4/14 Focuses on Youth

The Transform World movement is launching a new initiative called The 4/14 Window. The term plays off the familiarity with the 10/40 Window concept.

This initiative focuses on youth ages four to 14 around the world and seeks to mobilize the Global Church to reach, engage and empower this age group to transform the communities in which they live.

visionSynergy has been asked to play a significant role as a neutral third party and coach/facilitator in helping
this movement become a network of ministries and churches that touch this demographic.

Partnership education in colleges

At a national U.S. conference of seminaries and Bible schools visionSynergy was invited to present a vision for incorporating courses and other curriculum materials about Partnership in Christian colleges. Fifteen schools expressed immediate interest in either a three-unit college-level course or inclusion of a significant module on the “how and why” of a Partnership approach to Kingdom ministry.

We expect to see a number of these schools begin to use the collaboration materials later in 2009.

Younger Leader Initiative Info

The emerging leaders for the global church sorely lack training in the skills and theory needed to undertake ministry collaboratively.

visionSynergy is allocating almost 60% of its resources to the task of educating and replicating genNOW leaders in partnership and collaboration skills and process. Materials, courses, curriculum, delivery media – visionSynergy is producing all these and more to impact the world Church’s incoming leadership.

Opportunities: $5,000 provides a full course in a new distribution channel. $50,000 provides major support for the NextGen Coalition leadership (staff and travel). Click to give.