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Missional business aims to fully integrate business and missions to holistically transform communities through spiritual, economic, social, and environmental means. It uses profitable businesses to further God's kingdom, make disciples, and serve the poor. An example is a sustainable agricultural project in Southeast Asia that employs Christians and non-Christians, strengthens local churches, and shares the gospel even with ruling elites. The goal is for the whole church to participate in mission through whole gospel proclamation to the whole world.
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- 1. Understanding Missional Business Paul Clayton Vice President Director of Missional Business Strategies
- 2. Synonymous Terms – Business as Mission (BAM) – Business for Transformation (B4T) – Kingdom Business – Missional Business
- 3. What Missional Business is NOT – Missions as Usual – Business as Usual – Fake Business – Profiteering – Christian Owned Business
- 4. Missional Business is MORE THAN – Workplace Ministry – Tentmaking – Jobs and Money – Business for Mission
- 5. Missional Business IS – Business with a Mission – Kingdom-minded Business – Christ-centered Business – Business and Mission Fully Integrated – Holistic Missions – Profitable
- 6. Definition “Missional Business is: Profitable and sustainable businesses; Intentional about Kingdom of God purpose and impact on people and nations; Focused on holistic transformation and the multiple bottom lines of economic, social, environmental and spiritual outcomes; And concerned about the world’s poorest and least evangelized peoples.” From the BAM Global Think Tank
- 7. A Biblical Basis “For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.” Colossians 1:19-20 (NLT)
- 8. A Biblical Basis “And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:18b-19 (NLT)
- 9. Biblical Basis 1. Broken Spiritually (Genesis 3:23-24) 1. Broken with respect to God’s Abundance (Genesis 1:28-30; 3:17-19) 2. Broken Relationally (Genesis 2:18, 20b; 3:16) 1. Broken Interconnection with the Rest of Creation (Genesis 1:31; 3:17-19; Romans 8:22) * The Four Realms of Brokenness are adapted from The Missional Entrepreneur, by Mark Russell, pp. 14-16. Four Areas of Brokenness in our World
- 10. Biblical Basis 1. Spiritual Redemption 1. Economic Viability 1. Social Responsibility 1. Environmental Stewardship The Ministry of Reconciliation through Missional Business
- 11. Why Missional Business? – Holistic – Natural Relationships – Discipleship Opportunities – Access – Job Creation – Economic Development – Sustainable
- 12. Why Missional Business? – Recognizes Christ’s Commission is to the Whole Church • Ephesians 4:11-12 – Migration, Urbanization, Globalization • Isaiah 43:10 – Credibility • Acts 16-18 – Influence
- 13. Mission ONE Approach 1. Partnership with national missionaries just makes sense. 1. Vision 2020– Empowerment through Missional Business Strategies.
- 14. Illustration Sacha Inchi Project
- 15. Illustration “Praise God for the Sacha Inchi project (agricultural missional business project) throughout Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and [undisclosed country]. We have begun the growth of Sacha Inchi plants in 11 provinces. Progress is being made to register with agricultural departments in every province that we have farmers working. The likelihood of churches becoming self-sustaining is quickly becoming a reality. Because of the Sacha Inchi project Christians are gaining credibility and influence in the local community, thereby enabling them to become community mobilizers instead a persecuted minority. Gospel witness is now penetrating the ruling class. Before gospel witness stayed primarily among the lowest class or outclass. Those in the ruling class are also beginning to participate in the Sacha Inchi project alongside Christians. The gospel now flows into the ruling class from the common Christians and churches.” Sacha Inchi Project
- 16. Illustration “Cambodian Military General, [name undisclosed], decided to join our Sacha Inchi project. He will mobilize countless numbers of people within his influence to the project. Several decades back this country carried out genocide on its people resulting in the death of 2 million people. Now we are making a difference in this area of the world that is still filled with explosive ordnances. Before we parted, his leaders prepared for us to consummate the agricultural agreement by worshipping his spirits. Instead, I took the opportunity to share with him and his men that we are Christians and that we worship the one true God. Even after sharing this with him, he still wanted to join with us in the Sacha Inchi project. Praise be to God that He has provided witness to this General!” Sacha Inchi Project
- 17. Vision 2020 Partner CC Partnership Business Expertise Success+ Multiplication Structure
- 18. Vision 2020 Advocacy for M1 Partners Facilitate Consultancy Process Facilitate Church Partnerships CC Partnership for IBEC Godly Character Cultural Intelligence Organizational Competence Accountability Deep Trust Empathic Listening Mission ONE
- 19. Vision 2020 M1 Business Expertise for M1 Consultants Subject Matter Experts MB Training Curriculum MB Process for Partners Plan Implement Support (Mentor) IBEC
- 21. Partner Vision 2020 Missional Business Success Spiritual Impact Make Disciples Community Transformation Economic Viability Sustainability Kingdom Investment Social Responsibility Job Creation Employee Development Fair Wage Environmental Stewardship Beneficial Goods and Services Good Processes WHOLE Gospel 2 Corinthians 5:18-20
- 22. Vision 2020 WHOLE Church with the WHOLE Gospel to the WHOLE World! Missional Business Multiplication WHOLE World Matthew 28:18-20
- 23. Resources The Missional Entrepreneur: Principles and Practices for Business as Mission, by Mark Russell. Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business, by Wayne Grudem. God is at Work: Transforming People and Nations Through Business, by Ken Eldred. Books
- 26. Contact Information Paul Clayton Vice President Missional Business Strategies Mission ONE • PO Box 5960 • Scottsdale, AZ 85261 • U.S.A. Office: 480-951-0900 • Mobile: 770-560-6439 • http://www.mission1.org • paul@mission1.org Mission ONE trains and mobilizes the Church, focusing on cross- cultural partnerships to engage the unreached and serve the poor and oppressed.
Editor's Notes
- My story Early calling… Seemingly distracted by Dad – Business School – 20 year business career Call to seminary – discovery of Missional Business Mission ONE Mission ONE trains and mobilizes the church, focusing on cross-cultural partnerships to engage the unreached and serve the poor and oppressed. Training and mobilizing the church + cross-cultural partnerships = (for the purpose of) engage the unreached and serve the poor and oppressed Missional Business is one way – one NEW way– that we are carrying-out our mission at Mission ONE. Missional Business specifically focuses on the cross-cultural partnership aspect of our mission. It’s the way God is leading us to empower our partners toward sustainability– and it’s also the way God is leading us to equip our partners for greater missional impact. So… what is Missional Business? There are a lot of ideas being talked about in missions circles related to Missional Business… a lot of synonymous words and phrases being used to describe this same missions strategy… and various aspects of the strategy being advocated that represent parts of the whole idea, but fail to capture the greater vision of Missional Business. My prayer is that this presentation will de-clutter, for you, the space that Missional Business occupies… and then from clarity, rather than confusion… build a foundational understanding of this powerful missions strategy. After clearing up some of the confusion… I’ll begin by, very broadly, building the conceptual foundation from which this very practical strategy rises. I’ll then wrap the presentation up by describing how Mission ONE is attempting to empower it’s national partners through Missional Business– and provide a practical illustration from the success of one of our partners in Asia.
- Sometimes it’s easier to understand what something IS if we first understand what it is not. Missional Business is NOT: Missions as Usual– Missional Business is not the traditional approach to missions that has often had a singular focus on evangelism, often neglecting compassionate care. But conversely… it’s also not just a community development project with a humanitarian cause. Business as Usual– Missional Business is also not the traditional approach to business— most often isolated from other areas of life, with a singular focus on profit without regard to Christian witness, and many times at the expense of social responsibility and environmental stewardship. But conversely… it's also a much greater pursuit than Social Enterprise or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Fake Business– businesses that are not actually functioning businesses, but exist solely to provide visas for missionaries to enter countries otherwise closed to them. Profiteering–businesses that operate only for private economic advantage and not for the kingdom of God. Christian Owned Business–businesses owned or run by Christians with no clear and defined kingdom strategy in place.
- Let me first clarify by saying that there’s nothing wrong with any of the things listed on this slide. In fact, they’re all good things… things that are necessary and things that should be encouraged… things that are actually included as parts of Missional Business. I point out that Missional Business is MORE THAN these things because– in and of themselves– they don’t’ comprise the whole concept that we want to convey, nor the greater vision of Missional Business. So… Missional Business is MORE THAN: Workplace Ministry– Workplace Ministry extends God’s kingdom through business in any context. It is simply– being a disciple and making disciples wherever you work. But… Missional Business is strategic and intentional about fulfilling the Great Commission in areas of the world where the gospel has yet to be received. Tentmaking– Tentmaking refers to the practice of Christian professionals who support themselves financially by working as employees or by engaging in business. Tentmaking infers the integration of work and witness with emphasis on evangelism by lay Christians, rather than vocational ministers. Simply put, tentmaking is about job-taking– taking up employment in a strategic location in order to facilitate ministry. Missional Business, on the other hand, most often involves job-making as an integral part of its mission. Jobs and Money– Missional Business is not about jobs and money–per se. It’s not a Christianized job creation scheme. The goal is not just about making people better off, materially. Missional Business actively prays and incarnates Jesus’ prayer: “May your kingdom come, may your will be done”… even in the marketplace. The true and most significant bottom line of missional business is– the greater glory of God. Business for Mission– Business for Mission primarily uses profit from a business to support missions. For this reason Business for Mission can sometimes limit business and business people to a role of funding the 'real ministry’. Missional Business goes further than Business for Mission by mobilizing believers to participate in the Mission of God through the marketplace. It fulfills God’s kingdom purposes through every aspect of business operations. And so… Missional Businesses are for-profit businesses that BECOME ‘real ministry’ as they fully integrate business goals with gospel witness.
- Ok… now that we’ve looked at synonymous terms for Missional Business, stated clearly what Missional Business is NOT, and discussed a few worthy concepts that Missional Business is MORE than– let’s turn to what Missional Business actually IS. Missional Business is a growing intentionality in the global Church to fully integrate business goals with Christ’s commission to mobilize the whole church… with the whole gospel… to the whole world. Business with a mission– Missional Business is business compelled by God’s mission to reconcile people to himself, and has a particular concern for the world’s poorest and least evangelized people. Kingdom-minded– Missional Business envisions the kind of holistic community transformation that occurs when humanity is in full submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. It seeks to extend God’s kingdom to the world. Christ-centered– Missional Business demonstrates the character of Jesus by upholding biblical ethics. It’s motivated by Christ’s commission to make disciples of all the nations. Missional Business intentionally leverages the relational advantages of the marketplace to teach obedience to the commands of Christ. Business and mission fully integrated– Missional Business is not ministry tacked onto business or business tacked onto ministry. Instead, the mission is worked out in and through the business– through its activities, through its products and services and through the relationships it facilitates. Holistic Missions– Missional Business attempts to bring all aspects of life and godliness into an organic biblical whole. This includes God's concerns for such business related issues as economic development, employment and unemployment, economic justice and the use and distribution of natural and creative resources. These are all aspects of God’s redemptive work. Evangelism and social concerns are often still addressed as though they were separate and unrelated from each other. This assumes a divide between what we consider sacred or spiritual versus secular or physical. The biblical worldview is one that promotes an integrated and seamless, holistic view of life. Ministry should not be compartmentalized into spiritual and physical categories. Missional Business is an expression of this truly holistic paradigm. Business is a mission, a calling, a ministry in its own right. Human activity reflects our divine origin. We’ve been created to be creative, and to create good things by good processes, for us to enjoy – with others. Profitable– Missional Business pursues profits for sustainability. Without profit the business can’t survive to fulfill its missional purpose. Missional Businesses are real businesses that genuinely exist to generate wealth and profits in a way that glorifies God, and to be used for His benefits and purposes.
- The biblical basis for Missional Business is undergird by a foundational theology of work in the Scriptures. But for the sake of time I want to simply demonstrate, from a very practical perspective, how Missional Business so effectively engages the Great Commission… READ THE PASSAGE ABOVE BEFORE TURNING TO THE NEXT SLIDE!
- From these passages we understand that God is on a mission to reconcile everything to himself in Christ. Now… we’re living during the most exciting times in redemptive history! We’re living in the Church Age— that time between God’s visitation in Christ to begin the final stages of his reconciling work, and the completion of it when Christ returns. And God has commissioned us to participate with him in this ministry of reconciliation. What an amazing privilege we have– one that we can’t take lightly! And so, if our commissioning is to the ministry of reconciliation, then we need to understand exactly what it is that’s broken.
- The account of Creation and The Fall in Genesis 1-3 reveals four general areas of brokenness in our world: Our world is broken spiritually– Adam and Eve were created to be in relationship with God. We were made for God, but with the Fall we were alienated from our loving creator. We became incapable of knowing God and experiencing his presence without divine, reconciling intervention. Our world is broken with respect to God’s abundance– God gave Adam and Eve access to abundant resources for their sustainment, well-being, and enjoyment. But with the Fall, these resources became scarce, and difficult to come by. This is why poverty, lack and injustice are so prevalent in our world. Our world is broken relationally– God knew that it wasn’t good for Adam to be alone and so he created Eve. We were created for fruitful relationships with each other. But with the Fall, our relationships became contentious. This is why we see so much division, fighting and war among ourselves. Our world is broken with respect to our interconnection with the rest of creation– God created a world that was “very good”. He gave Adam dominion over it, told him to subdue it; and it cooperated with him. But with the Fall, our relationship with the rest of creation became antagonistic. The ground was cursed and began requiring a great struggle in order for it to produce the resources we need to thrive. We see the consequences of that struggle in pollution, eco-systems exhausted from over-use, and the extinction of entire species.
- So… here’s how the ministry of reconciliation looks through Missional Business. Missional Business is Christ-centered business with missional impact that engages the ministry of reconciliation in all four general areas of brokenness. Missional Business is Kingdom-minded business that envisions holistic community transformation through the quadruple bottom line of: Spiritual Redemption— Missional Business takes advantage of the natural relationships formed in the marketplace to make disciples of Jesus. Spiritual Redemption is the ministry of reconciliation to the world’s spiritual brokenness. Economic Viability— Missional Business provides beneficial goods and services and generates economic wealth. Economic viability is the ministry of reconciliation to the world’s brokenness with respect to God’s abundance. Social Responsibility— Missional Business respects and dignifies people through job creation, employee development, ethical commerce, and serving the poor and oppressed. Social responsibility is the ministry of reconciliation to the world's broken relationships. Environmental Stewardship— Missional Business responsibly preserves God’s good creation by producing good products through good processes. Environmental Stewardship is the ministry of reconciliation to the world’s broken interconnection with the rest of creation.
- Besides there being a sound biblical basis, there’s also many other practical reasons for engaging Missional Business as a contemporary missions strategy: Holistic– Missional Business does not recognize a division between secular and sacred, or physical and spiritual. Consequently, it’s able to address all 4 realms of brokenness simultaneously. Missional Business engages the ministry of reconciliation with the whole Gospel! Natural Relationships– The marketplace is one of the most conducive contexts for relationships to naturally form. When I think back to the years that I owned a business, I remember all the natural relationships I had with so many people– employees, customers, vendors, service providers, government workers… all of these relationships represent opportunities for Gospel witness with just a little bit of intentionality. Discipleship Opportunities– Let me ask you a question… besides the home, can you think of a better context than the marketplace to model Godly integrity and character, demonstrate biblical values, and communicate Christian ethics– or another context that provides the kind of time with people and proximity to them that’s necessary for discipleship to happen? Access– Two-thirds of the world lives in countries where no religious worker visas are available. Tourist and student visas are often available, but provide only temporary solutions for entry. But nearly every country in the world offers business visas to entrepreneurs with the option for renewal as long as the business is viable. Job Creation– Missional Business creates jobs that enable people to adequately care for their families. Jobs ultimately dignify people. Job creation fulfills the Great Commandment to “love your neighbor”. Jim Clifton, CEO of Gallup says, ”What the whole world wants is a good job”. Economic Development– Missional Business empowers nationals through economic development, rather than creating dependency with endless hand-outs. Economic Development is the answer to poverty, not charity. Sustainable– Missional Business provides long-term economic viability for Christian workers, and is cost effective compared with sending vocational missionaries from the west, or funding nationals from abroad.
- Recognizes that Christ’s commission is to the whole Church Eph 4:11-12–”Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the Apostles, the Prophets, the Evangelists, and the Pastors and Teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and to build up the church, the body of Christ.” (NLT) Christ gave us the various offices of vocational ministry in the church… not because they were to be the only one’s qualified to do the work of the ministry… but to equip everyone else to do it! We’re all responsible for the Great Commission. And– pragmatically speaking– there’s hardly a better context for making disciples of Jesus than the marketplace– where most of us spend the majority of our waking hours collaborating with other people. Missional Business recognizes Christ’s commission is to the WHOLE CHURCH! Migration, Urbanization, Globalization– Migration means that people are on the move from everywhere to everywhere. Urbanization means that they are specifically moving to cities. Did you know that for the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in rural areas? Globalization means that they are staying connected. People may migrate from the rural areas, but their affections remain with those they leave behind. And technology makes it possible for them to stay connected– even in the most remote areas of the world, and among the poorest people. Now here’s the interesting thing… When people migrate to the city, the ethnic barriers that prevent the flow of the Gospel from one people group to the next are removed: Language– they learn a lingua franca (a common trade language) so that they can engage with others in commerce. Religion– they are exposed to secularism that erodes the devotion to their tribal religion. Culture– they are tempted by consumerism, which transforms them from being collectivistic (identity with the group), to becoming individualistic (self contained). Now this is where globalization comes in… When they receive the Gospel… because of the close relational connection maintained with their village, they naturally want their family and friends to know this Good News about Jesus. Isa 43:10–”See, I am doing a new thing! …do you not perceive it?” (NIV) Missional Business operating in urban centers perceives the new things God is doing through Migration, Urbanization and Globalization. It strategically leverages the resulting benefits by making disciples of Jesus in the marketplace, and then mobilizes new believers back to their unreached villages! In the majority world, where the remaining unreached people live… Missional Business could, potentially, reinforce rural evangelism and church planting strategies by reaching and mobilizing an army of workers for the rural harvest in the city! Credibility– The credibility factor. For the expatriate working cross-culturally, Missional Business provides a legitimate identity… reason for being there. And for the national working among his own people, Missional Business prevents the Christian worker from being negatively perceived as being funded by a foreign religious agenda. Instead, they’re seen as contributing members of society to be accepted, rather than being perceived as infringing upon the community by propagating a foreign religion. Missional Business also reduces discrimination and persecution of Christians involved, and increases their freedom to openly share their faith. I believe that we see the credibility factor at play in Paul’s ministry: In Acts 16-18— Paul is on his second missionary journey. If we read the text carefully we notice a pattern developing: Paul wants to go to Asia, but the Holy Spirit redirects him to Macedonia (pioneering missions territory) His first stop was in Philippi where he met Lydia (a business women) at a prayer meeting. Paul cast out a demon from a fortune-telling slave girl who made a lot of money for her owner. This got Paul in a lot of trouble with the community. He was flogged and imprisoned where he met the Philippian jailer (you may remember) who was saved, along with his entire household. When the community leaders found out that Paul was a Roman citizen, they were alarmed because they had beaten and imprisoned him without a trial. They appeased Paul, but ultimately asked him to leave. Next he went to Thessalonica. According to his pattern, he reasoned with the Jews at the synagogue on the Sabbath. This agitated them into a riot. His host, Jason, was arrested. And Paul had to escape at night to Berea. In Berea Paul continued his pattern of first, reasoning with the Jews in the synagogue. He had some success until the Jews from Thessalonica came to stir up trouble. And again he was forced to leave. In Athens, Paul began to alter his normal pattern. He contextualized his approach by reasoning with Greek philosophers in the areopagus– marketplace. This time he had only limited success, but no trouble. Then Paul went on to Corinth where he met Aquila and Priscilla who, like him, were tentmakers. This allowed Paul to further contextualize his approach. Because of his identity, and contribution to the community as a tentmaker, he was able to stay in Corinth for 1-1/2 years. AND when some Jews stirred up trouble with charges against Paul, he seemed to have so much favor with the the local officials that they dismissed the case! And the Scripture says that Paul was able to stay on in Corinth for an extended time (18:18). Could it be that Paul’s role as a tentmaker afforded him credibility, which enabled the viability of his ministry among the Corinthians? Influence– Once credibility is established with members of a society, the missional business person has influence to impact the community.
- National Missionaries are missionally effective because they understand the culture, and are integrated and accepted by it. They are also very cost effective. With no need for relocation and an acclimation to a lower cost of living, we’re able to maximize every mission dollar spent. The objective of Mission ONE’s Vision 2020 is to empower our partners toward greater long-term sustainability, rather than enabling them through inappropriate dependency. Vision 2020 will be accomplished by coming alongside our partners to establish viable, Missional Businesses that promote holistic community transformation.
- Let me show you an example of how effective Missional Business strategies can be in empowering national partners. MEM is led by Chansamone & Pon Saiyasak. Sacha Inchi More than 700 Churches in over 2000 communities across 4 different closed countries in the 10-40 Window 15K Acres of Sacha Inchi plants Sustaining the churches Raising credibility and influence of Christian Community Reducing persecution Secular entities getting involved Opportunities for outreach and Gospel witness increasing
- The Sacha Inchi project is engaging the ministry of reconciliation in all four realms of brokenness! It’s generating abundant resources for the church. It’s equalizing the status of the Christian community, reducing persecution, and promoting social justice. It is responsibly stewarding creation to produce good products through good processes. And most importantly, its reconciling people to God through Gospel witness.
- Now… we aren’t asking our partners to change anything. We’re simply trying to enhance their efforts for maximum missional impact by empowering them with one more way– one good way, we believe– to help them mobilize the WHOLE Church by extending believers into the marketplace through Missional Business “for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ”.
- And as we saw earlier… Successful Missional Business strategies effectively engage the WHOLE Gospel through the ministry of reconciliation in all 4 areas of brokenness in our world.
- And then we want to continue working with our partners to multiply their Missional Business successes among the unreached, poor and oppressed people in the areas where they serve. In this way our Missional Business strategies will impact the WHOLE World!