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I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.  Philippians 1:3-6

Partnerships for the advance of the gospel are woven into the fabric of Christian history. Paul praised the partnership of the Philippian church with his apostolic church planting team. They provided both financial and personal support for Paul. They had embraced the team approach to being obedient to the Great Commission. In light of this, Paul reminded them of God’s work in them which the Lord would continue and bring to completion.

The Lord Jesus is working still through gospel partnerships to advance the kingdom during our time. We have the ability to partner with other believers, churches, and organizations on a global scale. Even though the scale of partnership can be larger for us, the same kinds of connections which the Philippians believers had with Paul are the ones we have and desire to have today.

Relationships through Christ, built on the truth of the gospel and flooded with the grace of God are what true partnerships are made of. Though this can be tricky to obtain when our partners are located far away, still the Lord provides everything that is needed.

In order to facilitate global partnerships for the gospel, your outreach team has decided to partner with the SDB Missionary Society’s annual missions week. This yearly missions emphasis takes place at the end of February. Perhaps because we like to do things with a little twist, and because of Paul’s words to the Philippians, we would like to introduce an annual emphasis on the gospel which we are calling
Global Partnership Sabbath. 

Global Partnership Sabbath will take place on February 24^th in conjunction with the Missionary Society’s annual missions week. On that Sabbath you will hear updates about our partnership with the Missionary Society in Uganda. We will share about our partnership with the worldwide community of believers who are sharing Christ with the Rohingya people group. In addition, you will learn how you can partner with our church people who are sharing the gospel from Wisconsin to the other side of the world this summer.

The Lord calls his people to partner together for the sake of the gospel. May we be a people who answer his call!