“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...
Recently, I found myself 10,000 miles from home, and on that trip, God spoke something very profound. I just returned from the Asia Pacific region. We were with about a dozen pastors and some key business guys from their churches. We were there interacting with...
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...
Here’s what I mean when I say, “marketplace skills are missionary skills.” I recently had a friend tell me that a phrase I use all the time may not be as clear to other people as I thought it was. “Marketplace skills are missionary...
Marketplace skills are Missionary skills. I use this phrase a lot. The alliteration flows off the tongue, and it’s just enough out of the box to grab people’s attention. I throw it out in general conversation, when I preach, on videos we produce. And I...
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...