Appendix A.9 Partnerships

Overview: Partnerships are a way to carry out the Liberty strategy of working in strategic places without having to commit to a lifetime of work in that area. Our goal with partnerships will be to work with a people group, a church, or with a project for a specified length of time. The difference between adoption and partnership is the amount of time we give to the work. Adoption is until a CPM has begun in a people group. Partnership is for a specified amount of time no matter what the results are at the end of the time frame.

Benefits to Partnerships

1. It allows Liberty to work in strategic areas of the world for a specific time period.

2. It allows our people to take part in reaching an unreached people group or working in an area where there is little gospel witness.

3. It lays out the expectations ahead of time so that both parties can know what to expect.

4. It allows us to evaluate our work in an area or with a missionary. From that evaluation we can choose to extend the work or move to a better partnership.

Current Partnerships

1. Ishlyhain Berbers of Morocco

2. Alawites of Syria

3. Navajo Indians around Gallup, New Mexico

4. History Church of Reston, Virginia.