Business as Mission Links
Online Resources
Business Incubation and Funding
Blogs, News Feeds and Newsletters
General Resource Sites
Websites with a broad range of freely available materials and resources.
News, resources and tools to turn good business into great ministry. The Business as Mission Network is a blog, email magazine and resource library, with an affiliated online community based on linkedin dedicated to kingdom business news and discussion.
Center for Integrity in Business
Guided by faithful scholarship and theological reflection, the CIB at Seattle Pacific University creates tools, resources, and networks to empower business people to lead with integrity and to shape a more just and sustainable world.
Regent Center for Entrepreneurship
The Regent Center has four key areas of focus: research, dissemination, equipping and facilitating - which contribute towards their mission of 'Transforming People and Nations through Business'. They have a blog and e-newsletter plus resource pages for case studies, recommended reading, literature reviews and more.
Business to Business Networks
Includes organisations and networks with resources primarily for business people: to connect with others, contribute skills or find opportunities and resources.
BAMmatch.com provides matching services to those looking to be recruited or use their skills in business as mission together with jobs and opportunities to get involved. Opportunities range from short to long-term and include coaching trips, internships and full-time positions. Organisations and companies can join the service for a small fee in order to list their vacancies and opportunities. Individuals can join the service for free to register their profile and search for opportunities. BAMmatch.com is a service of Transformational Ventures and also hosts Forums and Interest Groups to serve the BAM community. Read flyer or Watch Clip
Five Talents 'Business as Mission Program' provides opportunities for business professionals to use their God-given skills and talents to assist poor entrepreneurs in developing countries by providing business training and one-on-one business counseling. The Program coordinates short-term mission trips for professionals.
Global CEO Network - EC Group International
A network formed of CEO's across North America, Asia and the Middle East engaged in Global Kingdom-Minded Business. The purpose of the network is to support businesses to be successful overseas from an operational and ministry perspective. Host regular events for CEO's. Work in strategic partnership with the Business as Mission Network and recruiting agencies Rightnow and The Finishers Project to help people connect with opportunities.
International Assistance Program
Links together Christian business and professional people with projects in "under resourced" nations. This network uses it business capabilities and professional skills to address economic and humanitarian challenges, including helping to start businesses.
The Overseas Professional Employee Network serves and equips professionals working overseas and business as mission workers. Hosts a practitioner network with coaching and services delivered through trusted relationships - both virtually through online forums and resource areas and at peer driven meetings called Huddles. Also host OPEN Expos where business people can get exposure to business as mission projects and contribute their skills.
Partners encourage, equip and connect business and professional people in global partnerships that grow enterprises and create sustainable jobs. They facilitate long term business to business partnerships, mentoring opportunities, overseas trips and internships. They provide online training materials and run regular events.
With the tagline Repurposing Business - Transforming Societies, Rep mobilizes teams of business people to go and consult with mid-size businesses around the world to help them become re-purposed, so that they are aligned with God’s agenda of extending His kingdom and transforming societies around them. Also facilitates business owners to 're-purpose' their own business.
Transformational Business Network
TBN is a UK based network of business people and corporate organisations that uses an enterprise approach to tackle global poverty. TBN supports commercially sustainable small-medium-size enterprises in developing countries. Get involved by attending regular events, joining a group of like-minded people that partner with businesses and projects overseas or taking by going on an 'Expo Trip'. See also the TBN Business Project Portal.
World Partners fosters partnerships between Christian entrepreneurs globally to stimulate entrepreneurship and sustainable development. Opportunities to mentor, invest and donate to business projects internationally.
Mission organisations and networks
Includes a selection of established agencies with a business as mission focus or entity, plus specialist business as mission and 'tentmaker' agencies.
Christian Missionary Fellowship International
CMF Marketplace Ministries arm helps mobilize business professionals to the world’s marketplaces where there is no witness.
CMS supports business as mission as a strategy and CMS Africa faciliates the BAM Africa network.
Frontiers has been pioneering for-profit business strategies to share the love of Christ in the muslim world.
The Global Access track has the specific aim to mobilize church planters through business.
Empowering tentmakers to reach the world. GO has free resources and training available on it's site, plus tentmaking stories, news and events.
Interserve has pioneered in the area of business as mission, placing professionals and starting enterprises in the Arab World and Asia.
Missional business, reaching people for Christ through businesses centered in a mission purpose, is a developing strategy of OMF International.
Supporting business people to bring about spiritual, social, economic and environmental transformation, using their skills in the heart of a community.
Pioneers emphasizes non-traditional missionary methods, including business strategies, to meet spiritual and practical needs in communities.
SIM helps those with business and professional skills get involved in mission through their business ministry opportunities.
Enables pioneering and creative mission, including an emphasis on business as mission.
WorldVenture has a business as mission arm called Transformational Ventures which has a focus on connecting business people with opportunities to serve.
You are here! YWAM has embraced business as mission as an avenue for missionary service. In addition, our Business as Mission Resource Centre seeks to serve the broader movement by providing resources and training. Read more about us.
Business Incubation and Funding
Organisations that focus on business incubation. See also Business to Business links above, many provide mentoring, training and funds to develop businesses.
SME sector and larger
Facilitates the development of small and medium size enterprises in developing countries through loans, training, coaching and thei formation of Business Associations.
Social enterprise incubator started in Indonesia and dedicated to help communities of overcome poverty through establishing self-sustaining small and medium businesses leading to positive social changes.
Provides training and loans for aspiring entrepreneurs in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Integra seeks to instill a 'business as mission' philosophy in their SME clients, helping them see their business as transformational.
A venture capital firm that invests in kingdom companies.
Selected microenterprise organisations
Other support services
Redistributes gifts in kind and donates inventory to business start ups that are focused on creating jobs for the poor.
Focused on creating a sustainable route to market for sustainable businesses that break cycles of poverty and dependency in the developing world.
Education and Training
Training courses and institutions.
Introduction to Business as Mission Course
iBAM Course - preparing individuals and teams for successful business as mission initiatives. Offered by us, visit our training pages.
Universities and Institutions with Business as Mission focus
Refer to this helpful list at the Regent Center for Entrepreneurship site.
Blogs, News Feeds and Newsletters
Organisation Blogs and News
Quarterly magazine for the Business as Mission movement.
Subscribe to Business as Mission Magazine and RSS Feeds from the BAM Blog.
Fight Poverty with Five Talents Blog - fight poverty, create jobs, transform lives.
Blog from Olive Technology, a BAM company, on engaging the world from where we stand, including through business as mission.
Regent Center for Entrepreneurship
Kingdom Business Blog - transforming people and nations through business.
Posts on 'Enterprise Solutions to Poverty' - sign up for occasional articles and news.
Related Fields
Selected resource sites in related fields to business as mission.
Social enterprise and corporate social responsibility
CSRwire is a leading source of corporate social responsibility news, reports, events and information.
A network dedicated to building a robust social enterprise field.
Supporting a diverse community of leaders who can effect positive social change through business.
A research and development project based at the University of Cambridge, exploring enterprise solutions to poverty.
Microenterprise and microfinance
Wholistic Transformation Resource Centre
General resources on Christian micro-enterprise development.
A comprehensive online resource for the microfinance community.
Holistic mission and development
Micah Challenge is a global coalition of Christians and a global campaign to mobilise Christians against poverty.
Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
The aim of OCMS is advancing holistic mission through scholarly engagement.
Tearfund International Learning Zone
A wide range of online resources on development issues from a Christian perspective.
Workplace ministries
International Coalition of Workplace Ministries
ICWM is a clearing house of information for the workplace ministry movement and includes the online International Faith & Work Directory.
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