Global mobilization — seeking out partnerships beyond the borders of the U.S. — is crucial to the Revelation 7:9 vision and reaching the 154,937 people who die daily without Christ.
The International Mission Board defines a global missionary partner as a national church partner based overseas who is fully funded through a church, a network of churches or Baptist convention. He or she serves on and with an existing IMB team.
“There are 140 Baptist conventions and unions around the world that our researchers have been able to locate,” said IMB President Paul Chitwood.
“They are the fruit that remains from 175 years of work. We want to work with those partners and help them send their own missionaries.”
Learning from partners
As the IMB continues to seek global partnerships, IMB teams also learn from their partners, said Amanda Dimperio, IMB director of globalization.
“We don’t know everything there is to know about how to plant churches in some of these places. So partnering with them will teach us how to be better multicultural team players.”
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