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Global Chuch Partnership Handbook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are no longer strangers or foreigners, but fellow citizens with God\u2019s people and members of the household of God.<\/strong>“
Ephesians 2:19<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mission happens best in relationships with international partner churches and organizations when we walk together as companions in faith. These relationships offer mutual support, shared growth in knowledge and faith, and an opportunity to experience the richness of God\u2019s global family. As Ephesians 2:19 reminds us, \u201cYou are no longer strangers or foreigners, but fellow citizens with God\u2019s people and members of the household of God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global partnerships are a crucial and significant pathway for us as North American churches to foster an awareness of wider global contexts and thus enable us to follow Christ with appropriate understanding and adequate resolve. Engaging with Christians and people of other faiths around the world deepens our faith, life, and witness as the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Principles of Partnership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The quality of partnerships makes a difference in the values that serve as their foundation and in the values our shared efforts uphold. At the heart of every healthy global partnership are certain values that guide the way we engage with partners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n