tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43771021590383507472024-03-13T23:33:23.362-06:00Enterprising MinistryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-13556416475831161382017-11-06T15:22:00.002-06:002017-11-06T15:25:04.107-06:005 Myths That Keep us Trapped in a Eddy
God's will for us is like a river. We are moving in it all the time, but sometimes we get diverted into eddies, circling swirls on the side of the river, going around and around, making no real progress to his intention for us.
Eddies are very comfortable. The require little action or consideration on our part. Notice how in this video some break free to continue on down the river, while Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-38232105493994466582017-10-10T12:28:00.000-06:002017-10-10T12:28:11.803-06:00 Government or Business which is the MonsterBoth government and business are trustworthy if they hold each other accountable.
Both government and business are tyrants without each other. They are both the Monsters and the Pillars of democracy. They must both be healthy for democracy to thrive.
The truth is that all things human are corruptible. We are all selfish and manipulative by nature. This is self-evident and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-37643503666866025622017-09-19T15:32:00.003-06:002017-09-19T15:45:58.531-06:00Changing Organizational Culture: The LARC Device
"Sir" the Chief said "There's something in the bushes your peeing on."
Culture is a living dynamic entity that exists in every company and in every network of companies
(or ministries) that do business or ministry together. It grows whether it was intentionally tended or not. It responds reflexively to the things that happen to it. It can be assessed, and believe it or not, itUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-66390990093312593452017-08-18T12:18:00.000-06:002017-08-18T12:18:44.254-06:005 STAGES OF THE BIRTH OF A NEW BAM COMPANY
Peter Shaukat , CEO of Transformational SME (TSME), identifies five stages in the emergence of a new business as mission company. Each stage, from conception to launch, involves the integration of missional and commercial elements.
Preparation Stage
This is before the ‘baby is born’, the preparation that has taken place even before the business journey starts. It is about Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-91259044492358449822017-08-18T10:42:00.000-06:002017-08-18T10:42:52.111-06:00The Parable of Mission Camp - Enterprising Ministry For the Next Wave
I had a dream in 1994. No, really...
I had happened every night for several weeks, and each night the dream continued on adding the next chapter of the story. I wrote it out, and even sent to a friend to edit it. I lost it to a computer virus in 1995.
I am brought back to it today 22 years later because I think the time is right for it, the story makes more sense now than ever. &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-27735219769312329132017-06-12T11:57:00.002-06:002017-06-12T11:58:00.791-06:00Three Things Company Culture is, Three Things it is Not
The following points are shamelessly stolen from a blogsite called Military Leadership Methods, and is about how the Marine Corps built and is managing its culture. The U.S Marines are a very long and successful cases study of deliberate organizational Culture management. The article points to three things that company Culture is, and is not ( editor has created the question bits)
1.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-32728588900309390482017-06-08T11:17:00.000-06:002017-06-08T11:27:19.877-06:00Business as Mission:a Possible Funding Structure
Disclaimer: I'm a business guy trying to solve a business problem-and every business or non profit is structured differently. I'm not a lawyer, please don't take any of this as legal advice or execute any plan with out running it be legal where ever you area.I'd welcome a comment from someone who knows more than me.
Problem: Many Non-Profit entities want to provide funding for IndependentUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-74786061475980696412017-06-08T10:09:00.000-06:002017-06-08T10:09:01.284-06:00LC3 Still not legal in Texas
Prior to 2008, the prevailing for-profit business entities required high returns on investment. Because most socially beneficial business ventures are not highly profitable, organizations pursuing these objectives are commonly set up as non-profit corporations. The problem with non-profit organizations is that they have very limited access to capital due to IRS regulations that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-69064962631372346442017-06-08T08:33:00.000-06:002017-06-08T08:33:30.294-06:005 Culture questions-is your Company Culture Special?
Is your talent strategy rooted in your business strategy? Culture can’t just be an assortment of well-meaning HR practices; it has to grow out of distinctive business practices. As I reflect on the great companies I’ve gotten to know — companies that are winning big in tough, competitive fields — they all exude what brand strategist Adam Morgan calls a “lighthouse identity.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-49471043332786785492017-05-19T15:52:00.000-06:002017-05-19T15:52:44.933-06:00The Ministry of Words
A man has Joy in an Apt answer, and how delightful is a timely word.
Proverbs 15:23
Like Apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in the right circumstances
Proverbs 25:11.
The "word" in these verses, is the Hebrew word " daw bawr' " (. H1697 דּבר dâbâr daw-bawr' ) From H1696; These are only two of the over 1300 times this word is used in the old testament. The EnglishUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-52729366148689392352011-08-30T11:01:00.000-06:002011-08-30T11:11:26.311-06:00Low Profit Limited Liability Corporation ( L3C) UpdateI believe Low Profit Limited Liability Corporations (L3Cs), are key entities that will allow believers to fund BAM initiatives in mission environments.. L3Cs are entities that may allow Corporations to Fund Entrepreneurial Projects and yet still receive Charitable Contribution tax credits.
It's still complicated to set up, but there is legislation pending, the&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-69939440612488919572011-08-26T11:26:00.001-06:002011-08-26T11:26:33.935-06:00From the RegenyThree Kingdom Business/Business as Misssion related books
Reinventing the Wheel: A New Spin on American Business Leadership
By Jonathan D. McDowell
As America loses faith in current models of leadership, the current need for a new type of leadership is described. A reinvention of leadership is suggested through the use of Romans 12:9-21 as a baseline. After laying that foundation, threeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-84106306404416650072011-08-18T15:23:00.003-06:002011-08-18T15:24:14.316-06:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-63430799428614842792011-08-12T15:22:00.008-06:002011-08-12T21:53:59.802-06:00Is My Business Labor an Act of Worship?The word "ministry" carries different meanings depending who's using it and what's being described.
In the last decade, there's a movement among some workplace-based believers who pursue business labor as an act of worship.One of the names the movement carries is Business as Mission (BAM).
People involved in Business as Mission, Workplace Ministry, "tentmaking",&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-76126729559763672932011-07-14T08:35:00.003-06:002011-07-18T08:03:31.402-06:005 Christian owned Companies Uncomfortable With BAMChristian entrepreneurs who own some kinds of businesses will become uncomfortable the deeper they get into Business as Mission. BAM Questions the world view that make them successful,and when they ask the hard questions, they must either embrace BAM or turn away from it. People who own these five kinds of businesses will be challenged by real BAM concepts:
1. Business by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-72760450763203727482011-06-28T13:12:00.003-06:002011-06-29T10:39:29.964-06:00Does BAM Pursue Business Success or Business Fruit?- (David Skews )The best thing I ever saw on success in the 30 years I have worked as a business owner grappling with the challenges (both business and spiritual) of taking a small business (survival) to a medium one (health and growth) and now to transaction while balancing a heart for mission - was from Henri Nouwen, it went like this...
"There is a great difference between successfulness and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-56008944807662397072011-06-17T07:45:00.028-06:002011-06-20T18:46:48.642-06:00The Actions of Living A Surrendered Work LifeHow do I inhabit my new life as a fully empowered ambassador of Christ in the business world?
A little word study of
Colossians 3: 1-18
Deliberately choose to set your mind on things going on in the spiritual world, in God's kingdom, in the heavenlies, things above the things being acted out in the natural world.
Because you'r dead to the natural world, and are hidden away in Christ.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-40314655999198250172011-06-16T20:23:00.001-06:002011-06-16T20:23:36.041-06:00A BAM AwakeningHave you ever felt as a business person or professional that you’re about the only person in church who hasn’t got something to offer mission? I certainly did.
I can remember watching teachers, builders, medics, plumbers, electricians, cooks, parents, social workers and all other manner of other people being exhorted to get involved in short-term mission trips. Along with the others who were Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-26833370286802473652011-06-02T15:42:00.002-06:002017-05-16T07:01:28.957-06:00Three Moments in time
Over 2000 years God brought forth the pivot point in his plan to restore, Mankind, his most favored creation to himself. He did this in three moments, in the birth, the death and the resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ.
We have since been engaged in a great presentation of these facts and their purpose to the world. He that originally enslaved us, separating us from God in the beginning,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-84234908502317530122011-05-28T14:04:00.004-06:002017-08-15T07:52:22.823-06:00Clarifying the 7 Mountains - 10 Principles
What REALLY is the 7 Mountain Message? from Os Hillman on Vimeo.
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(Lee Royal, 5-27-2011)
The Seven Mountains Strategy is Not:
A theology,
Owned by Christian Reconstruction-ism
Designed to part of a war plan used by "Dominion Theologists"
The Seven Mountains Strategy is:
A simple organizational strategy for bringing the full message of Christ &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-14933899083813026882011-05-10T21:38:00.003-06:002011-06-20T15:50:58.947-06:0025 BAM Lessons LearnedI was part of a BAM Environmental Engineering business called Paradigm Engineering Owned By Johnny and Karen Combs. Their vision was to operated a kingdom Business. I served several roles there, including Human Resources and Community Services Officer. I was the Business as Mission Officer for the company. We collaborated with many pioneering BAM organizations,as well as doing our own activity.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-4333405725278240702011-05-03T15:22:00.001-06:002011-06-20T15:50:03.029-06:00What is Business as Mission? ( BAM )First, BAM or Business as Mission is the idea that there is a "calling" to business. Why, how and where do carry out my calling? How do I interaction with other people in the Body of Christ? How do I connect? Here is a brief introduction.
In 2004 a group of believing global business leaders gathered, and after much prayer and work, wrote The Lausanne Occasional Paper 54&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-6361991825163327872011-03-23T09:29:00.003-06:002011-03-23T10:01:41.983-06:00My Calling to be Both Leader and FollowerThe Holy Spirit's strategic vision comes by inspiration to those leading in their place of calling. In most other places in the Body of Christ, everyone is called to wash feet, in skillful and excellent ways, at the direction of others. It is rare that any believer is called to be the head of the body in many different places of service.
Watch what happens when a business Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-47640924012740100322011-03-12T12:27:00.001-06:002011-05-03T14:15:08.795-06:00The Call of Christ to BusinessI recently read a great statement of the enterprising ministry of a beliver called to business.
"My business is my mission. It is not a cover to sneak in someplace it is an expression of who I am. In the process of doing business with excellence and being genuine, I will have influence in whatever culture I'm in.
As people observe our Christ-like behavior they will ask us why we do things the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377102159038350747.post-76953902492596271512011-03-02T21:46:00.003-06:002011-03-03T14:08:07.250-06:00Moving Through The Valley of Tears and the Matt 6:1-4 GroupMoving through the Valley of Tears, one outpost at a time on pilgrimage to the city of refuge. God has provided natural springs along the way, and unexpected Autumn rain from a group named Matthew 6:1-4.
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0