The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off - for all whom the Lord our God will call. As in the Old Testament, here is a formalized criterion and listing of mutual responsibilities - a covenant. Paul goes further, writing to the Corinthians, Romans and Ephesians. To be whole, a body needs all of its members. Just so, if mission efforts do not make use of the gifts of all God's people, we lose and the cause of mission loses.
Partnership involves people's gifts.
Sharing partnership in the Spirit Above all, the Acts 15 story of the Jerusalem council shows us that New Testament mission does not involve arrogance or triumphalism. Partnership is about voluntarily giving up power, not wielding power. Here, the early church leaders faced one of their greatest challenges. The conventional wisdom for the Jewish core of the new community of believers would have been that Jesus as Messiah continued to bless and liberate the Jewish people. Peter, as we have seen in Acts 10, was open to the leading of the Spirit.