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Helpful Books:
The Missional Entrepreneur: Principles and Practices for Business as Mission (New Hope Publishers, 2010) by Mark L. Russell
Description:
Business as mission BAM, an emerging concept and developing ministry, has drawn fascination in missions and business circles. BAM embodies the practice of using business strategically accomplishing missional purposes. Though the term is ubiquitous in mission circles, there is disparity between its meaning. There has been much theoretical discussion about BAM but far less research accomplished on how it happens out in reality. The Missional Entrepreneur takes an in-depth look at business as missions in action with an eye to expose the most effective principles and practices of this movement.
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor and Yourself (Moody Publishers, 2009) by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert
Description:
Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational concepts, clearly articulated general principles and relevant applications. The result is an effective and holistic ministry to the poor, not a truncated gospel. This book has foundational application not only for traditional missionary and relief activities but also for understanding business as a missional enterprise that serves the kingdom of Christ.
Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God (Eerdmanns, 1959) by George Eldon Ladd
Description: Ladd's classic work on the Kingdom is so important because it sets out a Biblical framework for understanding a reality that was at the heart of Jesus life and teaching: the Kingdom of God. He does here with great brevity what he does more thoroughly in his Theology of the New Testament. This little book will get your heart pumping with excitment about the glorious Kingdom which has come and yet is still to come! But beware! This book has HUGE practical implications...the ideas should inspire love for and active obedience to Jesus, not simply more esoteric knowledge.
Kingdom Come: How Jesus Wants to Change the World (InterVarsityPress 2003) by Allen Mitsuo Wakabayashi Description: Allen Wakabayashi reawakens you to the world-changing reality of the kingdom of God. With clear, biblical insight, he unpacks what Jesus proclaimed about the good news of the kingdom and spells out the implications for you today. Focusing on the kingdom of God will revolutionize how you live out your faith, how you think about your world and how you explain the good news about Jesus. Ultimately, understanding yourself as a citizen of the kingdom will empower you to be one of God's change agents in the world.God is at work to restore everything to be the way he intended it to be, and you can be a part of what he is doing! Get a glimpse of the kingdom coming, and experience his will being done--on earth as it is in heaven.
The Gift of Work: Spiritual Disciplines for the Workplace (NavPress, 2008) by Bill Heatley Description:
Instead of a curse, work should be a blessing. Learn three key elements to shift our mindset: Principles of Discipleship, Spiritual Formation, and Kingdom Living. The result is a new way to approach our work, and a doorway to discovering meaning, purpose, and value in whatever we do. The strength of this book rests in its analysis of work as a "fundamental structure of love in the kingdom of God," bringing "people together in community for mutual benefit and support."
Uncompromised Faith: Overcoming Our Culturalized Christianity (NavPress, 2009) by S. Michael Craven Description: In today's culture, Christianity is an afterthought. Explore how the majesty and radical reality of God’s amazing grace has been rendered impotent in America. Then begin to tear down the cultural barriers to both the acceptance of the gospel and the mission of the church in America.
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