In today's global missional arena, no single Christian world body can claim to represent all the significant mission players, whether they are individuals, mobilizers, missional churches, mission agencies, missionary training centres and programmes, national and regional mission associations, regional or global networks.  Read more »

My friend and I planned to meet last month at the airport train station. The good news was that my plane was early. The bad news was that my friend had not shown up. As I contemplated boarding the train we had intended to take, an African proverb came to mind: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”  Read more »

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Background and Context

The Church Mission Society (CMS) is an Anglican mission agency, founded in 1799, with a history of both cooperation with Orthodox churches in mission and mission engagement in Islamic contexts. In the period immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, CMS was invited by Orthodox churches to work in several countries of the former Soviet Union, one of their first partnerships being with the Russian Orthodox Church.  Read more »

Excerpt reprinted with author's permission from Well Connected: Releasing Power, Restoring Hope Through Kingdom Partnerships (Authentic Media/World Vision, 2006)    Read more »

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Why is it that so many events fail to deliver on the results they promise?

This model suggests an answer. When we account for and integrate seven critical components in designing and implementing a group event, we can have much greater confidence in seeing the desired results.

How do we do this? We do it by...  Read more »

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The following detailed outline is a wiki entry posted on the AboutUs Web site. Its content will continue to evolve as other users read and edit it. 

SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF A  NETWORK WEAVER  Read more »

Helping God's people work together is always a challenge! It's also a joy! Are you trying to get people within a short distance of your home to link hands to share the Good News of Jesus? Or, are you concerned about a Kingdom vision that has national implications? Here are some issues both challenges have in common.

Vision: Everyone must agree that the cause is something of real value—in God's eyes and in the eyes of each of the participants.  Read more »

Every Partnership has at least four different constituencies or "publics" to keep in mind. Each of these constituencies has hopes and expectations. Each has unique communications needs. Acknowledging and being responsive to these constituencies and their expectations strengthens the Partnership's success potential. Ignore them and you court disaster!

Actively communicating with these constituencies and meeting their expectations is a key success factor.  Read more »

"May God, the source of hope, fill you all joy and peace...so that your hope may continue...."
Romans 15:13

At the back of the room, a man was weeping. It was clear. I could see him wiping his eyes and, eventually, take out a handkerchief. "What," I thought, "could I have said that would have caused this man such sadness?  Read more »