In the past we heard about 'tent-making' means someone was sent to a mission field. He or she needs to do something for their living as they try to spread the Gospel. Lately there is a term/movement 'Business as mission' -- means it's purely business and purely mission. How does it work? Set up a business and it's profit making - use the profit to finance the mission. Business is business with a note you do it in Christians ways, observing the Biblical Ethics. While you do business, do it with all good intention without any hidden agenda without setting any trap to get people into Church. As you relate to people in the business world, they will see the different -- you be the salt and light of the world. On the other hand, business will also create more jobs for people. Second, use the profit to support the mission. Long time ago, the Mennonite churches in Indonesia has tried to prepare a piece of land for each of their rural congregation. The field will
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