Partnership
Create a Partnership Covenant or Agreement Together
The purpose and characteristics of an effective partnership in mission is examined.
General Guidelines for International Partnerships
Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership
Why Partnership? Partners as Mentors
Hunter Farrell, Lima, Peru, January 1999
Resources for mission advocates
The art of networking
Mission Networks that Work
MGB World Mission Advocates Gathering May 2009
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It is time to rehabilitate missionary
David Dawson
Funding for PC(USA) Mission Coworkers
Handout explains how to support mission workers through Extra Commitment Opportunities and Directed Mission Support
Share the contemporary mission story in your presbytery
How to get the most out of a mission speaker
How to connect with a Presbyterian mission worker
How to organize World Mission Challenge in your presbytery
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) resources for mission involvement
"Google me a mission"
Learn how to use the Internet to access information about a wide variety of Presbyterian mission programs and activities! Well-informed use of the Internet can be an effective means of mission education for you and your congregation.
Rafting Together: creative approaches to mission interpretation
“Rafting Together”
Faithful and effective short-term mission
Partnership Resources Handout
God's mission and our participation
An Introduction to Mission Theology
Rev. Dr. Karla Ann Koll
Assessing Your Congregation’s Global Mission Involvement
Discerning a Congregation's Call
Encouraging missional churches
Encouraging Missional Churches
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Coming back home to share: engaging presentations
Engaging presentations
Crossing borders: interfaith and intercultural engagement
Interfaith Toolkit flier
Mission networks
Guidelines for Mission Networks
These guidelines explain the definition, constituencies, staffing, services and purpose of the relationship between Presbyterian World Mission and Mission Networks.
Characteristics of Network Weavers
A link to a list of several traits that help facilitate the building of mission networks within the PC(USA) model.
Engaging in mission
El Poder de las Manos Vacias
Hunter Farrell examines how the mission worker should put material wealth into perspective when visiting third world countries. He reminds us that the mission worker may be the one to receive “gifts.”
English version: “The Power of Empty Hands”
Churches Retool Mission Trips
This article examines mistakes made by well-meaning Presbyterians on short term mission trips and presents new approaches for more meaningful missionary work.
Books and articles on mission engagement and partnership
Book Review — Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches
Crossroad Conference 2010
Download videos from the conference
Global Partners Panel video
Milton Mejia, Veeda Javaid, and Veronica Muchiri spoke at the October 2010 Mission Crossroads Conference. At the Global Partners Panel, partners shared perspectives and reactions to world mission strategic direction.
Kim Bobo Panel video
Kim Bobo, the executive director of interfaith worker justice and co-author of Organizing for Social Change, spoke at the October 2010 Mission Crossroad Conference. Kim discussed effective networking skills and brought a lot of her tools from political organizing to bear on Mission Network organizing.
World Mission Celebration '09 resources
Becoming Missional through the Global Church
Christians and Muslims as partners in mission
The Mission of the Church
Mary Mikhael, President, Near East School of Theology
The New Face of Mission in Africa — skit
Our Confessions – God’s Assurance
Cláudio Carvalhaes
Going Deeper: The Power of Presbyterian Mission in Jesus’ Way
Plenary Presentation Thursday, 22 October 2009
Hunter Farrell
Reformed Principles for Social Witness, Public Responsibility and Social Justice Advocacy
Resources for engaging your church in world mission
Training for online resources
Google.docs forms cheat sheet
Instructions for creating surveys that can be sent via email. Uses the forms section of Google docs.
How to participate in a webinar
This tutorial explains how to use Go To Meeting to take part in a webinar.
