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Jesus's words in John 17 represent one of the church's highest values: "May they all be one as you and I, Father, are one." Yet divisions occur from the highest levels of the church to street level projects, often neutralizing effectiveness and undercutting the credibility of Jesus's message. This book helps any believer turn the ideal of John 17 into reality. It provides solid grounding in the principles of partnership, abundant case histories, and empowering "how to" suggestions for lay person and ministry leader alike.

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"It's a must read."
-- Bob Buford, Founder and Chairman of Leadership Network, Author

"No person in the modern history of missions has worked with greater creativity and relentless purpose or with greater or more strategic fruit for his labors. ... This is one of those very rare books which became an essential classic the day it was born."
-- Ralph D. Winter

"Phill Butler brings a passionate, realistic and hopeful perspective to Christian partnerships. He understands the challenges partnerships face and brings a wealth of experience and insight to understanding how they succeed. Well Connected! does not try to present a nifty superficial solution but instead communicates vision, wisdom and hope. For Phill, partnerships are about people, processes and prayer. As he states, we're made for partnerships, and God moves when we work together. I pray this book will inspire and aid many.
-- Dean Hirsch, President, World Vision International

"Everything you need to know about hands-together and about hands-on for Christ's kingdom. Some people look at our world and ask "why?" Phill Butler looks at the way our world could be and asks "why not?" If the apostle Paul was ministering today, he would recommend this book."
-- Leith Anderson, Pastor, Wooddale Church

"Phill Butler and partnership are almost synonymous. For years, he explored, tested, and successfully implemented the biblical concept of partnership to advance the church's ministry. Follow Butler's law of kingdom collaboration and experience joy, unity, and release of power. This book is long overdue."
-- Tetsunao Yamamori, Author, Director Emeritus, Food For The Hungry, International Director, LCWE

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Phill Butler started his professional life as an international radio/television journalist. He spent many years with ABC News then was involved in managing and consulting in broadcasting. Over the last 30 years as head of Intercristo, first, then Interdev, he has worked in over 70 countries and has published over 100 articles, papers, and monographs on communications and missions strategy. He now heads visionSynergy, an initiative focused on international network development for strategic ministry. He lives in Seattle, Washington and has two daughters and three grandchildren.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Authentic & World Vision (May 19, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1932805540
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1932805543
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches

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Expect Problems With Partnerships

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"They'll know we are Christians by our love." (How's that working out for all of us?)

What if the next verse to that song read, "They'll know we are Christians by our partnerships?" (Oops. That's not working out either.)

Here's the deal. Many Christian organizations--even in their mission statements--proudly proclaim that they are partners with the local church. Others have a "Director of Strategic Partnerships & Alliances" on their teams. But gut-check time: how competent are we in building and sustaining God-honoring partnerships?

There's help. Phill Butler's classic book, "Well Connected," is your Partnership 101, 201, 301 and 401 course and baptism into the hope of John 17: unity in the body of Christ.

You may want to just read the summary (Chapter 1) and then delegate your reading to a team member who will review the book at a future staff meeting. The appendix is worth the price of the book, especially the five-page "Partnership/Network Diagnostic/Evaluation Tool" for your current presumed partnerships. Or you can rate yourself with 10 questions: "Are We Good Partnership Material?" If you score 60 or less (100 is possible), Butler suggests you host a leadership meeting to look at your scores and discuss improvement options.

Finally, the "15 Critical Principles" of partnerships are excellent. For example:
#2. Lasting partnerships need a committed facilitator.
#4. Effective partnerships have limited, achievable objectives in the beginning.
#5. Effective partnerships start by identifying key felt needs among the people being served. (See "The Customer Bucket" in Mastering The Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Non-profit )
#8. Effective partnerships are even more challenging to maintain than to start.
#15. Effective partnerships expect problems and pro-actively deal with them.

If you're "partnering" and have never read this book, your partnerships could be dramatically enhanced in just one reading.

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Phill Butler has an impressive resume in journalism and broadcasting. From that perspective, he brings a unique combination of ideas to the mission partnership discussion. His book, "Well Connected: Releasing Power, Restoring Hope Through Kingdom Partnerships," gives the reader insight into his unique perspectives. Butler makes a key focus of his book the need for various groups to work together to accomplish common goals. He says that "world conditions are forcing business, social initiatives, and Kingdom strategies to acknowledge the same truth: if you want to work smart, you work together" (page 25).

Butler reminds us that "all effective strategic partnerships are driven by an energizing, challenging vision" (page 16). This vision must come from a genuine belief that the partnership can accomplish something significant for the Kingdom. This vision must be so compelling that it overcomes the human obstacles that often arise when diverse groups try to work together. "Durable, effective partnerships are always built on authentic approaches that build trusting, open, and restored relationships" (page 52).

I appreciated Butler's warning about over structuring your partnership, especially in the beginning. "The structure of your partnership should be as simple as possible and still meet your objectives" (page 40). This is not to imply that partnerships should have no structure or formalized procedures. Organizational principals are important. "How the group organizes itself is one of the most important steps in the life of an emerging partnership. As soon as the participants represent their personal interest and the interest of an organization, the dynamics usually change significantly" (page 164). So organization is important, but it is equally important not to over organize. "Remember: simple is good. The less structure you need to accomplish the vision, the less maintenance you need and the more resources can be focused on your primary outcomes" (page 251).

Butler emphasizes the need to understand the people group or geographic location that you are seeking to reach through your partnership. This exploration and information gathering phase is vitally important for the long term effectiveness of the partnership. "The `unreached' are unreached for very real reasons" (page 11). Part of the information stage is gathering the data that will help all the partners understand why the unreached are in the position that they are in. This will allow the partners to proceed in a way that works with the culture instead of ignoring the culture.

I appreciated Butler's distinction between a network and a partnership. This helped me clarify those terms in my own mind. He defines a network as "Any group of individuals or organizations sharing a common interest, who regularly communicate with each other to enhance their individual purposes." He defines a partnership as "Any group of individuals or organizations, sharing a common interest, who regularly communicate, plan and work together to a common vision beyond the capacity of any one of the individual partners" (page 34-35). The key difference between the two is that in a network, each group remains focused on their own agenda and goals. But in a partnership, the participants have committed to a common goal that they could not do without the cooperative efforts of those around them. To effectively reach the entire world for Christ "both networks and partnerships are needed to release Kingdom power" (page 33).

Butler points out one of the major pitfalls of potential partnerships as being the temptation to rush too fast without laying an adequate foundation for a healthy partnership. He says "Scripture and life experience make [it] clear that spiritual change occurs over time" (page 59). He goes on to say that "what appear to be decisions made in a moment are almost always based on preceding events and influences" (page 59). Therefore take time to let the various events and influences build until there is an adequate commitment level and spiritual momentum to make the partnership vibrant and long term. "The combination of our desire for quick results and the Western tendency toward individualism has created frustration, ineffective strategies, and unrealistic expectations" (page 66).

Butler points out another key element of an effective partnership as prayer. "Our partnerships will only have lasting, eternal significance as they are rooted in prayer and in awareness that our planning and work can, ultimately, only be empowered by the Holy Spirit's work--in our lives and the lives of those we seek to reach and serve" (page 73). This may sound too obvious to the reader. Indeed, the need for prayer is often so obvious that it is overlooked in the partnership process. Too many times potential partners make all their plans and commitments and then ask God to bless them. Instead they should be asking God to give them wisdom as they make the plans and commitments.

Finally, Butler points out the vital need for there to be a person who accepts the responsibility for making the partnership happen. There has to be a person who not only believes in the partnership, but can relate to all the other individuals, personalities and groups within the partnership. "In effective partnership development, someone at least has to be acquainted with everyone!" (page 124). It would be better for a number of people to be acquainted with everyone, but the reality is that often there is one key player who tends to connect everyone together and make things happen. We can never underestimate the importance of the people factor in a partnership. "As in all human enterprise, people determine the success or failure of any collaborative effort" (page 202). So there must be someone leading the partnership who is willing and able to focus on people. Sometimes this creates awkward situations and difficult challenges as that leader tries to get the various participants to fully engage in the partnership. But this leader must be able to develop those people management skills or the partnership will never develop to its full potential. "As a partnership facilitator, you have to consistently wear two hats. To serve the partnership best, you have to be both a prophet and a servant" (page 204-205). Not everyone is comfortable in this dual role. Not everyone has the skill and personality for it. But for those who do, they are the ones who can make partnerships happen.

In my opinion, the reason more administrators don't aggressively pursue more partnerships is due to a negative experience with a previous partnership. "When expectations are raised and not fulfilled, hope dies and often turns to disillusionment" (page 222). Too many mission administrators put time and energy into what they thought would produce some great movement for the Kingdom only to see the effort fail. They become disillusioned and retreat in on themselves. We must stand against that. There will be failures in partnerships, because partnerships are made of people and people are not perfect. But there are also great successes. We must learn from the failures and rejoice in the successes. What we absolutely must not do is stick our head in the sand and pretend that if we keep doing the same things we are now doing that we'll suddenly start getting different results.

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This is an excellent book as a "How to" nourish cooperation between Christian organizations. For me the most useful chapters have been on Prayer, Vision and Exploration. I have read these chapters and prayed over them many times. It probably reflects the stage I am at. I expect in a few years it will be later chapters of Formation that will be more important.

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