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Understanding Missional Business Paul Clayton Vice President Director of Missional Business Strategies

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Understanding Missional Business

Paul ClaytonVice President Director of Missional Business Strategies

Synonymous Terms

– Business as Mission (BAM)

– Business for Transformation (B4T)

– Kingdom Business

–Missional Business

What Missional Business is NOT

– Missions as Usual

– Business as Usual

– Fake Business

– Profiteering

– Christian Owned Business

Missional Business is MORE THAN

–Workplace Ministry

– Tentmaking

– Jobs and Money

– Business for Mission

Missional Business IS

– Business with a Mission

– Kingdom-minded Business

– Christ-centered Business

– Business and Mission Fully Integrated

–Holistic Missions

– Profitable

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

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)

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)

Biblical Basis

1. Broken Spiritually (Genesis 3:23-24)

2. Broken with respect to God’s Abundance (Genesis 1:28-30; 3:17-19)

3. Broken Relationally (Genesis 2:18, 20b; 3:16)

4. 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

Biblical Basis

1. Spiritual Redemption

2. Economic Viability

3. Social Responsibility

4. Environmental Stewardship

The Ministry of Reconciliation through Missional Business

Why Missional Business?

– Holistic

– Natural Relationships

– Discipleship Opportunities

– Access

– Job Creation

– Economic Development

– Sustainable

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

Mission ONE Approach

1. Partnership with national missionaries just makes sense.

2. Vision 2020– Empowerment through Missional Business Strategies.

IllustrationSacha Inchi Project

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

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

Vision 2020

Partner

CC Partnership

MB ProcessAdv

ocac

y

Business Expertise

Success+ Multiplication

Structure

Vision 2020

Advocacy for M1 PartnersFacilitate Consultancy ProcessFacilitate Church Partnerships

CC Partnership for IBECGodly Character

Cultural IntelligenceOrganizational Competence

AccountabilityDeep Trust

Empathic Listening

Mission ONE

Vision 2020

M1

Business Expertise for M1Consultants

Subject Matter ExpertsMB Training Curriculum

MB Process for PartnersPlanImplement

Support (Mentor)

IBEC

Vision 2020

Partner

Establish

Equip

Extend

Evangelize

WHOLE Church Ephesians 4:11-12

Partner

Vision 2020

Missional Business SuccessSpiritual Impact

Make DisciplesCommunity Transformation

Economic ViabilitySustainabilityKingdom Investment

Social ResponsibilityJob CreationEmployee DevelopmentFair Wage

Environmental StewardshipBeneficial Goods and Services

Good Processes

WHOLE Gospel2 Corinthians 5:18-20

Vision 2020

WHOLE Church with the WHOLE Gospel to the WHOLE World!

Missional Business

Missional Business

Missional Business

Missional Business

Missional Business

Missional Business

Missional Business

Missional Business

Missional Business Multiplication

WHOLE WorldMatthew 28:18-20

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

Resources

www.businessasmission.com

www.bamthinktank.org

www.understandbam.com

Websites

Resources

www.business4transformation.blogspot.com

www.matstunehag.com

www.ibecventures.com/blog

www.businessasmission.com/blog

Blogs

Contact Information

Paul ClaytonVice 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 • [email protected]

Mission ONE trains and mobilizes the Church, focusing on cross-cultural partnerships to engage the unreached and serve the poor and

oppressed.