Haiti Update for Relief Teams

 USAID put out This map on 2/26/2010 shows the current status of  aid to Haiti Earthquaqe relief. If you are planning a mission trip or a BAM activity for Haiti Relief, you need this map. On January 25, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) coordinated the donation of USAID/OFDA-funded U.S. urban search and rescue (USAR) tent supplies to the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and area hospitals, including a total of seven tents to the University of Miami field hospital at the Port-au-Prince airport and the Port-au-Prince General Hospital and three tents to the Foyer L’Escale Orphanage in northern Port-au-Prince. UNICEF...

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BAM Survey Conclusions Still Relevant

What follows below my comments is an excerpt from a 2007 BAM Study from Kervin Ring's site. The survey sample size was a bit small (497 people in 38 countries), but the conclusions remain useful. It appears that, at the time of the survey, at least among survey participants, 10% may have been involved in "creative access" business ventures, and that the remaining 90% had a significant negative response to those who engage in creative access business. It is  a personal observation that now, three years later, most "creative aceess" ventures have either failed or become transparent. The premise of these...

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Business as Mission Books

Suggested Reading on Kingdom Business As compiled by and with acknowledgement to Regent College Books Befus, David R. (2002). Kingdom business: The ministry of promoting economic development. Miami: Latin America Mission. Befus writes from his experience in integrating ministry with economic activity and presents five models of integration. There are both Spanish and English translations. Burkett, Larry (1998). Business by the Book: The complete guide of Biblical principles for the workplace. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. Practical advice for how to apply Biblical principles to business operation and management. Bussau, David, and Russell Mask (2003). Christian micro enterprise development: An introduction. Regnum Books. A handbook to equip practitioners and donors to build...

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WHAT IS BUSINESS AS MISSION?

 A group of global Christian business leaders got together in 2004 and developed an historic working document, the Lusassane Occasional Paper 59 guiding an emerging concept called Business as Mission ( BAM. Luassane leaders recongized that this was different from Tentmaking Some BAM pioneering events and organizations which followed were: The YWAM BAM Initiative Conferences like the ICBMI and Urbana  Global Advance The Business as Mission Network The Regent Center for Entrepreneurship The Break Through To People Network The first acheivement of the authors of Lusassane Occasional Paper 59 was to define what BAM was, was and...

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Being the Praise of God's Glory in Business

In the  2010 Sugar Bowl, Tim Tebow, Quarterback for the Florida Gators had this verse outlined under his eyes, since He knew that hundreds of thousands would be watching Him. The Twittersphere at the time logged a mixture of reactions, anger, confusion, people asking what it meant, but I have no doubt that many believers have had a chance to share this gospel message with their seeking friends as result of his action. In his Marekteplace, the football field, he was being the Praise of God's Glory. Father I bring praise to You today because of Tim Tebow's actions. Two verses, one Chapter Earlier talked about this. "He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the...

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