Volunteer Missions: An Example of Cooperation

Here's a great article from the Georgia Baptist Christian Index by editor Gerald Harris about building partnerships through missions trip experiences. Harris interviews Mike Gravette, our Acts 1:8 Challenge coordinator in Georgia. An excerpt:

"According to Gravette the mission partnership concept allows the GBC to get the big picture from the various mission fields and put all the detailed pieces together like a beautiful mosaic of ministry so that the “house” (endeavor) is healthy, complete, and lacking nothing.

"Gravette’s description of partnership missions is similar to the intended design of the jigsaw puzzle. In a jigsaw puzzle each piece usually has a small part of the picture on it; when complete, all the pieces produce a complete picture.

"The combined instruments that comprise an orchestra present the same concept. Who would want to hear a cymbals solo or even a tuba solo? Yet, when all the instruments are combined together into one symphonic masterpiece the sound is incredible.

That is exactly why cooperation is important. We can do far more together than we can alone."

Read the entire article here.