Local churches can and should be at the center of their communities’ transformation. But partnering can be tricky. How do we choose the right partner and how can we be sure we’ll be a good partner? This article gives practical advice for both how and why to partner to see communities flourish.
What is the recipe for a healthy partnership? This article offers 3 key ingredients: appropriate roles, long-term relationships, and shared decision-making.
Money can be a blessing, but it can also cause a lot of problems. It can be one of the biggest hurdles to healthy partnership. Here we’ll look at some beliefs about money and offer practical advice on when and how to add it to our partnerships.
Outsiders have the opportunity to strengthen the local church so that she, in turn, can fulfill her role in God’s redemptive plan. But what can we do to be most helpful? And how can partners hold each other to godly standards in our respective roles?
When faced with a picture of a mother dressed in filthy rags and her malnourished children, is your first thought, “How do we challenge this woman to give”? Most of us would say, “No.” This article shifts our perspective with 7 reasons why giving can be life-changing even for people in extreme poverty.
Multitudes of organizational leadership books tell us the necessity of a 5- or 10-year strategic plan to cast vision, set direction, motivate the team... But do we ever stop to wonder what God thinks of all our strategic planning exercises? Is it possible that He has a better way?
Sadly, many people trapped in poverty genuinely believe that they have nothing to give. This article introduces 6 important elements of helping vulnerable people overcome this belief so they can experience the blessings of giving.
Finding sufficient funds for all the good work God has called us to is a heavy concern for most organizational leaders. We want to pursue God’s ways. But what if His ways go against proven fundraising strategies—are we still willing to “seek Him first”? This article offers how and why we can take this leap of faith.
Our hiring practices, the rhythm of our weeks, and how we measure success are three areas that reveal much about what we truly believe about God and ourselves. If a stranger walked into your headquarters, would they recognize something different right away?
History reveals a long list of evils that have resulted from well-intentioned giving—from dependency to corruption to man-made disasters. How do we avoid those pitfalls and ensure that our giving actually results in good for those we seek to serve? This article looks at two key elements: prayer and partnership.
