https://youtu.be/IKwomHQwL-4 Happy New Year from us here at The Stone Table. We love this time of year because it allows us to focus on new things, new initiatives, new ways of living. We all want to make changes and that's a good thing, but what we don't need this...
“This could be our biggest offering ever.” That phrase ended up being prophetic. As we stood in a gathering of local women caught in the sex trade at what is known as the Red Light District Church in Southeast Asia, the emotions literally drained us. But we all felt...
https://youtu.be/5qhl5ffXhT4 It's the most wonderful time of the year so we sat down with Erik, the president of The Stone Table, to ask him what Christmas means to him. Thanks for spending the time engaging with us this year, we are excited for 2020 and all that will...
The older I get, the more emotional I become. Lump in the throat, watery eyes, sheepishly blaming it on seasonal allergies (all year long) kind of moments. Maybe I’ve always been this sappy, maybe my three kids are just morphing into daily reminders of time’s fleeting...
https://youtu.be/7dfCr_wHabQ This week we sat down with Ryan Crozier of Agency Boon and Good Bureau to discuss how the marketplace is acting as a conduit for the Gospel around the world. We love his analogy of how God has used business in his life to make him more...
This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world you can’t go with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done there, we will not share the...
This article was originally published at LiveDead.org and was reposted here with their permission. Our friends and partners at LiveDead give their lives to take the Gospel to the unreached people of the earth, often utilizing business and the marketplace to engage the...
https://youtu.be/7rJdZwIlICw One of the great injustices in our world is children being sold into sex slavery. This is why the work of Project Rescue is so important. To be able to partner with such an amazing organization is humbling. This week we sat down with Rod...
Because of our global missions engagement, I’ve had to do a fair bit of international travel over the last 5 years. Long hours on airplanes is not easy, but I won’t lie, interacting with so many missionaries around the world is worth the countless stiff necks,...
https://youtu.be/GIGhAqBLuQA Often we think of church work and business work we tend to keep them seperate, yet they are a blend of both the supernatural and strategic. Much like when God created the universe, He was very supernatural in creating, but then on the...
In a recent discussion with the president of North Central University, President Scott Hagan stressed the importance of training up the next generation of educators, scientists, engineers, and business leaders of all kinds to be released into the mission field. According to missionary leaders and strategists, marketplace graduates are vital to engaging the Great Commission around the world. Business as Mission is a vital part of global missiology in the 21st Century.
We are in one of the most contentious and intense seasons that we have seen right now. It kind of feels like we are in a constant state of road rage. It causes us to worry, to fear, to wonder what’s going to happen. But here at The Stone Table, we are under the conviction that we are invited into God’s story, not the other way around.
Imagine coming home after work and to tell your wife and five year old son that you had quit your job. How do you think they would take the news? Well, that’s exactly what Dave Cooper did when he started his entrepreneurial journey three decades ago. His story will inspire you, as well as give you wisdom if you are looking to adventure out on your own sometime. Watch now and enjoy!