Missions

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Letter from Shawn Small

• Missional Mandate• Leadership Structure

• Director of Local Partnerships

• Director of Global Partnerships

• September 2012-May 2013 Schedule

• Partners• Local Partners

• Global Partners

• Departmental Projects

• Guidelines for Local Partnerships

• Guidelines for Global Partnerships

• Local Partnership Application

• Global Partnership Application

• Partnership Changes for 2013

• Future Actions

• Letter from Shawn Small

A year and a half ago, a small team from Irving Bible Church set out on a daunting task. As we approached the 50th anniversary of our community, we desired to dissect and assess our mission philosophy. After gathering a balanced team that consisted of staff and volunteer, church elder and congregant, full time ministers and business people, we studied the history, philosophy, accomplishments, goals and dreams of missions at IBC. After six months, we cleared the cobwebs and began to dream about the future. Our assessment process came to a close and we moved in to a season of articulation of the vision.

Providentially, IBC began a visioning process for the whole body around that time. I was also privileged to be a part of the visioning team, which allowed us to move forward in unison with the vision, philosophy and theological foundations of the church. Those six months were full of excitement. Our missions team met several times, hammering through everything on the table. We meticulously chose words, phrases and ideas that reflected the call of Irving Bible Church. We have worked hard to hone the vision and work toward obedience as a body rather than a general support of ‘missions’. One of the first things the team was unanimous about was that mission was not what we do but who we are. It cannot be defined nor fulfilled through a ‘department’. What we can do is create a team who resources, encourages, and becomes a gatekeeper of where God has called IBC into mission.

At times the process has been painful as we made decisions to end support for certain ‘causes’ that fell outside the particular and unique call of IBC. But the team walked with a consensus, knowing that obedience was better than sacrifice.

What you now hold is the culmination of a year’s worth of work from numerous people in IBC who have been called to serve in and through this body. Through this document we hope to articulate/clarify our body’s God-given vision for mission.

II. The IBC Missional MandateMissions at IBC exists to facilitate life-transformation through Jesus Christ with people and organizations committed to empowering locals, leadership development, and holistic engagement.

• Empowering Locals

Recognizing the advantage strong local leaders have in building bridges of influence, we partner with indigenous leaders to equip them for sustainable ministry.

As a partner:

• Are you committed to serve as a co-laborer in the community where you called?

• What is your strategy for working with or the development of local leadership?

• How have you equipped local leaders to serve within your organization

(Ephesians 4: 11- 13 – Philippians 2:2 - Hebrews 10:24)

• Discovering – Developing- Deploying

At IBC, we desire to help each person discover, develop and pursue the unique service-mission God has placed within their hearts.

As a partner:

• Can you articulate your mission in one sentence?

• What makes your ministry unique- setting it apart from all others?

• How can IBCers actively engage in your mission?

(Ephesians 2:10- 1Timothy 4:14-16- Acts 1:8- Matthew 28:18-20)

• Engaging Holistically

To bring about sustainable healing, we help equip those we serve to pursue their ministry through meeting spiritual, relational, and physical needs.

As a partner:

• How do you meet the spiritual needs of your community?

• How do you meet the physical needs of your community?

• How are you a minister of reconciliation within your community?

(1 Thes. 2:8 – Luke 10:27 – Luke 4:18, 19)

IIa. Leadership Structure

Lead Team Pastor

DIRECTOR OF LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

MISSIONS TEAM:

LOCAL PARTNERS:

NFNL- Brighter Tomorrows: Tapestry: Mercy Street- School Works- Laundry Love- ALERT Ministries

GLOBAL PARTNERS

ALARM-Water is BasicMy Refuge House-HIM Haiti- LEAD Liberia- Metanoia ChurchKutchi- HCN (Mitskevich)Fiji Bible CollegeSEEK Partners

MISSIONARIES:

DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS:Medical Clinic- Charles Pierce STEP Family Promise

2435 Kinwest Food Pantry Angel Tree

Backpack Program Thanksgiving Bags Human Trafficking- Kim Jones

IIb. Director of Local Partnerships

The primary responsibility of the Director of Local Partnerships is to develop & evaluate new, and equip & encourage existing local nonprofits that fit into IBC’s overall vision for missions. This team member also provides opportunities to learn and grow through the unique experiences these partners can share with us, and provides opportunities to join the mission in service with these partners.

Local Partnerships Responsibilities• Meetings: (External) Information/Opportunity/Encouragement/Relationship• Volunteer recruitment and encouragement• Attending Partnership Events/Fundraisers• Connecting mission opportunities w/ internal ministries• Marketing and promotion of partners and events• Budgeting/Funding/Donation decisions• Visioning/Story writing/Goal setting• Meeting with potential new partners/Evaluation process

Administrative • Facilities/Verbal/Chatter/Kiosk/Tech requests/Meeting prep• Expense Reimbursements/Funds requests• Emails/Phone Calls/Copies/Filing/Organizing• Running events and all support needed for the event• Managing donation of goods to partners• Personal development: trainings, seminars, classes, research

Missional Oversight & Departmental Projects• Unite Dallas• Irving CAN• IISD Key Communicators Network• Shelter from the Storm - Until Director is hired• Grace for the Wounded – Until Director is hired• Human Trafficking• 2435 Kinwest• Medical Clinic• Backpacks• Thanksgiving Baskets• Back to School events

IIc. Director of Global Partnerships

The director of global Partnerships is responsible for overseeing and supporting all of our global partners and missionaries. It is their responsibility to connect our partners to the IBC body through internal ministries, raising awareness and service opportunities. A symbiotic partnership between IBC and the individual is crucial in allowing our body to hear and experience the transformational work God is doing around the world.

Global Partnerships Responsibilities: • Maintaining relationships with partners and missionaries and meeting their needs.• Promoting and connecting our partners to each of our internal ministries and creating

opportunities for serving our partners.• Meeting with potential new partners and/or other organizations.• Creating and maintaining monthly budgets, monthly payments to our partners and funding

decisions• Maintaining all current missions’ trip and each trips budget.• Creating opportunities for serving our partners.• Creating learning opportunities for our body when our partners are in the states.• Continuing to grow awareness of global current events within our body.

Administration: • Responsible for all emails, phone calls and budget maintenance• Leader/volunteer encouragement and growth• Personal Development: Attending seminars, classes, reading etc.

Current Missional Oversight & Departmental Projects: • Pioneering the STEP program:

Services to Empower People has taken the place of Benevolence for those who are not currently connected to our church. STEP seeks to provide for the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of Irving residents. We do this by equipping, encouraging and empowering each individual to better his or her current situation by providing resources and a personal advocate to assist in this process. Through IBC and numerous other churches in Irving, financial assistance is provided to each person for an 8 week period. They are required to attend life skills and training classes at the local church during this time in order to better their current living situation.

• Irving Community Action Network:Active board member, and attends two meetings monthly. During this meeting additional churches are recruited for the STEP program and we continue to try and make social services more readily available to the community, and create collaboration between, churches, government, schools, and non profits.

• 2435 Kinwest:Wednesday night community center programming. Overseeing logistics and making sure our leaders have everything they need for each class, medical clinic.

• Food Pantry:This is lay-led; however food drives and leader encouragement are still necessary task to be done quarterly.

• Backpacks, Thanksgiving Bags, Angel Tree: All administrative support: organization,

announcements, kiosks, volunteers, list, article for Chatter, communication with our partners, and leader encouragement.

IId. September 2012-May 2013 Schedule

September

• Men’s ministry car show to benefit NFNL

• 2435 Kick-off and Open House

• North TX Giving Day for Nonprofits

• Family Promise Week

October

• Tapestry two-day conference

• Beginning of Thanksgiving Bag event

• Mission’s luncheon for Caleb Lucien

• Mission’s team meeting to discuss budget

November

• Tickets to NCNL home tour sales start

• Thanksgiving basket wrap-up and delivery

• Advent kick-off for Angel Tree

• Begin work on Human Trafficking awareness initiatives

• Vision casting meetings begin for Abortion recovery/Clinic

December

• Angel Tree

January

• 2435 Spring kick-off

• Irving Homeless Count

• Family Promise host week

• Mercy Street 101

• Human Trafficking Awareness day Jan. 11

February

• Begin discussing needs and possible missions trips for Global Partners

• Meet with our Mission’s team regarding 2013 Missions trips

• Share the Love- Volunteer appreciation

• Possible ETC Conference

March

April

• Family Promise host week

• NFNL Wings Luncheon

• Missions team meeting to discuss budget for July 2013-June2014

May

• Memorial Day Wreaths across America

• Teacher appreciations at Sam Houston, Townsell and Las Colinas

• End of the year celebration for Reading and Lunch Buddies

IIIa. Local Partners

Brighter Tomorrows: Originally started by the Irving Police, Brighter Tomorrows now has shelters for victims of domestic abuse in both Grand Prairie and Irving, as well as a Transitional Housing facility in Irving for homeless men and women who have children under 12. IBC supports the Irving shelter, Transitional Housing facility and thrift store primarily through donations of food and material goods as well as with repairs and upkeep, thanksgiving baskets and backpacks. We also seek to encourage these women and children through invitations to join us at the Christmas dinners, women’s retreat, VBS and Single Parent events within the church. Brighter Tomorrows has been adopted as one of the mission’s initiatives in Women’s ministry.

New Friends New Life: This faith-based organization provides holistic support to women leaving the sex industry, and their children through encouragement, financial support, spiritual support, budget coaching, job training, life skills, counseling and children’s programming. We also seek to encourage these women through invitations to join us at the Christmas dinners, women’s retreat, and Single Parent events within the church.IBC supports these women and children by providing a meal for their Wednesday night programming when called upon, as well as through awareness of the issue of exploitation, and through fundraising efforts, backpacks and thanksgiving baskets. New Friends New Life has been adopted as one of the mission’s initiatives in Women’s ministry and Men’s ministry.

Mercy Street: This is a faith-based organization with its core component being mentoring kids in West Dallas in order to bring about future change to this area of the city. This ministry partners with local churches for mentors,

as well as provides job skills through their bike shop, community garden and other initiatives. IBC supports this ministry through mentors, awareness, thanksgiving baskets and backpacks.

Tapestry: This is a faith-based ministry to adoptive and foster families which started at Irving Bible Church and has grown to nationwide recognition for its excellence in support programming and curriculum. Tapestry has become an example to other churches of how to start an adoption/foster care ministry in the local church.IBC supports this ministry through facilities use, communication, and as a host church for its yearly nationwide conference, as well as being one of its Empowered to Connect conference sites.

SchoolWorks: This faith-based non-profit was started by an IBCer and was designed to connect local congregations to their local schools to support at-risk kids. These connections started in Irving and have branched out throughout the metroplex.IBC supports this partner through the Half Hour Hero program, which provides Lunch Buddies to Middle school and Reading Buddies to Elementary school aged students, as well as mentors to High school aged students. We also support the teachers through end of the year Teacher Appreciation lunches provided by IBC, provide college scholarships once a year to an outstanding at-risk student in middle school, and provide backpacks and thanksgiving baskets to their families each year through various programs.Laundry Love: This is a faith-based ministry of Just 4 One designed to launch relationships within the Walnut Hill corridor by providing once-a-month laundry assistance to patrons of Amigo Laundromat in Irving.IBC supports this ministry through awareness, volunteers, donations of soap and dryer sheets and breakfast on the day of the event.

IIIb. Global Partners

ALARMAfrican Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries exists to empower the African church to impact the African continent by developing and equipping leaders with skills and tools to nurture and deepen the Christian faith for the transformation and reconciliation of the African communities.IBC supports ALARM through prayer, finances, sending teams and providing resources for education and training.

Water is BasicWIB Serves the people of the Republic of South Sudan by providing expertise in borehole drilling and well installation at the lowest cost possible. They install wells free of charge for throughout all of the ten states of the Republic of South Sudan. IBC supports them through prayer, finances, and promoting the Carry the Jerry and Basic 5K and Ru the film.

Kutchi MinistryThe Kutchi people are and unreached people group IBC adopted nearly 11 years ago. Local leaders and a few American missionaries support the community by meeting their physical, spiritual and emotional needs through education from the Dalit Freedom network schools, translation of the New Testament into Kutch and providing their leaders sound biblical training. IBC supports them through prayer, finances, missionaries, yearly trips, and child sponsorship for education.

My Refuge HouseMRH is an aftercare facility for sex trafficking victims in Cebu, Philippines. IBC supports them through prayer, finances, and we have the opportunity in 2013 to sponsor the building of one group home and have an ongoing relationship with the women living in that home.

Metenoia ChurchChristian and Anne Barbosu pastor the church in Romania. They provide very specific and unique community outreach programs.IBC partners with them through prayer, finances and sending teams to aid in conferences and teacher. We also had the opportunity to help start a marriage/pre-marriage course and Recovery program.

LEAD LiberiaLEAD focuses on training pastors and providing them with opportunities to network with one another through conferences. IBC supports LEAD through prayer, finances, leadership on the U.S. board and sends teams to provide teacher material and aid in LEAD’s conferences.

SEEK Partners (Sukwhant Bahatia) NIITSSukwhant works as the President of the North India Institute of Theological Seminary. He works with Bible translation and church plants in North India and he has helped with our translation of our New Testament.IBC supports SEEK Partners through prayer and finances.HIM HaitiHIM’s mission is to transform lives by showing the love of Christ through ministries that include education, life skills training and economic growth. IBC supports HIM through prayer, finances, sending teams each summer to work one week of VBS, sending teams for construction projects on the camp grounds, and by child sponsorship.

Help for Christian Nationals:HCN is dedicated to spreading the Gospel through service to Christian national workers with economic and educational assistance and equipping them to be more effective in reaching their own people for Christ. IBC supports them through prayer and finances however we are exploring opportunities to send teams.

Fiji Bible CollegeFiji Bible College is one of the only Bible colleges in the pacific islands.IBC supports them through prayer, finances and sending individuals to aid in teaching and counseling.

IIIc. Departmental Projects

Family Promise of Irving: This faith-based ministry is designed to meet the immediate needs of families who find themselves homeless through job search and skills, counseling and support. Partner churches provide for their physical needs.IBC supports this ministry as its first partner church in Irving. We provide our facilities for one week of overnight stays, meals and transportation to the day facility 3-4 times per year. IBC also provided

funding for their start up costs.

2435 Kinwest: This is IBC’s community night on Wednesdays which provides various opportunities for growth and services for our neighbors.IBC provides classes in ESL, Citizenship, and a job transition workshop, as well as a free medical clinic, a meal and children’s programs.

2435 Medical ClinicThis is a fully staffed free nonprofit clinic on campus at IBC which provides non-emergency medical assistance to anyone in need. This clinic is currently open every Wednesday evening of the year.IBC supports this nonprofit clinic by providing space, a paid medical director and part-time staff, some volunteer staff and advertising.

IIId. Guidelines for Local Partnerships

To our prospective partners:

We at IBC believe that the church (God’s people) is the window through which the people of our community see God and His concern for their spiritual, physical and relational needs. We feel called to support those who are marginalized, disenfranchised, wounded, mistreated and broken by supporting nonprofits that are doing God’s work in our community in an excellent way. This allows us to serve our community, and allows us to offer a wide range of options for involvement and service to each person in our congregation.

We recognize that there are many great local organizations doing the work of God in

the DFW area. We also understand that we have the responsibility of stewardship over our resources, and want to support those organizations that reflect our unique gifting and interests. For those we support and those who are requesting support it is important to understand what we are looking for as we make future decisions for partnership.

Each nonprofit asking for donations and support goes through a process of selection. Each partner candidate should be fully aware of our guidelines and then submit their application by April 1st for the following budget year. Applications will be available online by February 1st each year. Our Mission’s Team, a group of mission- focused members, elders and staff, will gather the second week in April to decide if candidates for funding, and current recipients fall within the mission of Local Partnerships.

The IBC Missional MandateMissions at IBC exists to facilitate life-transformation through Jesus Christ with

people and organizations committed to empowering locals, leadership development, and holistic engagement.

• Empowering Locals

Recognizing the advantage strong local leaders have in building bridges of influence, we partner with indigenous leaders to equip them for sustainable ministry.

As a partner:

• Are you committed to serve as a co-laborer in the community where you called?

• What is your strategy for working with or the development of local leadership?

• How have you equipped local leaders to serve within your organization

(Ephesians 4: 11- 13 – Philippians 2:2 - Hebrews 10:24)

• Discovering – Developing- Deploying

At IBC, we desire to help each person discover, develop and pursue the unique service-mission God has placed within their hearts.

As a partner:

• Can you articulate your mission in one sentence?

• What makes your ministry unique- setting it apart from all others?

• How can IBCers actively engage in your mission?

(Ephesians 2:10 - 1Timothy 4:14-16 - Acts 1:8; Matt 28:18-20)

• Engaging Holistically

To bring about sustainable healing, we help equip those we serve to pursue their ministry through meeting spiritual, relational, and physical needs.

As a partner:

• How do you meet the spiritual needs of your community?

• How do you meet the physical needs of your community?

• How are you a minister of reconciliation within your community?

(1 Thes. 2:8 – Luke 10:27 – Luke 4:18, 19)

VISION FOR LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

IBC also seeks to invest in organizations that are serving in areas we believe God has equipped and has led us to serve.

We believe God has gifted and blessed us to serve the city of Irving as our immediate neighbor. We have seen God open amazing doors within the city to build relationships of trust and encouragement as we look to provide for the needs of the community in which we live. We recognize the great need within the city for collaboration between all sectors, including the church, to provide for the needs of those who are underserved, homeless, physically and spiritually hungry, and under-educated.

We also recognize that the heart of God always leans toward those that are considered to be the “least of these”. We have chosen to invest in West Dallas, a pocket of the metroplex with the highest poverty rate and one of the highest in our country. We seek to serve that community, bringing the gospel in word and deed, to those who have found themselves caught in generational poverty of all kinds.

God has also placed a heavy burden for the sexually exploited on the hearts of His people at IBC, and we believe this to be our unique calling. Our desire is to bring awareness and support around the issue of sexual exploitation of every kind across our city.

IBC DESIRES TO INVEST IN PARTNERS WHO ARE…• Working in our unique calling and location

• Strategically working to raise and release local Christian leaders

• Strongly connected to the DNA of Irving Bible Church; specifically, interested in selfless gain and willing to engage in many expressions of our faith to further the kingdom.

• Co-operating with others to accomplish the greater work

• Working with the marginalized

• Passionately pursuing making the name of Christ known through word and deed

PARTNERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaboration (A Responsibility to IBC)

• Recognize that as a partner organization you also become a representative of the values and heart of Irving Bible Church

• As a giving partner, IBC asks for the liberty to share our input when we have concerns or ideas that might benefit your work.

• We would appreciate monthly communication of your work, well being, prayer requests, and any ways we can help you as you serve. This could be in the form of a newsletter, email, phone call or meeting with our Local Partnership Director.

• Partnership IS collaboration. We recognize you and your ministry have much wisdom and insight you can teach our body. We will seek to have you share the life of your ministry as often as possible with us at IBC.

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IIIe. Guidelines for Global Partnerships

To our prospective partners:

As a Christian community, Irving Bible Church understands the responsibility we have in supporting the kingdom of God through individuals and organizations who are dedicated to walking in obedience by serving their local communities around the world.

We recognize that God moves through His people in a multitude of ways. We also understand that we have a responsibility of the resources God has given us to support leaders around the world that represent the unique abilities and interests of the local church in advancing the Kingdom.

For those we support and those who are requesting support it is important that you understand what we are looking for as we make future decisions for support.

All donations and support go through a process of selection. Our mission’s team, a group of globally-focused members, gathers several times a year to decide if candidates for funding, and current recipients, fall within the mission of Global Partnerships. Each partner candidate should be fully aware of our guidelines and then submit their application by November1st for the following year. Applications will be available by

September 1st each year online.

The IBC Missional MandateMissions at IBC exists to facilitate life-transformation through Jesus Christ with

people and organizations committed to empowering locals, leadership development, and holistic engagement.

• Empowering Locals

Recognizing the advantage strong local leaders have in building bridges of influence, we partner with indigenous leaders to equip them for sustainable ministry.

As a partner:

• Are you committed to serve as a co-laborer in the community where you called?

• What is your strategy for working with or the development of local leadership?

• How have you equipped local leaders to serve within your organization

(Ephesians 4: 11- 13 – Philippians 2:2 - Hebrews 10:24)

• Discovering – Developing- Deploying

At IBC, we desire to help each person discover, develop and pursue the unique service-mission God has placed within their hearts.

As a partner:

• Can you articulate your mission in one sentence?

• What makes your ministry unique- setting it apart from all others?

• How can IBCers actively engage in your mission?

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(Ephesians 2:10- 1Timothy 4:14-16- Acts 1:8 – Matt 28:18-20)

• Engaging Holistically

To bring about sustainable healing, we help equip those we serve to pursue their ministry through meeting spiritual, relational, and physical needs.

As a partner:

• How do you meet the spiritual needs of your community?

• How do you meet the physical needs of your community?

• How are you a minister of reconciliation within your community?

(1 Thes. 2:8 – Luke 10:27 – Luke 4:18, 19)

Global Partners

Global Partners are individuals that are indigenous to the communities where they serve. Locals have the ability to equip others; they are dynamic and influential, humble and are respected by the locals not as a king but as a servant leader. Homegrown leadership, regional influence, and a strong relationship to their surrounding communities are all characteristics of a global partner.

IBC desires to invest in Global Partners who are…

• Strategically working to raise and release international local Christian leaders

• Strongly connected to the DNA of Irving Bible Church

• Works with partners interested in selfless gain and are willing to express many expressions of our faith to further the kingdom.

• Co-operating with others to accomplish the greater work

• Working with the marginalized

• Passionately pursuing making the name of Christ known

Missionaries

Missionaries are individuals who are not indigenous to the community where they wish to serve. Servant leadership, empowerment of local leaders, holistic engagement, and a desire to accomplish specific goals are all characteristics of a Missionary. A priority will be given to individuals who seek to serve alongside one of IBC’s established Global Partners.

Missionaries are divided into two groups:

Long Term

Long Term Missionaries are individuals who plan to serve within a community for one year or longer.

IBC desires to invest in Long Term Missionaries who have…

• A working plan to hand off their role to a local when it is time

• A strategy to raise and release local Christian leaders

• An established history of success in their area of focus

Once it is established by the missions team that the candidate meets these guidelines, the candidate will be led through a series of interviews that equals the hiring process for potential staff members of Irving Bible Church.

When an individual becomes a Long Term Missionary, IBC will commit to quarterly investments of the individual’s annual financial needs.

Short Term

Short Term Missionaries are individuals who plan to serve within their community for less than one year.

IBC desires to invest in Short Term missionaries who are…

• Dedicated to raising and releasing local Christian leaders

• Well-equipped to be effective in their area of service

When an individual becomes a Short Term Missionary, IBC will commit to invest in 10% of the individual’s financial needs.

Global Awareness Trip Support

Irving Bible Church is committed to raising Global Awareness within our community. Further, we believe that any time an individual interacts with a new culture the entire body benefits from their experience.

If a member of the IBC community is going on an International Short Term Trip International Partnerships will provide 10% of the total cost of their trip up to $500.

Sending Missionaries

We understand that God calls individuals in our community to serve even though it may fall outside of our strategic guidelines. While we may not be able to support them financially we will support them by giving them our blessings and commission them for the field. We will also provide them with a one-time gift of up to one thousand dollars toward their outgoing expenses.

PARTNERHSIP RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaboration (A Responsibility to IBC)

• Recognize that as an organization or individual that we are investing in, you also become a representative of the values and heart of Irving Bible Church

• As a giving partner, IBC asks for the liberty to share our input when we have concerns or ideas that might benefit your work

• Monthly communication of your work, well being, prayer requests, and any ways we can serve you as you serve… We want to partner with you.

• We also want you to use your unique, God given gifts to invest our body here at IBC as often as possible.

Community Transformation (A Responsibility to Those You Serve)

• Commitment to work with locals within your community who are involved in the transformation of that community; Serving as a co-laborer who is equipping local leadership to someday assume full responsibility.

• Identify and articulate the greatest needs of the community in which you serve, and have an active strategy in meeting those needs.

• Utilize IBC to help you resource in meeting the greatest needs of your community.

IIIf. Local Partnerships Application for Support

DUE DATE ________________ TODAY’S DATE______________

ORGANIZATION _____________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS__________________________________________________________________________

PHONE ____________________________________________________________________________

EMAIL ____________________________________________________________________________

WEBSITE __________________________________________________________________________

PART ONE: MINISTRY/ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

• Please provide a brief description of your ministry/organization, including area of city and influence.

• Please articulate your mission in one sentence.

• What makes your ministry/organization unique- setting it apart from all others?

• How do you see our IBC members actively engage in your mission?

• What were your significant accomplishments over the past 12 months?

• Please share one brief story of transformation in the lives of people through your ministry/organization:

• Describe the process in which your ministry/organization empowers locals:

• How do you serve as a co-laborer within your community?

• What is your strategy for working with, or the development of, local leadership?

• How are you equipping local leaders to serve within your organization?

• Describe how your ministry/organization is engaging holistically:

• How would you say you are meeting the spiritual needs of your community?

• How do you meet the physical needs of your community?

• How do you see your ministry/organization as a minister of reconciliation within your community?

PART TWO: MINISTRY/ORGANIZATION PROGRAMMING

• Please submit copies of programs you offer your clients

• What new initiatives, if any, are you planning for next year? What’s your plan for meeting your goals?

PART THREE: PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Describe your personal development and that of your staff in the past year.

• Describe your relationship with your co-workers. Is there a spirit of transparency, vulnerability and support within your staff?

• Describe the state of your family’s health and that of your staff members. Are you finding balance?

PART FOUR: SUPPORT

• Please attach a copy of your current budget.

• What grants have you applied for, if any, for 2013?

• Please list staff members and their titles. How many have been added or lost in the past 12 months?

• Are there specific projects that need funding in 2013?

• If applicable, in what ways has IBC supported you best in the past? How can we support you better in the future?

• What were your greatest frustrations, problems, or disappointments during the last 12 months? Have you been able to work through them? If not, how can we help?

• What are your top 3 prayer requests that we can share with our prayer partners for 2013?

IIIg. Global Partnerships Application for Support

DUE DATE _______________ TODAY’S DATE:____________

ADDRESS_______________________________________________________________________

PHONE _______________________________________________________________________

EMAIL _________________________________________________________________________

WEBSITE _______________________________________________________________________

MISSION AGENCY (if applicable) ____________________________________________________

PART ONE: MINISTRY/ ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

• Please provide a brief description of your ministry/organization.

• Please articulate your mission in one sentence.

• What makes your ministry/organization unique- setting it apart from all others?

• How can our IBC members actively engage in your mission?

• What were your significant ministry accomplishments over the past 12 months?

• Please share one brief story of how God is working in the lives of people through your ministry:

• Describe the process in which your ministry/organization empowers locals:

• How do you serve as a co-laborer within your community?

• What is your strategy for working with, or the development of, local leadership?

• How have you equipped local leaders to serve within your organization?

• Describe how your ministry is engaging holistically:

• How do you meet the spiritual needs of your community?

• How do you meet the physical needs of your community?

• How are you a minister of reconciliation within your community?

PART TWO: BUDGET

• Please attach a copy of your ministry’s/organization’s current budget.

• How much total annual support are you currently receiving?

• What specific Projects do you need funding for in the year 2013? Please state amounts next to each project.

• Would you be able to utilize a short term mission’s team for 2013? Please state the needs:

IIIh. Change in Partnership Status 2013

Global Partners

Funding will end for the following Missionaries/Organizations on December 31, 2012:

V. Future Actions

Local Partnerships

• Partnering with IBC internal ministry leaders for the purpose of local mission opportunities

• Partnering with the Irving YMCA to explore and launch an Irving mentoring program for at-risk students.

• Exploring the opportunity to partner with business men and women as well as New Friends New Life and Mercy Street to develop a job network for ex-offenders and at-risk adults in need of employment.

Global Partnerships

• Partnering with IBC internal ministry leaders for the purpose of global mission opportunities.

• Visiting our partners that we have not seen in the last 2 years.

• Undergirding church mission trips.

Departmental

• Finding an intern for the missions department.

• Recruiting a volunteer liaison and 4 key leaders for Family Promise.

• Finalizing 2013 missions’ budget.