As we study the Church at Philippi, we ask: “What motivates local churches and the missionaries they send to work with national partners?”
Paul’s letter to the Colossian church reminds us that developing strategic partnerships for making Christ known began in the New Testament.
Among the throngs were some Greeks, and those Greeks wanted to see Jesus. What did they do? They came to the most Greekish of the disciples.
Paul was forced out of town after he planted the church at Philippi, but he still established a mutually encouraging relationship and partnership with them.
Paul recognized that he could not do the work of missions alone. He needed others with different gifts and abilities. The increase came from God.