This handbook presents lessons learned in order to help all congregations strengthen ties to their international partner(s). These partnerships provide us all with the means to take positive action and grow relationships that can build a better world-one partnership at a time.

Included within are case histories of churches in long-term sustained partnerships, the components of healthy partnerships, and the Guidelines for Church Partnerships developed through a three-year research project.

This project and this resulting handbook were made possible by the generous support of the Fund for Social Responsibility of the Unitarian Universalist Funding Program.