Excellent STM Is Characterized by:
Standard #3:
MUTUAL DESIGN
An excellent short-term mission collaboratively plans each
specific outreach for the benefit of all participants, and is
expressed by:
3.1 On-field methods and
activities aligned to long-term strategies of the partnership
3.2
Goer-guests’ ability to
implement their part of the plan
3.3
Host receivers’ ability
to implement their part of the plan
Within the collaborative context of our empowering partnerships
(Standard #2), we acknowledge the need to mutually plan and design
every respective short-term mission outreach. We pledge that each
outreach will be cooperatively designed to include specific mission
opportunities and on-field activities which both partners believe
to be aligned with long-term strategies, beneficial to all
participants (especially the
intended receptors),
and appropriate for all participants to accomplish. We also pledge
to carefully screen and prepare all participants so they are likely
to achieve the mutual design with humble, servant, teachable
hearts.
3.1 On-field methods and activities aligned
to long-term strategies of the partnership
We acknowledge that every one of our STM outreaches is unique,
and that each outreach must be mutually designed by “sending side”
and “receiving side” partners using methods and activities which
are in alignment to the long-term vision and strategies of our
partnership as described in Standard #2.
KEY QUALITY INDICATORS
3.1.1. How do your STM goals/plans align with the long-term host receiver strategies?3.1.2. Are your host receivers aware of your STM program's values and goals? Have they agreed to support them?
3.1.3. With whom have the long-term host receiver goals been communicated?
3.1.4. How do you mutually design ministry methods and activities, and regularly review them with senders, goer-guests, and host receivers?
3.2 Goer-guests’ ability to implement their
part of the plan
We commit to screen, select, and train
goer-guest participants
based on the mutual design of Standard #3, who will place
themselves in a learning, humble, servant, teachable position; who
will submit to the leadership authority of the
sending entity,
goer-guest leaders,
and
field facilitators;
and who are capable of doing the task as designed.
KEY QUALITY INDICATORS
3.2.1. Are your goer-guests selected with specific outreach goals in mind?3.2.2. How does your training equip goer-guests to implement their part of the plan?
3.3 Host receivers’ ability to implement
their part of the plan
We commit to see to it that host receiver participants are involved based on the mutual design of Standard #3, who will place themselves in a learning, humble, servant, teachable position; who will submit to the appropriate leadership authority; and who are capable of doing the task as designed.
KEY QUALITY INDICATOR
3.3.1. How do you determine the host receivers' ability to implement the specific outreach plans?Next: Standard # 4 - Comprehensive Administration