Posted in Business as Mission on Oct 19th, 2011
“East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet”, wrote Rudyard Kipling in the poem “The Ballad of East and West”. Non-profit is non-profit, and for profit is for profit, and never the twain shall meet – or should they? Maybe they already do! There is an on-going discussion in the […]
Posted in Business as Mission on Oct 14th, 2011
There are an increasing number of publications (books, articles, papers) on Business as Mission, BAM. Many are authored by Westerners from a Western perspective and these contributions are good and helpful. But it is not a fair reflection of the global BAM movement, since probably most practitioners and many thought leaders are non-Westerners or run […]
Posted in Business as Mission on Sep 26th, 2011
9 million people live in Sweden. Approximately 300 000 Swedes go hunting every year and they shoot 100 000 moose. Moose hunters need to know what a moose looks like. If they don’t know, you certainly don’t want to be around during hunting season. Your success as a hunter depends on knowing your target. One can only […]
Posted in Business as Mission, International Affairs on Sep 13th, 2011
There is a global shortfall of about 1.8 billion good formal jobs, according to Jim Clifton, CEO of Gallup.* That is nearly a quarter of the world’s population. Many people live in the insecure informal job sector, which often is filled with survival activities in the form a subsistence business. Most people hope for a […]
Posted in Business as Mission on Sep 1st, 2011
One can identify 3 essential activities which have helped to catalyze and grow the global Business as Mission (BAM) movement: 1. Developing the concept, 2. Spreading the concept and 3. Applying the concept. Of course one cannot credit just one book, event, person or organisation with the current interest in Business as Mission amongst Christians […]