, voting pages, document storage pages, etc can be set up easily.

3. Basecamp - (http://www.basecamphq.com/) Basecamp is a highly secure, subscription-based service, and it has a very sharp, business-like interface. (Take the site’s tour to view it.) One network found a foundation ready to provide a basecamp account to its network, so that might be a possibility for others, too. We are involved with at least two networks using Basecamp. It’s interface, though sharp, can be too complex for some people.

4. Google Sites - (http://sites.google.com) Google is famous for developing user-friendly (and free) web services, and Google Sites is no exception. The Google press release says, “Google Sites makes creating a team web site as easy as editing a document. You can quickly gather a variety of information in one place — including videos, calendars, presentations, attachments, and gadgets — and easily share it for viewing or editing with a small group, their entire organization, or the world.”

5. ThinkFree - (http://www.thinkfree.com) Thinkfree is launching a free, new online service on April 7th, 2008. In it, users can edit documents online (and, intriguingly, offline). ‘Hierarchical Documents Planning’ lets the online team organize many documents through subfolders and tree hierarchy features. A ‘Workspace’ to collaborate with other users is included so users can easily collaborate with people, share documents, and manage on-going projects through the ‘Workspace’. A built-in Web Word Processor allows for easy editing of documents without installing any other applications onto your machine.

6. Microsoft Sharepoint (http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/) or Groove (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/groove/) Some people highly tout Sharepoint, or its successor, Groove. These are products widely used in the business world, but they may be too involved or complex for many ministry teams. Our team tried using Sharepoint but it had too many features and editing documents was difficult. Among the top reasons most people don’t use Sharepoint is that it’s expensive and it requires a server.

7. Sosius - (http://www.sosius.com) The free Sosius, which also hosts your workspaces, is “a boon to smaller companies with remotely situated workers.”
That brings to mind ministry teams scattered around the city, country or world. Co-workers can join your team and share calendars, divvy up tasks, collaborate on documents, hold discussions, and more. One reviewer found some of Sosius’s customization tools clunky, but the service could be quite useful.

8. Ajax Workspace - (http://www.ajaxworkspace.com/) The free “corporate workspace solution” account gives 50 megs of storage and access to five people (such as a steering committee or planning team), and the free-version is limited to three projects. It calls itself “one of the most effective and innovative online collaboration services and project management portals…[providing] the most efficient and cost-effective online collaboration services.” This site mimics more complex and fee-based sites such as www.basecampphq.com

IMPLEMENTATION
Setting up and getting buy-in for an online collaboration space requires a dedicated champion (or team) who is willing to research, discuss the structure and construct the initial web structure on the chosen collaboration space. Many of these have pre-built templates that make the job easier. We have found that only with the advocacy of the network leadership will members begin to use the site. It is essential for leadership, then, to keep driving home to members that the collaboration site is in use, in order for adoption to occur. Our recommendation is that leaders feature the online site at a major gathering or partnership meeting. Continually access and update the site in front of everyone all through the meeting. This will have the advantage of familiarizing everyone with the site and how to use it. Be thinking about how you can secure the commitment from the leadership group and any work groups to use the site (and help and coach them to use it).

In short, getting adoption and repeat user visits is critical, and takes work. But with it, your cause can turn from a once-a-year gathering to an all-year-round living community, with far greater reach and productivity.

Filed under: Internet, Strategies, collaboration, networking, online collaboration spaces on March 26th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Craig Groeschel, the senior pastor of Lifechurch.tv, recently posted a blog on how churches can be “Kingdom-minded” by participating in Intentional Partnerships. He writes,

I’m becoming increasingly passionate about intentional ministry partnerships. The driving question should be: How can we do more for the glory of God together?

Read Groeschel’s ideas

Filed under: Biblical foundations, Internet, Large churches, Strategies, churches, collaboration, networking, partnerships on February 15th, 2008 | No Comments »