The unfinished task of bringing God's love to the nations is not due to lack of human or financial resources. There are many Christians and resources available around the world. The problem is due to how these Christians and resources are utilized. One of the major rebuttals against Christianity is, "If God is love, how come Christianity is so disunited?" It is imperative that Christians manifest God's love to the nations and the best manifestation of this is our love for one another.
To that end, the retreat is one of the means to bring together the field workers in a relaxed and informal setting- away from the stresses of their fields, to facilitate dialogue, fellowship, and unity. In the past retreat, field workers were able to exchange ideas, discuss relevant issues related to work, dialogue about misunderstandings and spend some much-needed down time with their families.