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Everything a Church Leader Needs to Know about Business As Mission

1 min readFinance Admin and LegalGlobal Strategies

Presented by: Larry Sharp

Description: This workshop will overview BAM including case studies and focus on the following objectives: What is BAM? The term is used with a variety of meanings but we will focus on the Lausanne Committee 4-point definition. Why is BAM important in our generation? We will focus on historical data from the book of Acts, pre-20th century missions and the current realities in our world. Who is doing it? Case studies from real kingdom businesses. The primary audience for this workshop is church leaders.

Published by Missio Nexus, . Last updated 27 Sep 2018.

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