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.
COUNTING THE COSTS
I just left some meetings where believers who were jailed in Sudan and kidnapped in Afghanistan shared their experiences. It reminds us of that we need to count the cost beyond the issues of living and doing business in a hostile country. Paul's second letter to the...
ANOTHER LESSON FROM THE GEESE
The flying V formation of geese overhead is an annual telltale sign that cooler temperatures are on the way. Characteristically, wild geese make a screeching sound as they fly. Hearing this wild call has an effect on tame barnyard geese, the ones who have given up on...
THE WILD GOOSE
Gary Taylor was one of the earliest BAM/tentmaking pioneers, striving in the 1980s and through the 90s to move missions toward doing what was then “tentmaking” and is now BAM/B4T. Gary foresaw a future for doing business for transformation that is finally becoming a...
TRAINING
Proverbs 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go, We are all familiar with this verse. So what is, the way they should go? Are we truly adequately equipping our people for every good work? What did Jesus model in training people? What do we do currently do...
IS THERE VALUE IN INTERNSHIPS?
Internships - short-termers, there's mixed views on the value such training brings to both the field worker/B4Ter as well as to the young person involved. In OPEN iPACT internships we seek to both train and involve those who participate. So is there impact? Well,...
GETTING REAL
Bringing both reality and transparency into missions is a growing struggle. Three different mission leaders wrote me this month basically saying how discouraged they are with the discrepancies they are seeing between what their home staff mobilizers are sharing about...
WORKING TOGETHER
When I’ve asked Christian leaders, what is your priority, growth or quality, they invariably answer, “We seek both. We don’t see them as mutually exclusive.” But if we look with our eyes and hear with our ears, as Jesus exhorts us to do, we know them by their...
QUALITY VS GROWTH – TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER
When I’ve asked Christian leaders, What is your priority, growth or quality? They invariably answer, We seek to do both. We don’t see them as mutually exclusive. But if we look with our eyes and hear with our ears, as Jesus exhorts us to do, we know them by their...
BUSINESS AS USUAL WON’T DO
John Beckett talks about the evolution of power through the centuries. He points out, Before 500BC the nations with the biggest militaries ruled. From 500BC to 1500AD the nations were ruled by religion. Religious leaders influenced military leaders or kings. Examples...
JOB ONE
Many times since 9/11, people have questioned me: "Muslims are really hateful people aren’t they?" I am usually quick to disagree. Muslims are not hateful, but many are angry. My experience reflects that Muslims are not angry at me, or America or Jesus. Rather they...
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