David Barrett and James Reapsome in their book, Seven Hundred Plans to Evangelize the World , identified lack of cooperation and collaboration between Christian organizations as the major hindrance to world evangelization. They write that two-thirds of all global evangelization plans are stand-alone, self-sufficient plans, each viewing itself as at the center of world evangelization…
08 May 2015 by Daniel Dow
The team at visionSynergy have put together a fictional case study on collaboration designed to show the end-to-end process and key principles of developing missional partnerships. While the story of The Bagaoisan Fellowship is fictional, the content and characters of the story are drawn from numerous real-world examples of church/community partnerships. The story is set in the major metropolitan area of Manila, Philippines, where the partners collaborate together toward the goal of reducing the effects of human trafficking in their city …
03 May 2015 by Daniel Dow
In this video, Hein Van Wyk shares the story of the formation of a national partnership in Namibia, and how a strong sense of community emerged out of a common cause.
22 Jun 2014 by Daniel Dow
For nearly 30 years, I and numerous colleagues have been developing mission partnerships around the world. Here are 30 insights that we have drawn out of our successes and failures. May these lessons learned help you in your own journey.