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EFMA Value Proposition

Why EFMA is worth the money
By Paul McKaughan

"The suppliers, partners and coalitions that surround your firm, complementing and amplifying your resources, make up your company's value network" (or Ecosphere) "Leading the Revolution" by Garry Hammel

1. EFMA is a network of mission leaders and ministries that are committed to "Cultivating the Great Commission Ecosphere so that it produces good and abundant fruit and extends Christ's Kingdom cross-culturally. Together we will work deeply with our member agencies. We will also work broadly within the whole ecosphere to cultivate all possible synergy and growth".
   1. You and your agency can be an integral part of this community.


2. As a Member you govern EFMA and establish its program through selection of the EFMA Board of Directors, which employs the staff and acts on your behalf.
   1. Through the board of directors you set the future agenda for the association.


3. As a member your mission is identified by mission minded people as a vital part of one of the most credible groups in cross-cultural mission.
   1. There are standards for membership, which must be met and maintained.


4. Your mission and its leadership enter into a covenant of mutual support with approximately 100 other agencies and their senior staff.
   1. These agencies represent over 30,000 North American cross-cultural workers around the world. This gives your agency standing even with the non-mission agency community.
   2. These agencies represent a diversity of thought and practice that will broaden your perspective on God's mission.


5. EFMA members covenant to assist you with advice and expertise when necessary and requested.
   1. The friendships and relationships you develop within the EFMA Family become your free, confidential consultants and advisors.


6. Mission Information and trends are communicated from the EFMA office and sister agencies to you.
   1. EFMA membership gives you the ability to benchmark your agency in important areas of growth such as:
      1. Staffing and recruitment
      2. Financial growth
      3. Performance against budget
      4. Leadership development


7. EFMA membership will give you the ability to know what is working and failing to work in programs and administration.


8. Your executives have available professional enhancement in areas of technical management through:
   1. Joint Personnel Committee
   2. Stewarship Rountable for development personell
   3. Finance Seminar for CFO's and accounting type
   4. LeaderLink for international leadershipo training
   5. Special interest rountables


9. Accessibility to you and your missions are experts in such fields as:
   1. Finance
   2. Development
   3. Personnel
   4. Crisis Management


10. Reduced prices at EFMA events like:
    1. Executive Retreats
    2. Special affinity roundtables
    3. Functional seminarys


11. You will have the opportunity to influence other mission colleagues with your expertise and calling.
    1. As event agendas are formed
    2. Through face to face advocacy at EFMA events


12. Personal phone consultation with President and Executive Vice President
    1. During office hours


13. You will be connected to the emerging mission movements through WEF Missions Commission and its executive committee.


14. Your mission will have access to the members only section of our EFMA web site.


15. Your agency will have an organizational tie to the nations leading facilitator of local church involvement in missions - ACMC (Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment). Local church training materials at a reduced price
    1. Local church training materials with your agencies imprimatur on them
       The ability to place church resource personnel in an internship relationship to ACMC
    2. You have the structure and opportunity for input into church based mission leadership.


16. Through EFMA staff and leadership you will relate to the broader Great Commission Ecosphere such as:
    1. the relief and development community especially World Relief
    2. Corp.
    3. The World Evangelical Alliance and its Mission Commission
    4. China Source
    5. ITCA
    6. EMIS


17. Remember you get our of your EFMA membership what you put in as far as value.
    1. Relationships are key to organizational adding of value
       1. Support Relationships
       2. Skill Relationshiops