5 T's Strategy Coordinator Overview
"The strategy coordinator is a bridge between two worlds: the [enormous supply] of Christian resources and the need of an unreached people group."
"The strategy coordinator is a bridge between two worlds: the [enormous supply] of Christian resources and the need of an unreached people group."
What Is a Strategy Coordinator?
“In essence, an SC takes responsibility for designing and carrying out strategies to initiate a church-planting movement among a specific people group (an ethnic people, a city or region).
The strategy coordinator does not go to a foreign locale exclusively to preach, or minister, or teach, or start individual churches — though all of those things may be done. Rather, he or she approaches an entire people with one big-picture goal: to see an unstoppable church planting movement begun, a movement that will empower local believers to worship God, evangelize their own people and reach out to others in turn.” – Erich Bridges
“The strategy coordinator is a bridge between two worlds: the [enormous supply] of Christian resources and the need of an unreached people group.”
VIDEO: What Is a Strategy Coordinator?
Join Dave Miller, Kyle Pierson, Mark Goering, and Carter Cox for a discussion into what a strategy coordinator is, how we train them, and why we need thousands of them in the mission field today. (View the Full SC YouTube Playlist)
LEARN MORE: The Head, Heart, Hands, and House of the Strategy Coordinator
A short series of podcast episodes on the Movements podcast with Steve Addison is mentioned in this episode. Below are links to Steve's four interviews with "Barney" that unpack the role of the Strategy Coordinator.
- Sparking CPMs: 1. Head: https://bit.ly/3KVguVJ
- Sparking CPMs 2. Heart: https://bit.ly/3G9Gf0X
- Sparking CPMs: 3. Hands: https://bit.ly/3o6tpu6
- Sparking CPMs: 4. House: https://bit.ly/3AHcS4U
The 5 T’s: Stewardships of the SC
The Strategy Coordinator’s job is a stewardship. One way to summarize that stewardship is with the 5 T’s:
