Tag Archives: Motivation

John Robb ~ “… lack of cooperation and collaboration … the major hindrance to world evangelization”

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…  

Partnership Case Study: Growing Wings – The Bagaoisan Fellowship

Case Study - GWBF

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…  

What Does the Bible Say About Partnership?

Bible Study

This is an attempt to do a biblical study of the word partnership and its derivatives (“partner,” “partners,” and “partnership”) from four predominant English versions of the Bible … Since biblical partnership is a concept broader than the specific application of vocational ministry, e.g., mission partnerships, I will seek to allow the Scriptures to speak for themselves on a broader basis (admittedly through my own personal grid), and then attempt to draw some theological and missiological implications from these observations.

Called to Collaborate

Collaboration

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

Basketball Fail

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.