Ideally, the sending church would initiate and welcome influence from its sent ones (for guidance on how churches can do this, see our resource “Inviting Sent Ones’ Influence”). However, regardless of whether the church does so or not, sent ones should still seek to influence their sending church. The following article has words of wisdom for Sent-Ones on how to take charge of influencing their Sending Church and setting right expectation for their sending church in the process.