Become a Partner

The Mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ. Local churches provide the most significant arena through which discipleship-making occurs (United Methodist Book of Discipline).

The need to revitalize United Methodist church buildings is urgent. Local congregations in the world and U.S. are joining hands and hearts to meet this critical need. As partners, they covenant to be in mission together by:

• Listening to one another openly and without judgment.
• Understanding and becoming sensitive to each other's cultures.
• Exploring the "true connectionalism" of United Methodism.
• Sharing resources in response to spiritual and material needs.
• Sharing the love of Jesus Christ through ministry together.
• A number of partnership projects, are underway in Cambodia, Eastern Europe and the Balkans, Latvia, Laos, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Vietnam. With your help, we can do more.

How to Become a Partner Church

• Commit 3 years to a partner congregation
• Contribute each year in financial support (differs in each country, but typically ranges from $2400 to $4200).
• Send a team to visit and make friends.
• Learn about the culture of your partner church.
• Share stories of personal faith together.
• Work together on a mission project.

Possible Partnering Opportunities

• Evangelization: Provide aid for Bibles, hymnals, church literature, youth events, and speakers who visit hospitals, schools, prisons, and the armed forces to share a message of faith.
• Education: Provide assistance for seminary students, summer camps, vacation Bible schools, Sunday schools, and Disciple Bible Study classes.
• Social Outreach: Provide support for scouting, Teen Challenge (youth drug and alcohol rehabilitation program), centers that serve senior adults, services to help released prisoners transition back into society, community economic development projects, health-care services, and programs to address special needs among handicapped persons.
• Salary Support: Provide supplemental support for pastors' salaries.
• Building Support: Send Volunteers In Mission (VIM) to help with construction and renovation projects.
  

We provide each partner church with a partnership coordinator to facilitate any new partner relationship. We help congregations with planning, communications, and implementation of their In Mission Together partnerships.