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BAM 101: Business as Mission Introduction

September 7, 2023

Business and Bread: Build your BAM Project with 3 Simple Ingredients

March 29, 2023

Future BAM Challenges: Keeping Momentum in the Right Direction

March 22, 2023

Global BAM Ecosystem Growth and Multiplication

March 14, 2023

Creed or Conversation Starter? Creating a Shared BAM Understanding

March 7, 2023

Charting the Course of the BAM Movement: Pioneering Practitioners

February 28, 2023

3 Characteristics of a Growing BAM Movement: Diverse, Learning, Multiplying

February 21, 2023

3 Hallmarks of a Maturing BAM Movement: Affirmed, Collaborative, Connected

February 4, 2021

The A to Z of BAM: U to Z – from Untapped to Zero

January 30, 2021

The A to Z of BAM: P to T – from Power to Tikkun Olam

January 21, 2021

The A to Z of BAM: K to O – from Kingdom to Opportunity

January 15, 2021

The A to Z of BAM: F to J – from Freedom to Justice

January 7, 2021

The A to Z of BAM: A to E – from Avodah to Environmental

Biblical Foundations for Business and Mission

April 19, 2022

Colonising Earth with the Life of Heaven: Creation Care & Mission

April 11, 2022

Why Should We Care About Creation Care?

January 21, 2022

10 Key Points About Work in the Bible Every Christian Should Know

January 14, 2022

Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done… in Business

November 25, 2021

The Task Still Ahead and Plugging the Resource Gaps

November 18, 2021

A Holistic Gospel and the Kingdom Coming in the Marketplace

November 4, 2021

The High and Holy Calling of Business and Breaking the Sacred-Secular Divide

The Integration of Business and Mission

January 24, 2023

The Power of Business to Lift Communities Out of Poverty

January 10, 2023

The Power of Business in Gospel Planting Among the Least Reached

January 3, 2023

Compelling Reasons for Business as Mission That are Still Relevant Today

June 28, 2022

7 Creative Ways that Practitioners Integrate Business and Mission

June 16, 2022

10 Guiding Principles for Business as Mission

May 12, 2022

Pray More and Pray More Intentionally

November 25, 2021

The Task Still Ahead and Plugging the Resource Gaps

Business Fights Poverty

January 24, 2023

The Power of Business to Lift Communities Out of Poverty

September 5, 2022

Poultry, Profit and Proclamation: A BAM Story

November 11, 2021

Reaching the Marginalised and the Skewed Deployment of Resources

September 18, 2020

Business as Good News to the Poor

September 10, 2020

Business as an Agent of Human Flourishing and the Greater Glory of God

September 4, 2020

Alleviating Poverty by Creating Businesses and Sharing Wealth

April 16, 2019

How Business as Mission Can Help End Poverty for Good

Environmental Impact & Creation Care

January 31, 2023

The Power of Business to Take Good Care of our Planet

October 31, 2022

Be Part of the Solution: All Businesses are an Environmental Business

April 29, 2022

Waste Not: Environmental Stewardship for BAM Practitioners

April 22, 2022

Challenge and Hope: How Business Can Help the Planet and Its People Flourish [Video]

April 19, 2022

Colonising Earth with the Life of Heaven: Creation Care & Mission

April 11, 2022

Why Should We Care About Creation Care?

September 26, 2020

A Cup of Cold Water: Business and the Stewardship of Creation

Business Planning for BAM Part 1: Overview and Getting Started

September 14, 2023

Setting a Course: How to Clarify Vision and Implement Strategy for BAM Pioneers

September 7, 2023

Business and Bread: Build your BAM Project with 3 Simple Ingredients

March 30, 2018

Making a Pivot

October 17, 2017

Don’t Lose Your Way: The Importance of the Business Development Process

Creating a plan

October 13, 2017

Not the Typical Strategic Plan: Creating a Plan for Performance

October 11, 2017

Not the Typical Strategic Plan: Planning for Breakthrough Performance

Ideas into Startups

October 7, 2017

Helping Entrepreneurs Turn Ideas Into Startups

Business Planning for BAM Part 2: Product and Market

July 30, 2023

Starting Lean: Soft Launches Help Avoid Hard Landings

July 20, 2023

How Does Spiritual Impact Intersect with Your Product or Service?

July 10, 2023

The Value You Offer: How to Create a Value Proposition

June 30, 2023

Brand Strategy is for Everyone (Not just marketing!)

December 21, 2022

6 Product and Market Bloopers: What to Do and Not to Do

March 30, 2018

Making a Pivot

March 1, 2016

Starting Lean: Soft Launches Help Avoid Hard Landings

Business Planning Part 3: Financial and People Planning

All/Financial Planning/People Planning

July 25, 2022

2 Company Leaders Look Back: Financial Planning Highs and Lows

December 9, 2016

Am I a Business Builder or Entrepreneur? Identifying Your Place in a BAM Team

December 6, 2016

Three Stories: How BAM Goals and People Goals Fit Together

December 2, 2016

Interview with Two Business Leaders: Developing People in Your Company

November 29, 2016

Hiring: What to Think About at the Business Planning Stage

November 25, 2016

A Mentor Writes on People Planning: Building Your Team

November 22, 2016

Two Company Leaders Look Back: Financial Planning Highs and Lows

July 25, 2022

2 Company Leaders Look Back: Financial Planning Highs and Lows

November 22, 2016

Two Company Leaders Look Back: Financial Planning Highs and Lows

November 21, 2016

Cash Flow Mishaps: Stories from BAM Practitioners

November 18, 2016

10 Cash Flow Tips and 10 Red Flags from 10 BAM Practitioners

November 15, 2016

Watching Your Numbers: How to Be Realistic About Your Financials

November 11, 2016

Ask Critical Questions: Number Crunching Quickly and Responsibly

November 8, 2016

Numberphobic? 3 Key Ideas to Increase Chances of Business Survival

December 9, 2016

Am I a Business Builder or Entrepreneur? Identifying Your Place in a BAM Team

December 6, 2016

Three Stories: How BAM Goals and People Goals Fit Together

December 2, 2016

Interview with Two Business Leaders: Developing People in Your Company

November 29, 2016

Hiring: What to Think About at the Business Planning Stage

November 25, 2016

A Mentor Writes on People Planning: Building Your Team

November 1, 2016

Business Planning Part 3 Introduction: Financial and People Planning

January 8, 2016

What Makes a BAMer? Identifying and Deploying the Right People for BAM Companies

September 14, 2023

Setting a Course: How to Clarify Vision and Implement Strategy for BAM Pioneers

June 28, 2022

7 Creative Ways that Practitioners Integrate Business and Mission

January 28, 2022

Stewarding a Fruitful and Balanced Life: Questions for Self-Evaluation

June 30, 2020

Seven Reasons Why Everyone Needs a Coach

June 23, 2020

Five Essential Reminders if you are Managing a Crisis

May 28, 2020

Business Response Plan: From Intensive Care to Recovery

May 8, 2020

Three Things I Learned During the Epidemic of 1974 That Apply to BAM in the Pandemic of 2020

BAM Success Factors

April 7, 2023

BAM Out of Brokenness: An Easter Reflection

December 22, 2021

Where is Further Research Needed and Who Else Should We Be Listening To?

December 15, 2021

In What Areas is Greater Collaboration Most Critical?

December 8, 2021

Promising Breakthroughs and Innovations to Accelerate the Great Commission

November 16, 2020

Helping Entrepreneurs Thrive: The Power of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

November 6, 2020

An Abundance of Counselors: Practical Steps to Set Up an Advisory Board

June 14, 2017

Iterations Through Feedback: Maximizing Startup Success

The Power of Stories

July 20, 2023

How Does Spiritual Impact Intersect with Your Product or Service?

October 6, 2022

5 Principles Learned from a BAM Journey: Matt’s Story

September 27, 2022

Nguvu Dairy: A Trauma Informed Workplace in Northern Uganda

September 20, 2022

Coffee at the Capital Roasting Company

September 12, 2022

Outland Denim: To God Be the Glory

September 5, 2022

Poultry, Profit and Proclamation: A BAM Story

August 4, 2022

God’s Steward Investor: Investing for Eternal Impact

Business Incubation & Building the BAM Ecosystem

December 15, 2021

In What Areas is Greater Collaboration Most Critical?

November 27, 2020

Scaling BAM Companies for Impact: Models of Partnership and Ecosystem Building

November 16, 2020

Helping Entrepreneurs Thrive: The Power of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

November 6, 2020

An Abundance of Counselors: Practical Steps to Set Up an Advisory Board

BAM and the Church

June 14, 2023

How the Church Can Engage in Discipling Marketplace Leaders

May 31, 2023

BAM and the Church: A Case Study from Ethiopia

May 17, 2023

BAM and the Church: Unleashing the Power of the Congregation in the Global Marketplace

August 3, 2016

Unleashing the Church to Disciple Marketplace Leaders

March 29, 2023

Future BAM Challenges: Keeping Momentum in the Right Direction

March 22, 2023

Global BAM Ecosystem Growth and Multiplication

March 14, 2023

Creed or Conversation Starter? Creating a Shared BAM Understanding

March 7, 2023

Charting the Course of the BAM Movement: Pioneering Practitioners

February 28, 2023

3 Characteristics of a Growing BAM Movement: Diverse, Learning, Multiplying

February 21, 2023

3 Hallmarks of a Maturing BAM Movement: Affirmed, Collaborative, Connected

February 14, 2023

God’s Purposes for Work and Business: Our BAM Foundations

Learning from Failure

July 11, 2022

5 Risk Factors Guaranteed to Doom a BAM Business

June 23, 2022

8 Success Factors to Keep You from Failing

November 27, 2018

God Uses Business to Bring You Closer to Him

November 20, 2018

8 Business Failures: What we Learned

April 10, 2018

Pride, Humility, and Failure

September 29, 2017

The Risk of Making Assumptions When Hiring Christians

July 21, 2017

When Things Go Right: 8 Success Factors to Keep You from Failing

Breaking the Sacred-Secular Divide

May 31, 2023

BAM and the Church: A Case Study from Ethiopia

May 17, 2023

BAM and the Church: Unleashing the Power of the Congregation in the Global Marketplace

November 20, 2022

Why We Need the Term Business as Mission, But Maybe Not Forever!

November 4, 2021

The High and Holy Calling of Business and Breaking the Sacred-Secular Divide

February 6, 2020

10 Things That Will Help or Hinder BAM Multiplication

May 7, 2019

Transforming the Church, One Engaged Business Person at a Time

September 7, 2018

Beyond God Bless You and Merry Christmas

BAM Endurance: Habits for Long-term Fruitfulness

August 10, 2023

Fruitful Practices for a Healthy BAM Business Team

March 9, 2022

Helping BAM Practitioners Start Well and Endure for the Long-Term

January 28, 2022

Stewarding a Fruitful and Balanced Life: Questions for Self-Evaluation

October 31, 2019

Moving From Anxiety to Freedom as a Kingdom Entrepreneur

October 24, 2019

So What Shall We Do Tomorrow? How We Have Endured

October 17, 2019

Entrepreneur Mental Wellness Needs a New Story

October 10, 2019

BAM Endurance: Principles and Habits for Long-term Fruitfulness

Developing Company Culture

August 30, 2023

How to Resolve Conflict: Navigating the Culture Map

March 12, 2020

6 Ways BAM Practitioners Build Their Company Culture

March 5, 2020

The 4 Cs of Developing BAM Company Culture

May 1, 2018

Workplace Relationships: Community Interaction

April 27, 2018

Workplace Relationships: Serving Your Clients

April 24, 2018

Workplace Relationships: Loving Your Employees

March 20, 2018

6 Ways to Build Trust for Greater Impact

BAM is Global: Around the World in 40 Days

March 31, 2022

Staying Mission True: Business as Mission Looking Forward

March 25, 2022

The Present Movement: Business as Mission Today

March 18, 2022

Deeply Rooted: Business as Mission Looking Back

October 28, 2021

BAM as an Effective Strategy in Urban Asia: Reaching a Tipping Point

October 21, 2021

How Business Transformed Nations and Lifted People Out of Poverty in China & East Asia

October 11, 2021

Let’s Make Business as Mission Both Global and Local

September 30, 2021

Resources & Prayer Requests from Our Global Network

Financing BAM Companies

August 25, 2022

Scarcity versus Abundance

August 18, 2022

Matching A Steward Investor’s Goals with God’s Goals

August 11, 2022

God’s Steward Investor and the Great Commission

August 4, 2022

God’s Steward Investor: Investing for Eternal Impact

June 5, 2019

Investment in BAM: How to Get the Funds Flowing

September 20, 2017

8 Unexpected Questions from Investors

February 28, 2015

How They Were Funded: Three BAM Stories

BAM in Hard Places

November 11, 2021

Reaching the Marginalised and the Skewed Deployment of Resources

January 9, 2018

Foundations: Expanding into Hard Places

May 26, 2016

Streams in the Desert: Sowing Seeds for Transformation

March 29, 2016

Day to Day Life in Hostile Places: Doing Business in Central Asia

March 28, 2016

Day to Day Life in Hostile Places: Doing Business in North Africa

March 26, 2016

After the Tsunami: Business on the Edge

March 22, 2016

Guidelines for Cross-Cultural Business Ethics

Legal and Tax Issues

April 12, 2016

A BAM Practitioner’s Thoughts on Taxes

April 11, 2016

Navigating Legal and Tax Challenges in Southeast Asia

April 8, 2016

Paying Taxes with a Mountain of Cash: A Taxing Story!

April 6, 2016

6 Resources for BAMers Looking for Legal or Tax Advice

April 4, 2016

How to Approach Company Taxes in Challenging Situations

March 31, 2016

The BAM Guide to Finding Good Legal and Tax Advice

Launching Out and Landing Well

April 21, 2023

A Thread in a Tapestry Part 2: Tools to Understand Who I Am in the Context of My Community

July 20, 2022

3 Different Routes into Business as Mission: How They Got Started

July 11, 2022

5 Risk Factors Guaranteed to Doom a BAM Business

June 21, 2022

9 Keys for Successful BAM Deployment

March 9, 2022

Helping BAM Practitioners Start Well and Endure for the Long-Term

February 13, 2020

9 Keys for Successful BAM Deployment

May 7, 2019

Transforming the Church, One Engaged Business Person at a Time

Prayer in the Business

April 14, 2023

A Thread in a Tapestry: How God has Woven Us into His Story

April 7, 2023

BAM Out of Brokenness: An Easter Reflection

May 12, 2022

Pray More and Pray More Intentionally

May 5, 2022

Prayer is Central to BAM: We are the Branches!

March 31, 2020

A Business as Mission Crisis: How Can We Pray?

March 27, 2020

The Coronavirus Pandemic and BAM: Seven Things We Can Do

December 18, 2019

Three Practical Steps to Experiencing the Spiritual Potential of Your Business

Freedom Business

January 17, 2023

The Power of Business to Bring Freedom to the Enslaved

September 12, 2022

Outland Denim: To God Be the Glory

April 23, 2019

Let Freedom Ring! Fighting Slavery with Business Solutions

December 12, 2017

Story: Giving a Choice to Trafficked Women through Business

December 8, 2017

Business Solutions to Human Trafficking

December 5, 2017

Freedom Through Business: Hold Fast to Your Dream

May 6, 2016

In Business for Freedom: The Red Light District of Kolkata

Metrics and Accountability for BAM Companies

December 28, 2022

An Abundance of Counselors: Practical Steps to Set Up an Advisory Board

June 13, 2022

How Can We Measure an Organisation’s Kingdom Impact?

June 6, 2022

Measuring the Impact and Performance of BAM: Intro to Metrics

May 26, 2022

Three Things the State of the BAM Movement Report Tells Us About BAM

May 19, 2022

The State of the BAM Movement Report Overview [Video]

November 6, 2020

An Abundance of Counselors: Practical Steps to Set Up an Advisory Board

June 30, 2020

Seven Reasons Why Everyone Needs a Coach

Church Planting and Business

January 10, 2023

The Power of Business in Gospel Planting Among the Least Reached

November 11, 2021

Reaching the Marginalised and the Skewed Deployment of Resources

April 9, 2019

3 Reasons to Scale Your Business to Reach the Unreached

August 22, 2017

7 Fruitful Practices for BAM and Church Planting

October 9, 2015

Life Encounters Life: The Integration of Business and Mission

October 7, 2015

Business and the Body: Burgers, Burma and Keeping Connected

October 5, 2015

5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Business, Language and Church Planting

BAM in the Agriculture Industry

August 15, 2017

How Agriculture Ends Poverty:  3 Discoveries About What Works

March 8, 2017

Cashews with a Social Mission: From Hershey Exec to Sunshine Nuts

March 3, 2017

Poultry Farmer to BAM Mentor: Interview with an Agriculture Veteran

March 1, 2017

7 Practitioners Give Start Up Advice for BAM in the Agriculture Industry

February 24, 2017

What are the Advantages of Doing BAM in the Agriculture Industry?

BAM in the Hospitality Industry

May 8, 2018

A Restaurant with a Mission: Excerpt from ‘BAM Global Movement’

January 24, 2017

Dishing It Out: A BAM Consultant on How to Get it Right in F&B

January 17, 2017

5 Leaders Give Advice for Starting BAM in the Hospitality Industry

January 13, 2017

What are the Advantages of Doing BAM in the Hospitality Industry?

BAM and the IT Industry

June 1, 2015

Lessons from the Edge: A Long-term View

May 29, 2015

Pioneering an IT Company in India: Interview with a Founder

May 26, 2015

Tips for Hiring and Staff Training in the IT Industry

May 22, 2015

Want to Upgrade Your IT Skills? Useful Resources for BAMers

May 20, 2015

God’s Technologists: Learning from Eighteen Years of Olive Technology

May 18, 2015

Seven Keys to Finding Hidden IT Aptitude in Developing Countries

May 14, 2015

What Got You Started? Software Development in Vietnam

Human Resources for BAM

April 21, 2023

A Thread in a Tapestry Part 2: Tools to Understand Who I Am in the Context of My Community

April 14, 2023

A Thread in a Tapestry: How God has Woven Us into His Story

June 19, 2019

Passing it On: BAM Succession Planning and Exit Strategies

June 12, 2019

People, People, People! Human Capital Flow for BAM Companies

January 22, 2019

Human Resource Management Through a Spiritual Lens

June 12, 2018

A Potluck Approach: Engaging the Marginalized with Meaningful Work

April 24, 2018

Workplace Relationships: Loving Your Employees

Ask a BAM Mentor

March 11, 2021

Let’s Celebrate! Significant Growth Areas for BAM Over 20 Plus Years

November 15, 2016

Watching Your Numbers: How to Be Realistic About Your Financials

November 11, 2016

Ask Critical Questions: Number Crunching Quickly and Responsibly

September 21, 2016

Succession Planning: How Do We Plan for Our Exit?

September 19, 2016

When Should I Be Thinking About Succession Planning or Exit Strategy?

April 26, 2016

7 Principles for Running a Kingdom Business from a 20 year Journey

April 21, 2016

How to Integrate Kingdom Culture in Company Culture

Dealing with Corruption

November 17, 2017

Business as Mission: An Expression of Biblical Integrity

February 7, 2017

Turbocam India: A Stand Against Corruption

April 11, 2016

Navigating Legal and Tax Challenges in Southeast Asia

March 22, 2016

Guidelines for Cross-Cultural Business Ethics

February 12, 2015

Corruption Cheat Sheet

February 11, 2015

25 Years of Business in China: Interview on Tackling Corruption

February 10, 2015

Doing Business in Kazakhstan: Economic Implications of Worldview

Refugee Entrepreneurs

July 5, 2022

6 Ways BAM Can and Should Make a Difference to Refugees and Migrants

April 30, 2019

Refugees: A Crisis or an Opportunity?

August 17, 2016

6 Ways BAM Can and Should Make a Difference to Refugees and Migrants

Business as Mission Stories

July 20, 2023

How Does Spiritual Impact Intersect with Your Product or Service?

October 6, 2022

5 Principles Learned from a BAM Journey: Matt’s Story

September 27, 2022

Nguvu Dairy: A Trauma Informed Workplace in Northern Uganda

September 20, 2022

Coffee at the Capital Roasting Company

September 12, 2022

Outland Denim: To God Be the Glory

September 5, 2022

Poultry, Profit and Proclamation: A BAM Story

August 4, 2022

God’s Steward Investor: Investing for Eternal Impact

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