STEM’s Partners & Other Relationships
Partnerships
In addition to our valuable partners who form and book their STEM Team with us (we call those partners our “Sending Partners”), and in addition to our valuable partners in every domestic and overseas STEM mission field (we call those partners our “Field Facilitators”), STEM maintains on-going partnerships with:
Partner Organization | Partnership Purpose |
|---|---|
AESTM (Alliance for Excellence In Short-Term Mission) | STEM CEO Roger Peterson is officially seconded 10% of his time to the AESTM Network (this includes the SOE, FSTML, and NSTMC) |
BI (Bethany International, Bloomington MN) | Helping Bethany College of Missions recruit prospective students from the short-term mission arena |
CCI (Crisis Consulting International) | STEM Press maintains royalty payments to CCI for published adaptations of their excellent crisis/risk management material |
The Charity Group converts in-kind donations to STEM of certain personal or business items into cash | |
FSTML (Fellowship of Short-Term Mission Leaders) | STEM CEO Roger Peterson chairs FSTML's parent organization, the Alliance for Excellence in Short-Term Mission (AESTM) |
IVCF (InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Madison WI) | STEM sends dozens of mission teams from various IVCF campus chapters around the United States |
KTIS (KTIS Christian Radio, Minneapolis / St.Paul MN) | STEM helps KTIS send Belize & Katrina-hit Gulf Coast mission teams composed of radio station listeners |
Oak Hills Christian College, Bemidji MN | Provides on-campus offices for STEM Share |
SOE (U.S. Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission) | STEM CEO Roger Peterson chaired the national Steering Committee during the first 5 launch years (thru Nov 2006); STEM currently has the office management and administrative contract for the SOE |
Mission Maker Magazine circulation and editorial reprints | |
~20,000 Urbana 06 participants continued motivation to serve in global and cross-cultural missions via “next-step” follow-up material polybagged & delivered with Mission Maker Magazine 2007 in January 2007; and Mission Maker Magazine 2008 directly mailed off the press in October 2007. |
Other Relationships
The following organizations have made arrangements with STEM to link their website here:
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