March 14, 2022

Business as Mission | BaM

This Vlog articulates in-part 
the heart beat of our experiment
with Business-as-Mission.
VP | BaM


What do people mean when they use the BaM paradigm 

Our extended experiences & partnerships with
Sisters of Hope Int. [SOHI] ~ Masaka, Uganda
World Venture / Beersheba Project ~ Dekar, Senegal
Thirst Mission ~ Matsu Valley, Alaska
The Siloam Missiion ~ Winnipeg, Canada
Casa Hogar Orphanages ~ Mier, Mexico
Christian Appalachian Projects [CAP] OHKY, WV, TN
Native Mission Tee Pee/Trailblazers ~ MN, SD, AZ, MT
WorldView Academy & DocuMissions [Summit, Archeologist, Navigators]
CO, MT, New England
and many other agencies [Domestic & Foreign],
have caused us to dream & begin our Journey
diving into the BaM Paradigm.
For decades we launched students accross the planet
into short term missions ~ often investing in local communities
with missional business, designed to sustain long-term indigenous ministres.
Returning year-after-year | story-after-story how local BaM paradigms were playing out.
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Vantage Point & the Campbells
covet your prayers as we continue to work,
research, study,network, and simply get dirty.  
Navigating the business world is intimidating...
Trying to leverage it for the sake of the kingdom
will take nothing short of a miracle!
(But we know the guy, who is good at that,
and enjoys seeing us do our part, so that he can 
take our 2 fish & loaves of bread,
and make a feast out of it).

Business as Mission ~ as a paradigm
looks different in every microcosm.
It may look like teaching a trade,
(building, construction, hairdressing, baking, or sewing).
It may look like investing in the agricultural fields,
(mango, banannas, tea, water resevoirs, chickens, goats)
It may look like starting a Coffee/Tea/Chai shop,
Some BaM has more of a business emphaisis,
while others emphasize the mission.
There are some that prefer to keep the 
business \ SEPARATED from /mission
while others operate by
keeping / business&mission \ TOGETHER.
Most prefer (in principle) to eventually relogate the 
business & mission to the indiginous local people to run. 
Generating sustainable wealth and wellbeing for others,
is one of the most tangible ways to share 
the economy & ethic of Christ