The ideal in ministry partner training in my organization (and many others) is to help a staff learn to ‘ride on their own’ in developing ministry partnerships and send them off. Our problem – everyone does not come from a network that knows, has all the resources needed, or supports organizations like InterVarsity.
This year I am working to help staff not ‘ride on their own’ but in a group of other staff, like a peloton. I am focusing my work with the Missouri staff team and a group of staff reaching Latino students in Southern California. Please pray that I can take my learning from many years of developing partners and watching the Tour de France 🙂 to help us move forward in this area.
Many from my organization are also attending a day long gathering on partnership development and justice.