How will they know unless someone tells them? This is the missional call of Romans 10:14. It is our call. Yet today we wrestle with another question: How can they know if no one is legally allowed to tell them? The modus operandi of the modern missionary, walking into...
Here’s what I mean when I say, “marketplace skills are missionary skills.” I recently had a friend tell me that a phrase I use all the time may not be as clear to other people as I thought it was. “Marketplace skills are missionary...
Marketplace skills are Missionary skills. I use this phrase a lot. The alliteration flows off the tongue, and it’s just enough out of the box to grab people’s attention. I throw it out in general conversation, when I preach, on videos we produce. And I...
Read Step 3 of The B4T Canvas Here. Step 4: Is it viable? Last, and all-to-often neglected, step 4 of the B4T Canvas is financial analysis to determine the viability of the business model. It has been said that for B4T, profit is like blood. You don’t want to think...
Business as mission (BAM) is a Christian approach to business that applies biblical principles to business and views business as an opportunity to serve God and build relationships. Often this is most applied by Pentecostal Christians, but the platform for using...
Read Step 2 of The B4T Canvas Here. Step 3: Can we fulfill it? Step 3 of the B4T Canvas begins to describe the operations side of the business. Operations is another way of saying, “How will we deliver value?” In this section of the Canvas, we want to determine both...