Transcript In Absence of Silver and Gold

WHAT CAN PCEA OFFER?
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In order to understand what PCEA can offer, it is important to
underline what church partnerships entail.
The best foundation of any partnership is friendship that gradually
progress to different levels. As that friendship evolves, it brings along
some of the following four components:
sharing (spiritual and or temporal ideas)
communication (that is sharing formal and informal information) and
visits. Such communication must be guided by respect and trust
support (moral and material).
discipline
From the above, it is therefore obvious that silver and gold (material)
are but one component of church partnerships. It is a means to an end
rather than an end in itself.
We therefore look at what PCEA can offer in line with the above
components.
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As indicated in the Best Practices brochure,
Spiritual engagement must be the starting
point. It involves enriching one another with:
prayers
sermons
spiritual literature and materials
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Communication ensure friendships flourish as in
them information is shared.
This is done using all mediums available like face
to face encounters, telephone calls, letters, emails,
social media etc.
Communication is very helpful particularly if there
are activities that are ongoing for instance, a
partnership project. Information about the same
should be shared in a timely and factual way.
Face to face visits can be expensive and time
consuming but when opportunities arise, they
must be maximized.
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Moral support is required across all partnerships since
all humans have emotional needs.
Partners should always be there for one another in
times of joy and in times of pain.
As observed, the golden words of ‘please’, ‘sorry’,
‘welcome’ and ‘thank you’ impact on all of the human
race.
It is not always about tangible things as scriptures
teach us (Amos 5:21-25; 1 Corinthians 13: 1-3; 2
Corinthians 8:1-5) but about being there fore the other
Material on the other hand is not about size of the gift
of the giver but about the size of the giver of the gift;
the size of the heart.
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Since this partnership is about institutions, there is
need to respect any existing structures and
traditions. Each partner must communicate early
to the other about the same.
In our context, there should be proper
coordination of mission work from a central point.
This does not mean micro-management.
Formulation of structured constitutions, covenants,
memorandums of understanding and adherence to
the same
Institutionalization of all partnerships to check one
man shows
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From the above, it is hence clear that PCEA has
components to offer in the absence of gold and
silver.
Just as Peter and John had something impactful
to offer to the sick man (Acts 1:1-10) , PCEA has
its job well cut out.