Affiliates Working Agreement
The Friends International Affiliate Working Agreement
The Affiliate Network is a voluntary network enabling partnership between those working to befriend, reach out to and disciple international students. The following list is not exhaustive but characterises how we would like affiliates to relate to Friends International.
- Affiliates are happy to affirm the Friends International Statement of Faith.
- Affiliates can respect Friends International's statement on divergent views.
- We are fully supportive of affiliates being committed to their own ministries amongst internationals, indeed affiliates should not consider their international ministry or events as being "Friends International" as this is only appropriate for FI staff led events. However, we would like a positive working relationship between affiliates and Friends International staff. This is exemplified by:
- Affiliates being committed to attending at least one Friends International event each year, whether online or in person (January Conference, May Training Days, cluster days or regional training)
- Affiliates and their local Friends International Centre Team Leader/staff worker being in regular positive contact with each other
- Praying for each other's international student ministry
- A readiness to share positive international student ministry experience, resources and contacts among Friends International staff and affiliates using the group email
- Affiliates are part of a local church and the church leader knows and supports the work they are involved in.
- Affiliates who have expertise in certain areas of ministry are willing to consider joining "working groups" where invited, to better equip all those involved in international student ministry.
- Affiliates' contact details will be held by Friends International as long as they are affiliates. These contact details will be included in the FI Staff Directory (shared only with other staff and affiliates) unless otherwise requested. Affiliates consent to being sent Friends International newsletters and journals, affiliate updates, and emails sent to "allaffiliates".
- Affiliates are willing to pay the subscription fee to the network and to reaffirm their intention to work as outlined above annually.