For a very long time many local churches have abdicated their God-given role in world missions to mission agencies.  They supported world missions by providing people and finances but often they did not assume their special role as central participants in God's global enterprise.  Today, there is a growing wave of churches who are moving from support roles to actives roles.  They are moving away from simply responding to funding requests to becoming more strategically-driven.  So is there still a role for mission agencies or can local churches do it on their own?  These are just some of the questions that we aim to address in this important edition of ETools.