What happens when a global religious organization operating in 90 countries tries to practice genuine collaboration instead of top-down mission work? Rafael Malpica-Padilla, executive director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's global mission, reveals how theology, power dynamics, and neighbor love reshape what partnership means across cultures. Subscribe for more episodes on collaboration in practice. Rafael Malpica-Padilla brings a perspective rarely heard in discussions of organizational collaboration: that of a religious leader managing partnerships across 90 countries while navigating the tension between institutional power and authentic mutuality. Born and raised Lutheran in Puerto Rico, ordained as a pastor, elected bishop of the Caribbean synod, and now leading the ELCA's global Service and Justice division, his trajectory sp ...