Comments on: Considerations for developing a Business as Mission strategy

By: David Skews

David Skews — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:06:09 +0000

Hi Guys – thanks for the air time – we a getting ready for the prayer event on the 14-16th August – may i post this note please

Dear Friend
We wrote to you some time ago to let you know about about an exciting “Business as Mission” event that is now only two weeks away!

If you still want to attend the conference there are a limited number of places still available You can find full details on the Pray4BaM website at http://www.pray4bam.org, where you can also register to attend.

If you are interested in this exciting and challenging movement to reach the lost for Christ but you cannot attend the conference itself there is an opportunity to take part in the conference through the website at http://www.pray4bam.org under “ Praying around the time zones “- and follow the link to register interest . You can also send an email via the insights link on the website before or during the conference. We will keep the website updated through the weekend as we join together globally to pray. There will be a worldwide prayer network supporting the conference from Australia, through the Far East, Europe, and the Americas of like minded Christians praying for Business as Mission over the weekend.

Key themes for the Conference prayer programme will be
• Turning the coin- Doing business God’s way
• Perspectives on Business and Missions
• Taking time to listen to God about BaM
• What are the next steps?

We would love that you can join with us, either in person or on line at the conference. Please help us to reach the throne-room of heaven and express our desires to God for the extension of His kingdom in this strategic area of BaM.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:06:23 +0000

Hi Dick, is the challenge finding people in developing countries or finding people with funding to sponsor projects? I think you might want to contact Justin Forman at the Business as Mission Network. I'm sure there are people in the network of readers there that can help you find both. The power of Kingdom business is in the ability to creatively and lovingly meet the needs of others. If financing is the weak link in you business model you need to figure out a way to meet that need. There are a number of microfinance programs out there that exist to provide small scale capital investment to entrepreneurs and small business. Kiva.org is probably the best known, but there are plenty of others out there. World Hope International’s Microfinance and Economic Development (MED) Program does Christian microfinance. Perhaps you could partner with an organization like these to help your customers finance their investment in the kits... it could be something as big as a formal partnership or as simple as informing them about these resources and/or helping them through the process of signing up. Imagine the additional value you could create for a rural entrepreneur by offering to help set him/her up with an account on Kiva. The nice thing about that is you're not having to lower your price point or become a charity, nor are you having to take on any of their credit risk. You're just providing a value-add by connecting them to existing opportunities. Let me know if I've missed the mark. Feel free to contact me directly to dig deeper into this.

By: Dick Dassow

Dick Dassow — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:01:50 +0000

Trying to find people in developing world to start pilot projects with drip irrigation. Very hard. Not much success. No one has any money.
Mostly mission groups that want to do it for their people or for an outreach. GREAT idea! But they need funding too.
Any ideas??

Blessings.

Dick Dassow