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Hey Ted; Good words about workers sitting at the s...

2007-10-31T11:16:00.000-06:00

Hey Ted; Good words about workers sitting at the same table. The reality where I live and work is that we're all bi-vocational. The difference is more in the type of vocation than full-time vs. part-time. I suspect that's true with most UPGs. The platforms we stand on are well established. If folks come on business visas we applaud them, but don't really know how to partner with them to help them get established. And in these hostile environments a solo ticket is a pretty tough ride. It would be great if we could do this better.
-gayle in Asia

Mike,Thanks for the kind words, Mike. I agree wit...

2007-10-18T12:23:00.000-05:00

Mike,

Thanks for the kind words, Mike. I agree with your observation - so many historical movements were BAM related. I also think the rising missionary sending movement that will come from China will be very BAM oriented. Already they are ministering cross-culturally in many areas of the world on BAM platforms. We in the missions community as well as those in the business community need to come alongside them and provide resources to spur this on. I think there is a danger that we need to avoid: we don't want to pass on Western models to them if we can help it. These movements you describe are better models to point them toward.

I like this Ted! In fact, I coach marketplace work...

2007-10-16T10:29:00.000-05:00

I like this Ted! In fact, I coach marketplace workers to consider themselves called to God's primary strategy to expand His Kingodm. Historians speak of "unchronicled multitudes" used by God to spread the gospel and establish his church. These multitudes were marketplace people (Abraham, Acts 2, Roman businessmen/women, Syrian/Nestorian merchants, Moravian Brethren, Carey, et al). I guess you'd say they were the traditionalists! Thank you Pioneers for setting the pace in the BAM world today.
Mike Barnett (CIU)