tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27430628.post-39594219181754481542007-07-18T07:00:00.000-05:002007-07-17T21:48:14.151-05:002007-07-17T21:48:14.151-05:00Tentmaking: Business as Missions :: Patrick Lai<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_I8DDfVkAT-4/Rp1-r10l1FI/AAAAAAAAAwk/rWT0QDpks28/s1600-h/Tentmaking.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088362445645665362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 174px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 187px" height="209" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_I8DDfVkAT-4/Rp1-r10l1FI/AAAAAAAAAwk/rWT0QDpks28/s320/Tentmaking.jpg" width="208" border="0" /></a>Having been given the opportunity to get to know Patrick and his wife I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">highly</span> respect the work that they have been doing for over 20 years. In the midst of juggling so many different plates he was able to write the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932805532/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_9/002-9181548-4726409?ie=UTF8"><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tentmaking</span>: Business as Missions</em></a>.<br /><br />As one reader wrote at Amazon.com, "What makes this book even stronger is that it's based not just on the author's formidable experience, but also upon his research among 450 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">tentmakers</span> laboring in the 10/40 Window. The focus is on what has been proven to be effective in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">tentmaking</span>, as supported by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Lai's</span> experience and research - and yet pragmatism never takes a back seat to the yearning to see God's kingdom spread as people around the world come to know Jesus. This book is at once inspirational, practical, and Biblical.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Chapters deal with such issues as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">tentmaking</span> vs. "traditional" missions, types of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">tentmaking</span>, preparing to be a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">tentmaker</span>, evangelism and church planting, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">tentmaker's</span> personal life, women and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">tentmaking</span>, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">tentmaker</span> and his children, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">tentmaker</span> and his home base, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">tentmaking</span> tensions and conflicts, and more. Appendices provide checklists and outlines for team guidelines, questions short-term workers should ask, church planting phases, and questions to ask before joining a missions organization team. This book is a tremendous resource. If you are (or want to be) a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">tentmaker</span>, then I encourage you to spend the money and take the time to study this volume." <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tentmaking-Business-Missions-Patrick-Lai/dp/1932805532">For more information click here. </a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c15.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=1587569&java=0&security=803f94aa&invisible=1" alt="counter statistics" border="0"></a> </noscript>
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