Are pastors and churches racing toward wide-scale adoption of collaboration and partnership with others to do great things for the kingdom?

In the media and technology space:

They see the waste and redundancy risk of the “every church for itself” approach to building digital ministry.

They are putting up “welcome here” shingles for parachurch ministries and organizations that have developed advanced web and social media expertise and tools.

They work with Christian business leaders who believe they are called to fund innovative technology ventures.

They meet regularly with others outside the organization to share knowledge. They are open to sharing resources at unprecedented levels. It is not “their” money after all.

The question is, should they collaborate and partner?

Leadership Network is predicting that strategic partnerships between churches, organizations and even businesses will become the norm in next generation churches.

The tide is turning. Perhaps the question should be, what opportunities do you see to partner or collaborate on kingdom initiatives?

The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses. Revelation 19:4

Collaboration is taking place worldwide between organizations, corporations, educational institutions, and even farmers.

Sometimes churches have risk-averse cultures and tend to be “slow out of the gate” with innovative practices. The trend toward more collaboration may be happening because the Rider is saying to make the push at the end of the race to win.

If so, we have only one word to add. Hallelujah!