Missional Marketplace – Erik Cooper The purpose of “The Missional Marketplace” is to offer a comprehensive overview of the pivotal concepts integral to the Business as Mission (BAM) movement, Theology of Work, and the Sacred-Secular Divide. As...
“You mean you want me, a seminary graduate, to start a business in a foreign country?!” “What’s the least amount of time I can spend working in my business if I’m going to do BAM?” “I’m not a business person. I’m a pastor who is trying to learn language, assimilate to...
How will they know unless someone tells them? This is the missional call of Romans 10:14. It is our call. Yet today we wrestle with another question: How can they know if no one is legally allowed to tell them? The modus operandi of the modern missionary, walking into...
Did you hear about the AI-powered church service that was held in Germany a couple months ago? The sermon, the worship songs, and even the prayers were all written and delivered by Artificial Intelligence. There were AI voices and realistic avatars delivering the...
Read Step 3 of The B4T Canvas Here. Step 4: Is it viable? Last, and all-to-often neglected, step 4 of the B4T Canvas is financial analysis to determine the viability of the business model. It has been said that for B4T, profit is like blood. You don’t want to think...