Ministry Isn’t Just For Pastors
During a recent trip to Springfield, Missouri, Erik Cooper found time to visit his 86-year-old aunt and uncle—faithful missionaries and bivocational pastors who have spent their lives serving Jesus without fanfare or headlines. As they reminisced, Erik was reminded of...
Creating the Map: Exploring Categories in the BAM Ecosystem
Part 2 In Part 1 of this two part series, we introduced the new BAM Ecosystem map developed in partnership by The Stone Table and BAM Global, with input from other partners in the business as mission community. In our first post, we outlined our motivation and hopes...
The Business as Mission Ecosystem Map: A New Interactive Tool
Business as mission is a growing movement around the world. It is not our movement but the move of God through His people. In 2004, the first global consultation on business as mission took place under the auspices of the Lausanne Forum. Around ninety people...
Stand Outs: Creating Counter-Cultural Companies with Biblical Values
“There’s something different about this business,” the elderly woman who lived above our shop said. She made a hobby of calling the police on us. Three times she reported us before we even opened the doors to our coffee shop, her imagination running wild with...