Papers & Articles

Business as Mission Introduction - Mats Tunehag, 2006. 24 Page paper serving as an introduction to business as mission. Read here (word doc 188kb) French Version  Spanish Version

Business as Mission: Holistic Transformation of People & Societies - Mats Tunehag, 2006. 3 page article giving a short introduction to Business as Mission. Gives a historical example, plus how BAM relates to current issues such as human trafficking and unreached people groups. Read here. Russian Version.

Business as Mission Concepts - G. Marx, June 2006. 3 page introductory paper on business as mission written from a South African perspective. Read here.

Spreading the Word Through Business - New York Times Article November 2005 Christian-run companies are multiplying in just about every corner of the globe, reshaping overseas mission work. These businesses form a movement known variously as business as mission, kingdom business and great commission companies, after the biblical charge to "make disciples of all the nations." More

Economic Development and Holistic Mission - David Befus. Reflections on Economic Development as a minstry tool in holistic mission, including a historical review, illustration of five types or models of economic outreach, with cases, a look at the broader movement of social entrepreneurship and a proposal for missionary enterprise. Read here.

The Essentials of Good Business as Mission - Chapter 5, Lausanne Occasional Paper on Business as Mission. 10 Guiding principles for good business as mission initiatives. What are the distinctives of business as mission, building on the foundation of good general business principles. With examples from casestudies. Read here.

Best Practice for Business as Missions - Sharon B Swarr & Dwight Nordstrom (abbreviated from 'Transform the World')
Helps for those involved in 'tentmaking' - available on-line @ Tentmakernet

Business as Mission - Mats Tunehag. Extended paper on Business as Mission, including observations on Business as Mission as it relates to theology, missiology, global reality, history, strategy and ecclesiology. Read here.

Should Business and Mission Mix? - Extracts from Scruples discussion. We face very real and often discouraging questions and accusations when we put together business and mission. We need to be ready with answers. These extracts include some of the most frequent reasons given for not mixing business as mission, with a variety of responses. Read here.

Building a Great Commission Company - Steve Rundle & Tom Steffen. Read here.

Ministry, Profits, and the Schizophrenic Tentmaker - Steve Rundle (in the Evangelical Mission Quarterly) An essay on how your attitude towards 'profit' has implications on your ministry - available on-line @ EMQ and Global Opportunities

Kingdom Business: The Witness of Work - David Llewellyn. Introducess the idea of business as mission, briefly covers the underlying theological principles of kingdom business and the kingdom business purpose, which is to establish God's covenent. Read here.

Toward a Theology of Business - D. Daniels, T. Dearborn, R. Franz, G. Karns, J. Van Duzer & K. Wong. As a faculty in an evangelical Christian university’s business school, we have been wrestling with the fundamental question of how does God perceive the institution of business and how does God intend for it to function?  Read @ The Center for Integrity in Business.

The Business of the Kingdom - Peter Tsukahira
Guidelines for Businessmen and Women in the Relationship Between Business and Ministry The purpose of this paper on business and ministry is to help mobilize believing men and women in business for ministry and the task of world evangelization. In many communities, there is a strongly-held belief that only full-time, fully supported ministers are truly qualified. Read at Tentmakernet articles

Why Did Paul Make Tents? - Ruth Siemens. The priority of work in Paul's life and ministry and the need for tentmakers today. Read at Global Opps articles

Tentmaking: In Search of a Workable Definition - Patrick Lai. What is "tentmaking"? In 1989 I attended the Lausanne II Tentmaking Track hoping that leaders would agree on a workable definition of "tentmaking". Giving clarity to
missiological terms may seem trite, but I have seen how clearly defined terms
may change history... Read @ Tentmakernet articles

Successful Tentmaking Depends on Mission Agencies - Christy Wilson Jr. Along with effective prayer support, tentmakers need association with sturctures of accountability provided by churches., mission agencies, missionary teams and local fellowships in their country of work. Read @ International Journal of Frontier Missions

God and Business - Marc Gunther in Fortune. Bringing spirituality into the workplace violates the old idea that faith and fortune don't mix. But a groundswell of believers is breaching the last taboo in corporate America @ Fortune Magazine

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