B4T Blog
Greg M, Patrick Lai, and guest bloggers write about the joys, challenges, and rewards that come with taking the Gospel to the least reached through real business.
HUMAN CLONING
Look around; look at people. I'm afraid that human cloning is alive in today's society – especially in religious communities. Consider Buddhist priests, Mormon missionaries, Muslim imams, JW’s, and even evangelical mission workers; each dresses like their peers, has...
ARE YOU AN ENTREPRENEUR?
I am asked this question frequently, “How do I know if I am an entrepreneur?” Estimates vary but on the average only 10% of all people are natural entrepreneurs. Many non-entrepreneurs have succeeded in starting B4T businesses but in most of the successful cases they...
DEMAND THE BEST OF YOURSELF
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. – Jesus In my 60 years unfortunately, I've met many a person who has never achieved their goals. Often these are goals they once said, God told me to do this. I’ve seen many workers move overseas with the...
JOB DESCRIPTIONS NOT NEEDED
More and more Christian leaders are discovering what was missing from the past decades of mission strategies and methodologies and they are restructuring missions in ways that overturns a 100 years of missiological thinking. The new paradigm gets every member to think...
CHALLENGES WITH MISSIONS AGENCIES
(The following is an email sent to me last month by a young man who was working in an OPEN business in Asia the past two years. With his permission I am sharing what he experienced in seeking help from various mission agencies.) I recently returned to America. I was...
AVODAH–WORK IS WORSHIP
The Hebrew word “avodah (ah-vod-ah)” is translated in the English Bible for both work & worship. A better English translation when referring to work is service. God Receives Work as Worship Done Unto Him. Put simply – Work is worship. The similarity between the...
THE LOCAL CHURCH & MISSIONS—DOING IT BETTER (PART 2)
This week I continue to share some thoughts on how the local church can be more involved in relating to and working with those they send overseas. This blog answers the final two questions my mentor, Jerry questioned me on. For clarity and background you may wish to...
THE LOCAL CHURCH & MISSIONS—DOING IT BETTER (PART 1)
Many churches nowadays express frustration with the workers they support. Why? In two simple words: accountability and communication. The churches want (and have a right) to know the details of their overseas worker’s life and ministry. This is essential for prayers...
MOTIVATING CO-WORKERS
May and I spent time working with a team recently helping to upgrade their staff communications. We had several Q&A sessions during the 3 days of training. One question we were asked in different situations was, “How do we motivate those we work with?” In working...
WHY BUSINESS?
An Indonesian OPEN worker wrote the following in his newsletter recently. He started out explaining that though there are many traditional organizational workers in the country, his team choose to do business. Though it clearly takes time, energy and money, here’s...
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