Borthwicks Summary
What Do the Borthwicks Actually Do?
SHARPENING OUR FOCUS
One of the most common questions we get pertains to focus:
What is the focus of Borthwick ministry?
Our gifts, experiences, and priorities in ministry had led us to concentrate on three primary areas. All three pertain to both developing leaders and global missions.SHARPENING OUR FOCUS
One of the most common questions we get pertains to focus:
What is the focus of Borthwick ministry?
FOCUS #1: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: our primary focus here is developing the integrity and effectiveness of non-Western leaders with Development Associates International (DAI). This priority involves teaching in the DAI Masters of Organizational Leadership, serving as a leadership trainer at places like Alliance Biblical Seminary in the Philippines and Lanka Bible College in Sri Lanka, and working with the DAI Team in identifying and resourcing “emerging leaders” through ministries like the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES).
With the financial needs of DAI, this Leadership Development focus also includes fund-raising – striving to develop partnerships between North American Churches and our Development Associates International ministry centers and M.A. students (through Master Link).
FOCUS #2: INFLUENCING THE NEXT GENERATION TOWARDS WORLD MISSIONS. This naturally flows from the above focus on emerging leaders, but it is where our teaching and preparing short-term missionaries at Gordon College falls, as well as our work as an Associate for the Urbana Student Missions Convention, as well as involvement with various “Urbana–like “ conferences in Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Indonesia, Canada, Australia, Kenya, and Europe.
FOCUS #3: MOBILIZING THE CHURCH FOR OUTREACH & CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRY. This includes most of Paul’s speaking at missions conferences, but it overlaps with Student Conferences, teaching at Gordon College, as well as most of our writing.
Obviously, these three areas overlap, but virtually every trip, ministry, or bullet that you find in our newsletters falls into one of these three categories.