Mission Mutual

BACKBONE SERVICES/COLLECTIVE IMPACT: A.THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH IS PREMISED ON THE BELIEF THAT NO SINGLE ORGANIZATION OR PROGRAM CAN TACKLE OR SOLVE THE MOST COMPLEX AND BROADEST SCALE PROBLEMS. THESE CALL FOR MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS OR ENTITIES (FROM AN INTRA-SECTOR PERSPECTIVE) TO PRIORITIZE A COMMON AGENDA, IDENTIFY SHARED GOALS, AND FORM ALIGNMENT OF EFFORT IN VIEW OF THEIR OWN. B.SUSTAINABLE COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVES REQUIRE CENTRALIZED SUPPORT AND COORDINATION - OFTEN KNOWN AS A BACKBONE ORGANIZATION - WITH DEDICATED STAFF WHOSE ROLE IS TO HELP PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS SHIFT FROM ACTING ALONE TO ACTING IN CONCERT. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: C.THE STRENGTH OF A MULTI-STRANDED CORD DEPENDS ON HOW THE STRANDS ARE WOVEN TOGETHER AND THE STRENGTH OF INDIVIDUAL STRANDS WITHIN THE WEAVE. STRONG, HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING TOGETHER, STRENGTHEN THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF AN ALLIANCE. TO THIS END, MISSION MUTUAL IS POSITIONED TO HELP MISSION, MINISTRY AND PHILANTH

ALTHOUGH THE MARKET FOR BACKBONE/COLLECTIVE IMPACT SERVICES SPANS MULTIPLE SECTORS OF MISSION AND MINISTRY, GOD IS DEMONSTRATING THESE PRESENTING REALITIES, THE CONTEXT OF SERVICE, AND A READINESS FOR NEXT STAGE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVERY TRIBE EVERY NATION (ETEN) ALLIANCE. THE ETEN ALLIANCE IS COMMITTED TO AN "ALL ACCESS GOAL" THAT ENVISIONS: 95% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION WITH A FULL BIBLE, 99.96% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION WITH AT LEAST A NEW TESTAMENT, AND 100% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION WITH AT LEAST SOME PORTION OF GOD'S WORD ACCESSIBLE TO THEM IN A LANGUAGE AND FORMAT THEY UNDERSTAND BEST. 2 FULL BIBLE TRANSLATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE WORLDS MOST STRATEGIC 100 WRITTEN LANGUAGES. (BASED ON NUMBER OF SPEAKERS). THE ALLIANCE IS CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF 10 IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS AND 5 RESOURCE PARTNERS WITH MOMENTUM AND VISION FOR EXPONENTIAL COLLABORATION, ACCELERATION, AND IMPACT ACROSS THE BIBLE TRANSLATION MOVEMENT. MISSION MUTUAL CURRENTLY DIRECTS BACKBONE SERVICES TO THE ETEN ALLIANCE (AND RESPECTIVE DIRECT AND INDIRECT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS) WHICH IS A LEADING EXPRESSION OF CURRENT REALITIES (MISSIOLOGIC/PHILANTHROPIC) AND CONTEXT OF SERVICE (DEEP COLLABORATION), AND READINESS FOR NEXT-STAGE DEVELOPMENT. TO THAT END, MISSION MUTUAL'S 2021 PURPOSE ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE.... OPERATIONAL AND RELATIONAL FACILITATION: BUILDING BRIDGES OF RELATIONSHIPS, SYSTEMS, AND PHILOSOPHIES, ACROSS THE ALLIANCE, AS CATALYST FOR CHANGE AND INNOVATION. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: FOSTERING INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTH IN ORDER TO STRENTHEN THE CORD OF MANY. PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT SERVICE: FACILITATING INVESTOR/IMPLEMENTER COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING. ....EQUIPING ETEN WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVE NEEDED TO ACCELERATE AND ENHANCE THEIR COLLECTIVE IMPACT. WE ANTICIPATE A BROADENING MARKET APPLICATION OF THESE SERVICES TO OTHER SECTORS OF MISSION AND MINISTRY IF/AS GOD LEADS.