Business as mission :

Business as mission : from impoverished to empowered / edited by Tom Steffen & Mike Barnett. - Pasadena, Calif. : William Carey Library, c2006. - 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Evangelical Missiological Society series ; no. 14. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Overview of BAM. Distinctives and challenges of business as mission / Missional geometry : plotting the coordinates of business as mission / God's kingdom purpose for business : business as integral mission / Tentmaking uncovered / Economic development & holistic mission / Missiological foundations. The biblical basis for the integration of business and missions / Nestorian merchant missionaries and today's unreached people groups / North India's need? A new expatriate breed / Seventeenth century Puritan missions : some implications for business as mission / The integrative role of business in Islamic Daw'ah [sic] / Case studies. A case study for African self-sustaining churches / Tying the knots : from macramé to multi-millions / Unleashing the Brazilian Evangelical missionary force / Professional work as ministry : a Chinese case study / Future challenges. The future of business as mission : an inquiry into macro-strategy / Where both business and mission fall short / Suits or sandals : making business as mission work / Microenterprise projects and business training / Neal Johnson & Steve Rundle. Dwight Baker. Norm Ewert. Patrick Lai. David Befus -- Mark Russell. Howard Owens. D.D. Pani. Steven Pointer & Michael Cooper. William Wagner -- Tom Stallter. Meg Crossman. João Mordomo. Mans Ramstad -- Jay Gary. Ralph Winter. Sue Russell, Carla Hausman, Sarah Vinateri. Joseph Kilpatrick.

087808388X (pbk.) 9780878083886 (pbk.)

2007273606


Missions.
Evangelistic work.
Business--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BV2063 / .B82 2006

266.001 / B964s