Bring Relational Wisdom® Into Missions
Get upstream of conflict and equip your mission team with relational skills that build unity, prevent conflict, strengthen teamwork and enhance your Christian witness
Daily Relational Challenges
Missions teams, both short and long term, serve alongside churches and communities across cultures. Although most partnerships and field interactions are constructive and beneficial, some interactions can trigger major relational challenges.
- Language and cultural misreads that fracture teams
- Sending church/field team misunderstandings
- Family stress, isolation and compassion fatigue
- Partnership conflicts with local ministries and NGOs
- Reentry, support raising, and transition challenges
- Security and crisis decision making under pressure
- Confict leading to team attrition
Transform Your Team
As you strengthen your mission team’s relational skills, you can build a team characterized by partnership, humility and faithful compelling. Relational wisdom enables you to
- Build a solidly united and supportive leadership team
- Strengthen empathy and humility across cultures
- Surface values and expectations before they clash
- Resolve conflict to protect witness and partnerships
- Coach field leaders for feedback and care conversations
- Support marriages and families on the field
- Strengthen partnerships with respectful communication
- Reduce attrition and keep united teams in the fiield
Supporting Studies
Multiple studies reveal the value of relational skills training for missions teams.
Step by Step Guidance
You can begin the process of transforming your church and equipping your people with life-changing relational skills by taking three steps:
- Download a free ebooklet that provides detailed instructions and resources you can use to bring this training into your missions teamch
- Register your leadership team for the Discovering Relational Wisdom course so you can set an example for practicing these life-changing skills
- Host a kick off seminar to inspire your entire team to develop life-changing relational skills
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have free introductory material our team leaders could review to evaluate your ministry?
Yes. Our Relationally Wise Leader course is available for free online and provides an introduction to relational wisdom, peacemaking and several leadership applications of these concepts. Leaders can deepen these types of skills through our RW Shepherd course.
How could our team use your resources to train our entire body in relational wisdom and peacemaking?
The best way to launch organization-wide training is to host a live kick-off seminar that introduces your entire body to the benefits of improving their relational skills. With or without this introduction, you can use our small group study sets for Sunday school or small group studies. Alternatively, you could simply encourage your people to take advantage of RW360’s online courses, which members can pursue at their convenience.
How can RW360's resources be used for community outreach and evangelism?
As this pastor’s remarkable testimony sows, you can train members of your church to use our PACE (Professional and Community Engagement) resources to make presentations in businesses, schools, college campuses, hospitals, police departments and other secular venues throughout your community.
Can we train a team of people in our organization to help others learn and practice these concepts?
By all means! That is exactly what Moses did when he wanted to reduce his peacemaking work load. Click here to see how you can develop a Peace Sower Team in your organization.
Train Your Entire Team and Organization
Relational skills training will help your team and organization get upstream of conflict and build healthier, more effective relationships. Here are three steps you can take right now:
Download the
Free eBooklet
Get a detailed plan on how to bring this life-changing training to your missions team.
Register for Discovering Relational Wisdom Course
Developing relational skills you can practice at home and in the field, inspiring others to follow your example.
Host a Live Kick-Off Event to Inspire Your Entire Church
Invite an RW Instructor to provide a webinar or live seminar to introduce your team to relational wisdom.