This is a very interesting blog on leadership skills in the social sector. Since social engagement is an integrated part of the life of a spiritual leader, it is important to Christian leaders as well. A social sector leader needs toRead more…
What Does a Ministry-Fueling Alliance Look Like?
The video tells Lisa and Kenn Dirrim’s story. After lengthy careers, Lisa in banking and Kenn as a firefighter, the Dirrims sensed a call to missions and followed Jesus to Athens, Greece. “Today is Friday,” the video begins, with LisaRead more…
Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency
Relationships between donors and ministries can cause much anxiety. The Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency report from Grantcraft explores how transparency can strengthen credibility, improve grantee relationships, facilitate greater collaboration, increase public trust, reduce duplication of effort, and build communities of sharedRead more…
Rereading “Collective Impact”: Three Lessons
One of the many lessons I’ve learned since the first “Collective Impact” article by John Kania and Mark Kramer disrupted my life three years ago is that all collaborations go through cycles. And asLiz Weaver, vice president of the Tamarack Institute,Read more…
Hearing other voices or talking to ourselves?
Different voices or just mere talking Daniel Bianchi Global Church, and Global Mission, is an increasing focal point around the world. An increasing number of Christian gatherings are addressing this issue in one-way or another. Many time the so calledRead more…
India Generosity Conference 1-2 February 2014
The Indian National Generosity Network had been catalysed after the June 2013 South Asia Generosity Consultation organised by the Global Generosity Network, Evangelical Fellowship of India and Christian Institute of Management India. The Indian Generosity Network is now organising aRead more…
Working together changes lives
“European countries becoming more ethnically diverse because of immigration is not a new phenomenon but churches and mission groups becoming more aware of migrants is something to be grateful for.” Migration in Europe is multifaceted. There is no ‘typical immigrant’Read more…
Reaching Every Child (Part 2)
This video (part 2 of 2) focuses particularly on how partnering is required and contributes to the task of discipling children. It is a video for showing leaders and is designed as a follow-up to Reaching Every Child (Part 1). Read more…
Aim Lower video
The Aim Lower viral video was produced by the Global Children’s Forum in order to help communicate and popularise some of the key conclusions of the 2004 Lausanne Occasional Paper 18 (The Evangelization of Children). It presents the challenge ofRead more…
The Age of Global Giving
A practical guide for the donors and funding recipients of our time [Forthcoming Book] It’s About Equal Partnership The Age of Global Giving is about the new relationship between donors and funding recipients. The importance of building an effective relationshipRead more…