Broschiertes Buch

Business As Mission

From Impoverished to Impowered

Herausgeber: Steffen, Tom; Barnette, Mike

Beschreibung

Over the past several decades, scholars and practitioners have increasingly discussed the relationship between missions and business. For some people, business exists to fund the mission enterprise. However, others see business as a legitimate vehicle for missions itself. The debate surrounding Business as Mission (BAM) underlines many important issues with practical implications. In this volume of the EMS annual series, contributors address several critical questions. For example, what are the marks of integrity in business conducted with mission objectives in a cross-cultural context? Which business models make the greatest impact on the communities they serve? Do we need to change how we train business personnel? How will missionary training need to be adjusted? While this book does not provide an exhaustive list of answers, it does seek to provide much-needed definition, theological clarity, and missiological focus. The contributors disagree with each other at times. This is a welcome feature of Business as Mission, because it enables people to understand a variety of concerns and approaches related to the topic. Readers will also benefit from actual case studies from different parts of the world. Accordingly, this volume demonstrates how holistic ministry can move people from poverty to empowerment.

Autor

Tom Steffen (DMiss, Biola University) is a professor emeritus of intercultural studies at Biola University. He specializes in church multiplication, orality, honor-shame, and business as mission. He and his family spent fifteen years in the Philippines with New Tribes Mission before coming to Biola. Tom's books include Reconnecting God's Story to Ministry: Great Commission Companies (with Steve Rundle) and Worldview-based Storytelling: The Integration of Storytelling, Ritual, and Symbol in the Orality Movement. Mike Barnett (1953-2015) served for eleven years at Columbia (S.C.) International University, where he was professor of intercultural and historical studies and the dean of the College of Intercultural Studies. He was also the national vice president of publications for the Evangelical Missiological Society worked with the International Mission Board, as a pioneer in mission strategy whose drive played a key role in developing IMB initiatives in creative access and marketplace missions. Barnett also was a founding board member of Baptist Global Response, a Southern Baptist humanitarian organization, and filled an important role in developing the Consortium for Global Education partnership.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: William Carey Library
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781645084921
• ISBN-10: 1645084922
• Artikelnr.: 68544605