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First International Business as Mission Course a Great Success |
 Mark & Michael, the course Directors, share their perspective on the first course, run in Chiang Mai, Thailand from January to March 2008.
"What an incredible 6 weeks. The teachers were excellent, bringing profound truth from the word of God and teaching us about the realities of doing Business As Mission. We experienced an important tension in our classroom, which is a tension faced by most Business As Mission practitioners. (Read the Rest of the Story |
| Sign-Up Begins for Business as Mission Journey Part ii |
 Business as Mission Journey Participants: Primarily seeking business-related majors, as well as those with a gifting in entrepreneurship, management, administration, HR, teaching/training, finance,marketing , etc.
Time: 1-2 semesters Aug '08 to Feb/July '09 (6-12 months)
Goal: Participants would gain a fuller understanding of the principles and issues of BAM,and wrestle with them in real life as they visit and interact with practitioners and businesses trying to make it work in this world. Ultimately, participants would become part of a new generation of entrepreneurs who can take the lead in following Him to set up fruitful and sustainable BAM enterprises to facilitate church planting among the least-reached.
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| From the Business as Mission Network to a Vision Trip with Hope International - The Squires Story |
 HOPE International, a faith-based microenterprise organization, frequently coordinates Vision Trips to several of its operating locations, allowing participants to see and experience microfinance firsthand. What follows is a testimonial of how we heard about a recent HOPE Vision Trip on the Business as Mission Network and ended up going to the Dominican Republic led by Chris Horst and Micah Crist.
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| Bakke Graduate School looking for New Dean of Business School |
 Bakke Graduate University (BGU) is seeking a dean of its newly forming business school. Until this year, BGU has had a theology school with masters and doctorate programs and has grown from approximately 70 active students to 400 students in four years. BGU is looking for a leader to build a business school that is value-consistent with the theology school and can utilize the BGU international network to grow courses and regional hubs throughout the world.
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| Working Faith: Getting Your Ladder up the Right Wall - Brett Johnson |
 Working professionals from many backgrounds sat in our living room sharing their stories, which they do whenever we start a rep training cycle. "I can tell you exactly the exit on the Interstate 5 freeway where my dream died," said John, an I.T. professional. It sounded as though John were describing a gravestone. He was a graduate of a well known Bible College who had dreamed of being a minister, but had ended up sidelined in the technology sector, so he thought. The dream of being in ministry finally gave up and died.
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| Marketplace Missions Opportunities with Global Advance - Jonathan Shibley |
 We have several incredible opportunities coming up this summer for U.S. business professionals to serve God and make a strategic impact in the lives of hundreds of emerging business leaders in Ghana, the Phillipines and Indonesia. |
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Event Spotlight: Business as Mission Events in 2008 |
 Events continue to be a place to educate and inspire more business leaders to get involved. Here's a look at several events taking place in the next few months |
| Creating a World Without Poverty - Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus's New Book |
 Grameen Foundation board member and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world-and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today.
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