Access Partners: Solutions that Enable Missions

These challenges are real and significant, but are not insurmountable.  No task is too large for our God.  He has already raised up thousands of industry professionals who are eager to use their God-given skills for the spread of the Gospel.  AP works to coordinate growing business needs on the mission field with specific expertise from industry professionals.  God's people work together for His glory to expand His kingdom.  Specifically, AP leverages employees and volunteers to assist with these key areas:

Create Businesses

Sample Involvement: A team seeks to engage the Hijazi people and identifies a country where foreigners can establish a simple café business. AP visits the team, helps them determine a strategy that best aligns ministry objectives with business operations, then links them with others who have restaurant experience. AP later travels on-site and assists the team in setting up the business, navigating government regulations and paperwork.  

Project areas include:

  • Team Assessment
  • Target Area Evaluation
  • Strategy Formulation
  • Operations Startup
  • Business Handoff & Training



Optimize Operations

Sample Involvement:  A team desires to add e-commerce functionality to their business. AP selects the appropriate software package, customizes it according to the business requirements, and then implements the solution. AP provides videos to train staff in the use of the software. Finally, AP also provides on-going support and helps the team upgrade the software when needed.

Project areas include:

  • Technology Planning & Development
  • Accounting and Banking
  • Marketing Solutions
  • Personnel Management
  • Logistics and Infrastructure

 

Connect Resources

Sample Involvement: A team seeks to establish an export company. AP provides a list of ten questions teams should ask themselves when deciding what goods to export. Additionally, AP offers information on marketing possibilities and helpful ways to facilitate sales. Finally, AP connects the team with professionals in the retail industry to answer any further questions they may have.

Project areas include:

  • Information Cataloguing
  • Secure Access
  • Interactive Forum
  • Networking with Experts
  • Regular Dissemination