The Toxic Mission Organisation
Discussion Board

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David Thistlethwaite, 07 December 2004
Administrator, The John Ray Initiative
David suggests that a Christian organisation that prays together can be a great asset but it can also expect unreasonable loyalty.  We need to be both loyal and independent.
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Steve Everett, 02 December 2004
Steve shares his experience that organisations can regularly experience the miraculous in our work and a greater degree of effectiveness.  Therefore the character and spiritual development of staff must be a priority but this is costly in time, effort and resources.  He concludes with a warning that an organisation must not become God; where it does, it should close, for these are destructive to the individuals within it.
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Timothy Brown, 07 October 2004
Are mission partners in faith missions seen as a source of potential income for an agency?  Is an agency irresponsible when it seconds a mission partner to a situation it knows to be toxic?  These and other questions come from someone who has experienced toxic organisations first-hand.
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