Evaluating New Partners in Global Missions If you’re currently evaluating new partners for global missions for your church or organization, it’s important to recognize that you are part of a larger whole, and the partnerships you choose will shape the impact you make. Evaluating partnerships requires a willingness to ask questions and a curiosity that allows you to seek answers with humility. The questions below can provide clarity. They help both you and your partner understand potential risks, benefits and each side’s role. Ideally, this process is reciprocal, marked by open and honest dialogue. Assessing the fit of a new partnership typically involves the following three stages:
STAGE 1
STAGE 2
STAGE 3
Asking a series of basic questions
Initiating a shorter-term project, with time limits
Partnering in a longer-term, more involved project
Each of these stages includes a time of assessment with the opportunity to decide whether to pursue the partnership. We’ve provided a helpful checklist for you to review along the way as you evaluate the long-term fit of any global missions partnership on behalf of vulnerable children and families.
Ready to dive deeper? Learn more about effective short-term missions in Mission Wise and explore more resources from the CAFO Research Center. CAFO.ORG/MISSIONWISE