The Church has suffered greatly because of division and elitism. If we are going to finish the Great Commission, we can not afford exclusive people-group clubs. We must reach out to help other agencies, churches, denominations, nationalities, even those with a slightly different point of view, into ministry. Gatekeepers can do more than just help new partners into ministry, they can help us all think strategically. By keeping in mind the big picture, gatekeepers can help mobilizers and researchers understand the most important issues, and help those with less experience think through difficult, perhaps opposing values.
Gatekeepers can help introduce cooperation at the earliest stages of ministry.
This is the type of unity that Jesus prayed for in John 17. My prayer is not for them alone. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one.