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"Intersection living is where your passions
and profession connect with God's purpose for
his world and your life." That idea of living
is what fuels the INTERSECTION conferences.
This week Carol Davis and several other
leaders will be on the campus of Baylor
University to host another great intersection
conference. The conference runs April 12- 14
and will feature students from Baylor, Texas
A&M, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Dallas Baptist
University and Howard Payne.
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Last week I had the chance to exchange some
emails with Bill Yeager, another passionate
twenty something involved in business as
mission. Earlier this year Bill was
recognized by Relevant Magazine (a twenty and
thirty something magazine) for his business
as mission work in Kenya. Here's a copy of
the article that was printed in the
January/February issue.
"It came to him one night as he lay in bed;
Bill Yeager, an IT and software designer by
trade, was asking God to reveal a new
business direction for him. Doing business in
his former home of Kenya was not what he had
expected. But that is what he heard.Yeager?s
mission: ?Use business as a tool to
bless[Kenyans] with great jobs, benefits,
education and an influx of economic
stimulation,? he says. ?I realized if this
worked, we could grow it and change Africa.?
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"The year is 1780. A sailing ship is
ploughing through heavy seas across the
Atlantic, loaded almost to the gunwales with
a cargo of human beings. They are chained
together on narrow shelves, soaked in sweat,
blood, vomit and excrement.
In a smart London club, an elegant young
graduate fresh from Cambridge is seated at
the gambling table, delighting his friends
with his wit and charm. From a business
family and already an MP, he has a fortune
behind him and a promising career ahead.
Who would imagine that these two worlds could
have anything in common?
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In another one of our panel discussions with
CEO's of business as mission companies,
ministry leaders, and authors I asked them if
Business as Mission needed more recognition
and what they thought it was going to take
for the the business as mission movement to
explode into the broader spotlight. Here's
what they had to say...
"I believe that business as mission is poised
to explode because everyone is looking for
sustainable, empowering solutions to the
world's problems. The best way to expand the
movement is to put more focus on the world's
problems... "
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Another year, another great opportunity for a
Kingdom Company to compete in the World
Challenge.
Last year Chris Page and Cards from Africa
finished second in the competition and
received recognition from The BBC, Newsweek
and many groups in the Christian community
for the impact it
is having on the people of Rwanda through
it's business.
The World Challenge is a competition that is
sponsored by The BBC World, Newsweek and
Shell. Each year they reward some very
unique, community based businesses whose goal
is not only making a healthy profit, but to
massively enrich their local community.
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If you have thoughts, comments, or would like your voice to be heard please comment at http://businessasmission.blogspot.com.
Justin Forman
Business as Mission Blogspot
email:
justin@rightnow.org
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