More and more churches are discovering the benefits of “growing up” in their missions efforts. Maturity is required if a church is going to wrap their arms around the big-picture of what God is doing in the world and work from multiple directions over the long haul. The result of doing so is soaring productivity and major benefits to partners.

Unfortunately, other churches are stuck in the “kid stage” when it comes to global involvement—even if they have been doing missions for decades and consider themselves “missions minded.” Sadly, sometimes mission agencies are happy to leave these churches in an extended childhood because true partnership demands work. . .[Click below to continue]