Tag Archives: Benefits

Expanding the Benefits of Networked Work

Collaborative learning is what we want to at the center of how we work. We need a way to see how our individual work connects with larger communities and to realize that each of those relationships can be an avenue for information, resources, and new ideas to be exchanged….

Tool – Needs, Contribution, Benefits, Risk Matrix

The Needs, Contribution, Benefit, Risk matrix helps potential or current partners clearly and transparently share their needs, identify partner contributions, individual and network benefits, and surface potential risks….

The Power of Networks

In this short article — based on research from 500 non-profit leaders involved in building networks — Lisa Watson highlights three truths about the nature of networks that gives them their capacity to influence systems and empower change….

Mission in a Globalized World

This article from the 2019 Missio Nexus Mission Leaders Conference Program speaks to the impact of partnerships on the future of the global mission movement and the church’s changing role in world missions…

The Peloton Principle

… In the early days of the Tour, cyclists were not allowed to ride close to each other, but as cycling speeds have become faster and faster over the years, the modern peloton has become a central feature of the race. That is the Peloton Principle – racing together saves energy and increases performance. Think about that for a moment in your own ministry context. Could you imagine a 40% improvement in your work?…

Called to Collaborate

There is a new spirit of collaboration emerging in the 21st century as opportunities for the advancement of the gospel multiply. Recognizing the enormous need for our Lord’s ministries of forgiveness, reconciliation, hope, and peace, some Christian leaders are overcoming historical rivalries and conceptual differences by working together to see God’s purposes accomplished in their generation.

Working Cooperatively for the Kingdom

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.

Collaboration for Bigger Kingdom Impact

Our culture in the United States and in the Western hemisphere, in general, tends toward individualism, and inter-church connection is frequently no different. Often we are preoccupied with our church, our impact, and our role in God’s work. We operate as silos and are unaware of, or are not in relationship with, the churches located immediately around us. If there is one or two churches close by we may make an effort to build relationships with them, but it usually stops there.

Sharing Resources

In this video, Ernie Addicott tells a story from Central Asia about one of the most practical benefits of partnership: the sharing of resources. One of the best practices of partnerships is that of volunteering our resources. Even in functioning partnerships, there is often untapped potential because partners lack an in depth awareness of each other’s strengths and capacities.

A Partnership Approach

In this video, Jose de Dios shares the story of how one of the most well-known mission agencies in the world chose to take a partnership approach to its work – investing the time to build relationships with many smaller agencies and indigenous organizations – rather than just doing its own thing.

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