About Serving Partnerships

We don’t want to reinvent the wheel, but instead want to hook up people that want to serve with great people and organizations that are already doing it. Serving Partnerships are a healthy collaboration will happen between LoveCanton and the many great like-minded churches and organizations we know locally and globally. It’s amazing what Jesus can do when we work together and don’t care who gets the credit!

Serving Partnerships are based on relationships.  So this means that we will know and regularly communicate with our partners.  Many times we will ask people who work with our serving partners to share stories of what Jesus is doing in our gatherings.

Serving partnerships are both flexible and formal.  So this means that we will write and sign a partnership agreement specific to each serving partner. That agreement will be reviewed for renewal every 3-6 months.

LoveCanton Villages are based on a common mission from Jesus to a neighborhood or network in Canton.  So not always, but often times Villages are communities that form when groups of people begin serving with our partners over time.

5 Questions we use to consider serving partners

1. Christ Centered
   Is the executive director or primary decision maker a committed follower of Jesus?
2. Relationship Based
   Are one or more people committed to LoveCanton as their church community volunteering consistently with this organization or working for this organization?
3. Outward Focused
   Is there an accountable and measurable strategic plan in place that emphasizes a clear outward focus into the lives of Canton people?
4. Kingdom Minded
   Is there evidence of this organization showing a pattern of collaboration with other like-minded organizations in Canton?
5. Accountable
   Is a primary connect with this partner willing to be held accountable in a LoveCanton Huddle?

5 potential ways LoveCanton will invest in our serving partners

1. Spiritual Capital
   Committed Prayer support or invitation into a LoveCanton Huddle
2. Relational Capital
   Intentional connection and communication of the partner in LoveCanton networks
3. Physical Capital
   Channeled volunteer support for the partner’s programs and events
4. Intellectual Capital
   People in LoveCanton community who have areas of expertise give consultation or serve on the partner’s committee or board or project
5. Financial Capital
   Monthly or situation based financial support for partner