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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 host receivers' long-term strategies?
3.1.2.    Are host receivers aware of your STM program's values and goals? Have they agreed to support them?
3.1.3.    With whom and how do you communicate the long-term host receiver goals?
3.1.4.    How do you mutually design and regularly review ministry methods and activities with 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.    How do you ensure goer-guests are selected with the outreach plan/methods in mind?
3.2.2.    How does your training equip goer-guests in skill competencies to implement their part of the plan?
3.2.3.    How does your training prepare goer-guests to humbly serve, seek unity, submit to field facilitators, and follow conduct guidelines?


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 host receivers' ability to implement the outreach plan?

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