YOUR FOCUS ON THE WORLD
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Do you want to launch an effective global initiative or partnership but aren't sure where to start?
Do you already have a global focus but need help to make it more effective?
Then here's a resource that is just what you need! This 200+ page manual will walk your local church leaders through a step-by-step process of DISCOVERING your global potential, SELECTING the right partners, and then IMPLEMENTING a high-impact, cross-cultural initiative.
Or if you already have a partnership or strategic missions initiative, this book will help you avoid pitfalls, strengthen your church's ownership, build leaders, and develop networks.
Still in beta development, this brand-new resource has been welcomed by missions pastors of large churches as well as leaders of smaller congregations.
"I love it!"
"Really needed!" and
"Your life illustrations are great!"
are some of the comments we are hearing.
Built on a scriptural foundation, the materials highlight real-life stories reflecting the experience of a wide range of congregations. Participants in the FOCUSing process are challenged to look for divine guidance in grasping 21st century opportunities and maximizing the potential God has invested in them for the purpose of fulfilling His Acts 1:8 mandate. The manual provides guidelines and practical tips to successfully launch and maintain successful cross-cultural initiatives, address common partnership problems, and network with others who share their vision.
Your FOCUS on the World incorporates best-practice recommendations of over 100 church partnership practitioners highlighted with real-life stories of all types of congregations which have done it successfully. There are also extensive supplemental resources available online as well as additional materials and training for coaches and leaders guiding churches through the FOCUSing process.
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Your FOCUS on the World is an ideal resource for:
- Pastors, missions pastors, and lay missions leaders who want to take their congregations through a systematic, ownership-building process of developing and implementing a top-quality, cross-cultural initiative.
- Mission agencies and denominations assisting churches to develop and maintain highly productive collaborate efforts.
- Missionaries and national leaders who desire to help Western congregations be better partners.
- Missions pastors who want to assist other congregations join or initiate global initiatives but lack the time to hold their hand through the entire process.
This book will enable churches to:
- Launch/Join powerful, strategic global initiatives that will achieve exponentially more because they connect churches to expanding national efforts around the world.
- Avoid some of the mistakes that have hindered some previous initiatives and limited fruitfulness—such as choosing the wrong partners or going it alone, assuming unrealistic expectations, creating dependency, etc.
- Multiply grassroots involvement of lay members, especially younger generations whose interests and motivations do not connect with traditional missions. New cross-cultural ministry awareness and skills will also transfer to local missional efforts.
- Increase the recruitment of longer-term missionaries and the funding of strategic projects.
