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Next Steps
Looking for Next Steps?
If your experience at the Global Poverty and AIDS Forum has inspired you to take some next steps in your church to effectively engage in the battle, let us offer several options to consider.
Assessment/Consulting
The references below can help you build your foundation on solid ground and possibly assist you in getting connected with other global partnerships. Rates will be quoted by the consultants, depending on the level of engagement.
- Tom and Dee Yaccino
After receiving their master’s degrees in intercultural studies from Wheaton Graduate School, Tom and Dee worked with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in rural Bolivia, where they pioneered an integrated, community-based development program. This grassroots initiative facilitated numerous sustainable, community-based developments in health, water, agriculture, and education. In 1995, they were hired by Willow Creek Community Church to lead international ministries focused on partnerships in the Dominican Republic. They have engaged in a church-based network focused on the practice of integral mission, Red del Camino for Integral Mission in Latin America and the Caribbean (www.lareddelcamino.net). Presently, Tom and Dee are developing Del Camino Connection (DCC), facilitating global Kingdom connections that promote integral mission and offering consulting and coaching to churches and organizations passionate about partnering with the global church. Tom and Dee can be reached at dee_yaccino@yahoo.com.
- David W. Stoner
David Stoner was born to career missionaries and spent his childhood in Latin America and Europe. In 1983, he and his family joined an international ministry team in Spain, focused on youth outreach, community, and church development. After 14 years in Spain, David and his family returned to the U.S. so that David could complete his doctoral studies at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Ill. In 2000, David joined the staff of Mars Hill Church in Grandville, Mich. He served as their global lead pastor for seven years as their community grew to over 12,000. David has worked beside a gifted global staff of eight and a volunteer leadership team of 20 entrusted with a multimillion-dollar budget focusing on North and East Africa, Southeast Asia, and Ibero-America. David holds a Ph.D. in intercultural studies and is an adjunct professor at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He currently provides consulting, coaching, and connecting services for churches and organizations passionate about partnering with the global church to leverage our shared spiritual, human, and financial resources in response to the world’s greatest needs. You can contact David at david@davidwstoner.com.
- Joel Holm
Joel Holm was born and raised on the mission field in South Korea. Joel planted a church in Wisconsin and later served as lead pastor of a large, multiethnic church in Chicago. During that time, he earned two master’s degrees from Wheaton Graduate School. Ten years ago, he started PathFinders, a ministry that guides you through a strategic process to discover and design your own mission plan for church-centered vision, member mobilization, transformational partnerships, innovative field strategies, and dynamic organizational systems. Joel works with a diverse group of churches from Saddleback Church and Willow Creek Community Church to underground Chinese churches and churches in Muslim communities in the Arab world. PathFinders also facilitates church-to-church partnerships through a global network of brokers. Joel’s work in strategic design and global brokering gives him the opportunity to see how God is working in churches throughout the world and to integrate it into your mission design process. You can contact Joel at jholm@pfinternational.org.
Engagement with Willow Creek’s Global Connections Partners
If you want to financially support a program or project in Africa or Latin America, Global Connections offers a variety of opportunities. Gifts are delivered 100% to the partner; no overhead costs are absorbed. A report can be provided six to 12 months after the gift has been received. If the demand for this service grows, some additional costs may be necessary. If you would like to explore partnerships beyond funding, contact Tom and Dee Yaccino for Latin America or Joel Holm for Africa.
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