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A Survey for Evaluating Collaborative Relationships

EVALUATION RESOURCE

A Survey for Evaluating Collaborative Relationships

 

by Amy L. Sherman (CFIC, 2006)

 

Resource Type:  Survey to help church leaders identify, assess and evaluate their current partnerships, including the formality of the partnership, shared resources, and the health of the partnership.

 

Main Audience: Church leaders needing a tool to help them think critically about their current partnerships, identifying strengths and weaknesses.

 



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Course 406 - Theology of Work (3 credits) This course will look at the theology of work and how work fits into ministry and God’s Kingdom.

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Information and how-to tools for building and sustaining effective partnerships for transformational community ministry
Core Ideas on Partnership
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Information and how-to tools for evaluating your transformational community programs and initiatives
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Summary of Churches That Make a Difference
Acting On Your Faith: A Guide to Success in Service and Social Action
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Developing Vision Bookshelf: An Annotated Bibliography
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Assistance for FBOs, Public/Private Funders and Public Administrators in forging productive relationships that will transform lives and communities.
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Changing Communities through Faith in Action: Symposium Report One
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Toolkit for Government-FBO Collaboration

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Faith-Philanthropy Collaboration

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United Way Mass Bay and the Faith & Action Initiative: This case study from the Harvard Executive Session on Faith-Based and Community Approaches to Urban Revitalization examines the partnership between the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and a variety of FBOs working with inner-city youth.
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Toolkit for Private Funders: This toolkit provides a valuable “conversation” useful for both private funders and faith-based organizations to understand better how each perceives the other and what can be done to partner together most effectively. Bottom line: What have we learned to date about collaboration?
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Philanthropy & Faith: An Introduction: Throughout the United States, faith-based organizations offer community services of all kinds. This document examines several partnerships between faith-based communities and private funders, including an initiative addressing juvenile crime in Boston. Interviews with faith-based organizations and foundation executives in other cities provide additional insights. Intended primarily for the private philanthropic community, the document will also be useful for criminal justice practitioners and community and local policymakers.
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Profile of Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale

This profile describes how this mega-church has transformed the foster care system in southern Florida.

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Why Partner?

Why Partner?

Partnerships are risky. Partnerships take energy and time. It may not be easy to look
past the challenges of organizing your own congregation for ministry to see the potential
in collaborating with others. Nor is it always easy to adjust to a partnering agency’s different methods and priorities. Is the effort worth it?

Few churches can carry out effective holistic ministry without entering into some
form of partnership. This is true for seven practical reasons and three theological reasons. The attached document outlines all these reasons.

 

Course 406 - Theology of Work

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#In the last New Culture Newsletter I focused on the recession and asked the question, "What would the impact be if Christians of different ethnicities in your community were all working together to help during this difficult time?" In this newsletter I want to continue that theme and focus on some organizations that have a long track record of helping Christians of different ethnici

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TechMission Newsletter: December 2008

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This case study profiles the efforts of Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas to serve the city’s South Midtown neighborhood.

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Suburban/Urban Partnerships Podcast: Free MP3 Audio Sermons

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Suburban/Urban Partnerships

Urbanministry.org presents a podcast featuring material on suburban/urban partnerships.

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Teach Adult Education Courses KITEGA COMMUNITY CENTER
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Nairobi
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fundraiser Hope for the Lost International Youth Organization
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Africa Summer Missions Africa Mission Alliance
Portland, OR
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Social Enterprise Intern Mission Possible
Vancouver, BC
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Chicago, IL
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