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.
BAM/B4T IS HOT!
“BAM is hot (in South America). And now B4T! I love it!” exclaimed Jose, to a friend who just arrived for our meeting. He enthusiastically went on, “B4T can get us where missionaries are not welcome. It provides us with a job, a real job, and that gives us much more...
OPEN EXPO LA!
The OPEN Expo in LA just ended. God showed up once again! He gave us a terrific weekend of networking, sharing and being sharpened and challenged to fulfill His purposes in and through us. There were 140 attendees making this the smallest OPEN Expo. We felt this...
OPEN CONNECT COUNTDOWN
The countdown is on. Tomorrow we (Dave & Patrick) leave for Bogota to be part of the first OPEN Expo outside of North America. This will be the largest BAM/B4T gathering ever held in South America. We are pumped! The messages and workshops will be centered on...
OUTSOURCING – UPGRADING MISSIONS
This past weekend I was invited to lead workshops on B4T at the Missio-Nexus; a conference of 250+ evangelical CEOs of mission organizations and other leaders. I shared a vision for doing missions better; a vision that focuses on the need for each mission agency to...
IF THE FATHER ASKS
Years ago when I was working in China, I went with a friend to visit his family who lived in a rural village. It was harvest time so as we rode the bus we passed farm after farm of workers cutting and bundling the stocks or rice. When we arrived at his village, I...
THE CALF PATH
Sometimes others say it best. One day, through the primeval wood, a calf walked home, as good calves should; But made a trail all bent askew, a crooked trail as all calves do. Since then three hundred years have fled, and I infer; the calf is dead. But still he left...
CHANGE IS IN THE WIND
Solomon says: Wise planning will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe. (2:11 LB) An old joke says: If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your future plans. At the OPEN Connect in Bangkok last month, one of the primary issues we were dealing with was...
MORE THAN WE DREAMED
The A, B, C's of B4T: …give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back. - Luke 6:38 When we first started the OPEN Network we never...
BELIEVING GOD MORE
I was reading today about Henrietta Mears. Toward the end of her life, said, If ever I had my life to live over again, I would believe God more. Miss Mears was the Director of Christian Education at the Hollywood Presbyterian Church. She grew Sunday school attendance...
Haiti – We Failed! What Can We Learn?
In my own life time, Haiti may be the best example of the failure of traditional mission strategies. Church after church has poured time and money into Haiti and in 20+ years what has changed? There are churches everywhere, but poverty and corruption continues to...
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