New Voices - Isaiah 40:9 You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem,[c] lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”
New Voices World Ministries Christian Churches (NVWMCC) Partnerships
New Voices World Ministries Christian Churches Partnerships (NVWMCCP) evolved out of the desire of separate independent churches wanting to connect and fellowship with New Voices World Ministries Christian Churches. Moreover, these churches wanted the biblical, administrative, logistical, training, and support that New Voices World Ministries Christian Churches could provide for their growth, stability, and vision of how churches of Christ can be much more of a blessing to God, their congregations, and surround community in which they worship and minister. Furthermore, the local church ministers and lay ministers (deacons, trustees, and other church administrators) wanted a network of mentors, advisors, and fellow laborers in Christ to engage with them from time to time to help strength them in their Christian journey. After five years of participating in cooperative church and ministry model NVWMCC decided to put some structure and operational mechanisms in place to facilitate a smooth and timely interaction between participating churches and ministries. This was the beginning of NVWMCC church and ministry partnerships. This fellowship of churches seeks to fulfill together their common calling to the glory of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit through cooperating and participating in shared ministries, events, training, worship, and other Christian related activities. NVWMCC also partners with non-profit organizations to better serve the community they outreach too, and enhance their reach and mission.
A New and Living Way (New Voices)
19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a [h]sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds.
The Biblical principles of Churches partnering together.
If we look at Scripture, we see Paul commending the Philippian church thanking them for their support and partnership with him in the gospel (Phil. 1.1-6). Remember in Acts 16, they started as a small collection of people who were converted under Paul's ministry, meeting together in Lydia's house as church. A jailor and his family, a business woman and a slave girl. I should think they had some interesting church meetings!
Paul wrote his letter to the church 10 years after their founding to thank them for their ongoing support of his ministry of spreading the gospel in Asia Minor throughout that time. At home, they had still had issues (Phil. 4.2), but their heart was that Jesus would be made known.
Philippians 4 v14-20 [NIV]
Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid again and again when I was in need. Not that I am looking for a gift, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Bible Verses on partnering
Old Testament
Ezekiel 37:17, “And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.”
Amos 3:3 “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?
New Testament
1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:10, “I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.”
1 Corinthians 3:7 - So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1 Corinthians 3:9, “For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.”
2 Corinthians 6:1 - We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; as for our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ.
Ephesians 4:1-6, “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, …”
Ecclesiastes 4:9 - Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Philippians 1:5 Because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
Philippians 2:13 - For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.
And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.