As we start the new year, we are revisiting some foundational material on what business as mission means. Here’s the introduction to business as mission originally published on our Start Here page. What is Business as Mission? Business as mission, simply put, is the seamless integration of excellent business with intentional mission. It is doing […]
As we start the new year, we are revisiting some foundational material on what business as mission means. Here’s a helpful summary infographic. Created by the Lausanne Movement and BAM Global for our Lausanne Business as Mission Network page.
A New Year message from BAM Global leader Mats Tunehag, with a reminder to go with God and the flow this year. By Mats Tunehag God called Abraham to leave his hometown and go to another country. The direction was clear, but it was a journey with few, if any, details sketched out. Moses wanted […]
In our series this month “Exploring BAM as Justice: Choosing Hope in the Face of Challenge” we’re taking a deep dive into the intersection of faith, business, and complex global realities. We’ll be looking at business as mission’s impact on poverty and justice issues across the globe. Here’s the first post with some essential points […]
We are sharing a series throughout October on ‘What in the World is God Doing through Business as Mission?!’ We are aiming to ‘put the global into BAM Global’ by highlighting encouraging BAM developments from different parts of the world during this month. God is on the move across Europe! To give you a flavour, […]
We asked 12 BAM Practitioners how they have gone about developing their company culture and what values and behaviors they have intentionally tried to instill. Their responses showed six clear themes: 6 ways to build company culture. 1. Visible Values That Are Thoroughly Integrated into Operations Having a set of clearly articulated values is a key […]
‘Team troubles’ were one of the top 4 reasons BAM mentors gave for practitioners giving up and going home. The ability to build effective teams and work through difficult team dynamics is therefore crucial for the sustainability of BAM companies. In this interview, we talk to Luke, a BAM business owner living in the Middle […]
It goes without saying that the product or service you develop will be tightly interwoven with your missional goals: social, economic, environmental and spiritual. We can learn a lot from mainstream business about how to most effectively develop products and market share that will turn a profit and create economic impact. We can also learn […]
This case study from the new BAM and the Church Report published by BAM Global showcases the process that one denomination in Ethiopia took to implement a workplace ministry throughout the denomination, following key leaders embracing the need to overcome theological challenges inherent in the church’s understanding of work. Background The Ethiopia Kale Heywet Church […]
Today is Good Friday*. A day absolutely central to the gospel story and to our lived experience as followers of Jesus. One of our scripture readings in our monthly BAM Prayer Call this week was of the suffering servant in Isaiah 53: Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. We asked a group of BAM leaders: Looking back on the development of the BAM movement globally over […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. We asked a group of BAM leaders: Looking back on the development of the BAM movement globally over […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. We asked a group of BAM leaders: Looking back on the development of the BAM movement globally over […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. The BAM Manifesto was conceived twenty years ago this year. To celebrate this milestone, we asked twenty BAM […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. The BAM Manifesto was conceived twenty years ago this year. To celebrate this milestone, we asked twenty BAM […]
In this new blog series on the BAM Manifesto we are taking the different parts of the Manifesto as inspiration and exploring them in the context of current BAM practice and the still-growing movement, twenty years on. Introduction The opening of the BAM Manifesto explains the unique collaborative and global conversation that produced it: The […]
Every word of the BAM Manifesto is intentional and it begins like this: The Lausanne 2004 Forum Business as Mission Issue Group worked for a year, addressing issues relating to God’s purposes for work and business, the role of business people in church and missions, the needs of the world and the potential response of […]
The BAM Manifesto is about to celebrate a significant milestone! It was conceived 20 years ago this year, as we began work with the Business as Mission Consultation Group in 2003. This Consultation was commissioned by the Lausanne Movement, that was systematically looking at the most critical mission issues of the day. Business as mission […]
This December marks 8 years of regularly posting content on The BAM Review Blog. This month we are sharing some past posts on practical BAM topics that you might have missed. Some things are learned the hard way. Mistakes are part of life. But we can also learn from others’ mistakes and hopefully avoid them. […]
This December marks 8 years of regularly posting content on The BAM Review Blog. This month we are sharing some past posts on practical BAM topics that you might have missed. We asked company leaders to share how their goals as a BAM company fit with their goals for their people, and how that […]
All businesses are an environmental business; and we need BAM to lead the way in recognising this! We can stimulate a new wave of creation care-oriented business owners and entrepreneurs to being part of the solution with a ‘Kingdom of God’ approach to sustainability issues. It is no accident that encouragement, generosity, leadership and mercy […]
We often say that Business as mission is a concept, practice and a global movement. Business as mission (BAM) is an idea, a concept, that is deeply rooted in biblical principles and our Judeo-Christian tradition. We see in scripture that business is part of God’s design for human flourishing. We can point to powerful impact […]
The answer, of course, is the join us at a BAM Global Online Event! Admittedly, this one is a bit of a cheat because we didn’t have a post with the number 1 in the title that we could share with you for our Summer Series 2022 Countdown series! However, we do genuinely believe the […]
by Jo Plummer Read this classic blog from our Archives, first published on The BAM Review blog in February 2022 and republished for the Summer Series 2022. 1. We can’t talk about ‘business as mission’ until we talk about ‘business’ Business is part of God’s good plan for human flourishing and has a God-designed power […]
by Jo Plummer Read this classic blog from our Archives, first published on The BAM Review blog in August 2016 and republished for the Summer Series 2022. One of the goals of our global BAM network is to be part of the solution to the world’s most pressing issues. Undoubtedly the issue of migration, and […]
Read this classic blog from our Archives, first published on The BAM Review blog in June 2015 and republished for the Summer Series 2022. A defining characteristic of a BAM company is that it intentionally integrates mission with business. But what does that look like in practice? What are some creative ways that practitioners work […]
Read this classic blog from our Archives, first published on The BAM Review blog in February 2016 and republished for the Summer Series 2022. Here are 9 Keys for Successful BAM Deployment that have been themes shared over and over by experienced BAM practitioners and mentors. These are principles and practices observed over years of […]
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the […]
by Jo Plummer Recently I received a question about training resources and spiritual courses from a BAM practitioner who reads our blog. There already are lots of great resources on this site and elsewhere for helping BAMers start well and endure for the long-term. This post is designed to introduce some resources that BAM practitioners may […]
Six Recommended Books BAM GLOBAL MOVEMENT Gea Gort & Mats Tunehag, 2018 A great introductory book to business as mission. Interweaves foundation-laying chapters on the concept of BAM, with case study chapters, sharing the stories of real companies. BUSINESS FOR TRANSFORMATION Patrick Lai, 2015 This is a book that focuses on the practical how-tos of […]