The NextMove Network gathered in Dallas on September 21st, 2021 for a one-day, collaborative effort to design a prototype process and network for redeploying returning missionaries into diaspora populations in North America.  Partners had been reporting a significant loss of mission experience and expertise due to the inability to place returning missionaries into new ministry contexts. The prototype is being launched to assist in the process of reducing this loss.  

Prototype Details

Prototype Name: Intentional Missional Transitions (IMT) 

Participants: Redeploying Agencies, Returning Missionaries, Receiving Ministries & Prototype Team

Purpose: ITM seeks to provide for the redeployment of missionaries to North American diaspora ministry for optimum Great Commission Impact. 

Value Propositions:

1. IMT will assist mission agencies to retain the valuable knowledge, skill, and experience of their returning global staff, either for themselves or for other important ministries, through a pathway of healthy and intentional processes.
2. IMT will provide returning mission families with relevant diaspora ministry connections and opportunities for continuing logistical support during the transition period in an environment that promotes missionary care and health.
3. IMT will assist North American diaspora ministries to mobilize new staff from among returning missionaries through processes that promote good ministry fit and missionary health.