REGIONAL STRATEGIES

Africa: Eastern & Southern

1. Safe and supportive peer relationships will flourish.

2. The potential for collaboration and partnership amongst those serving vulnerable children and families will increase.

3. The monthly formation journey will foster closer relationships both with God and fellow believers.

4. Pausing and processing rest together, will help those serving vulnerable children and families to take a break from the daily demands and tasks of their work. Productivity will increase as individuals make time to rest.

5. Through a monthly formation calendar experience, leaders will have the opportunity to cooperate and form relationships across existing barriers. This will encourage congregations, organizations, tribes and denominations to engage with each other. Divisions among these groups have been a burden in Africa and across the globe for too long. Through increased collaboration, duplication of effort can be avoided. Through trusting relationships, leaders will begin to identify strengths and weaknesses and begging to compliment one another’s effort in order to impact children and families more deeply.

Africa: Western & Central

1. The monthly formation calendar will foster unity among the networks and increase trust and collaboration between churches, NGO’s, and other serving vulnerable children and families.

2. Leaders will grow in their relationship with Christ and with one another.

3. Meeting together to discuss the monthly themes and pray together allows leaders to share their burdens and encourage one another. This will lead to less burnout amongst those serving vulnerable children and families.

4. The formation calendar experience provides an opportunity to engage others serving vulnerable children and families to engage with the network. In other words, it could serve as an “on-ramp” for organizations and who might be looking to join a network.

5. The experience will foster creativity amongst participants which will flow out through their work.

Europe, Asia, Middle East & North America

1. Joining in a monthly formation journey will unite the direction of networks. It will deepen individual and corporate relationships with God, and deepen a sense of community. This will impact the spiritual lives of teams serving vulnerable children and families, the lives of those they serve and the greater community.

2. The journey will have an impact on ministries as they unite spiritually and increase glory to God. Others will see the love expressed through these leaders and know that they are His disciples.

3. Hearing and seeing what God is doing in others spiritually as they serve vulnerable children and families will be an encouragement to others serving in the movement. There is a deep need for places/times of intentional corporate encouragement and the formation calendar experience can provide one avenue for that.

4. Global leaders will work from a place of rest, as opposed to resting as a reward for work. This practice will increase freedom, joy, capacity, and creativity.

Latin America

1. Uniting together in a spiritual formation calendar will unify those participating and reflect the Body of Christ. Participants will know they do not strive alone, but that they walk together with shared goals of serving vulnerable children and families with the love of Christ.

2. The experience will testify of God’s inexhaustible love, power, and His heart for people, families, and children.

3. Journeying together will add more links to the chain of which networks are a part, by being united spiritually.

4. Participants will renew their strength and encourage each other, knowing they share experiences and learning opportunities. This community will be well positioned help others who have been in similar situations.

5. A monthly calendar experience will serve as a connection point to expand the support network and let others know what network members do and areas they serve.