Working Partnership Agreement
 

Spiritual commitment of each partner

• Describe the spiritual commitments made by each partner for the other.

• What are the specific ways that each partner will minister spiritually to the other partner?

Specific needs to be addressed by the Working Partnership Agreement

• What is the need to be addressed by the Working Partnership Agreement?

• Why this need is not being met as a part of the current ministry program?

• How was this need first recognized within the current ministry program and what plans have been made to fulfill this need?

Specific Goals of the Working Partnership Agreement

• What are the short-term goals that must be accomplished to begin to meet the agreed upon need? [Those personnel, material and financial resources, and organizational structures which must be in place to begin to accomplish the desired short-term goal.]

• What are the long-term goals of the agreement and how will the accomplishment of these goals will assist in the development of the desired ministry?

• What criteria will be used to evaluate the accomplishment of these goals?

  • Who is responsible to determine the accomplishment of these goals?

  • How often will the project be evaluated to determine the accomplishment of these goals?

The fulfillment of the specific goals of the Working Partnership Agreement will help each of the partners fulfill their own mission statement?

• What is the primary mission statement of each of the partners in the Partnership Agreement?

• How does the accomplishment of the working partnership goals assist in the carrying out of the individual mission statement for each ministry?

The facilitator / coordinator

• Who is the person from each member of the Agreement responsible for leading the inter-partner relationships and is responsible for communication between the partners?

• What are the specific responsibilities of the Agreement leader?

Communication

• What type of information and reports of progress of the project and the accomplishment of the established goals need to be communicated between partners?

• How are regular reports of progress of the project and the accomplishment of the established goals communicated between partners, phone, mail, email?

Financial commitment of each partner

• How will the financial accountability be maintained between the two partners?  

• How much / what percentage will each partner contribute to the partnership?

  • Each member of a partnership should contribute an equitable amount to the accomplishment of the goal of the partnership.  [An equitable amount means that all parties give at the same sacrificial rate.  A church in the US may give significantly more than a church in a Two-Thirds World country, without the same degree of sacrifice, because of the disparity which may exist between the economies of the countries.]

• How will finances be transferred between the parties in the agreement?

• How often will the financial accounts be reviewed by the partners?

Modifying / Terminating the Working Partnership Agreement 

• What is the proposed ending date of the Working Partnership Agreement?

• How can the Working Partnership Agreement be modified, renewed or extended?

• What are the procedures for terminating the Working Partnership Agreement?  

• How are exceptions and new areas of concern are determined?

The fulfillment will result in a reproducible model of ministry

• How will the newly established ministry be able to sustain itself financially without long-term external funding?

• How will the outcome of the goal create a situation where no dependency is developed on the part of one of the members of the agreement?

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