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Lower Mainland Network of Christians in Business |
To submit your filled in form, cut and paste the form and send it to us by email. Please send to: info@DiscipleTheNations.org Thank you!
Feel free to fill in as much or as little as you feel comfortable with.
These networking forms will NOT be posted on the web site due to the nature of the information being asked for. They will only be sent to those connected with the network - those receiving the FREE e-newsletters. Those receiving the newsletters will be people that share similar vision.
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NAME:
NAME OF BUSINESS:
MAILING ADDRESS:
ACTUAL ADDRESS OF BUSINESS:
PHONE NO.:
CELL PHONE NO.:
FAX NO.:
EMAIL ADDRESS/ES:
WEB SITE ADDRESS:
Date:
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1. How did you hear about us?
2. What is your reason/what are your reasons for contacting us?
3. Please share a bit about your heart/vision for business as a vital part of seeing the Kingdom of God expanded/discipling the nations:
How far has God led you in this at this point? (this question would not end up in the directory) Do others you know, or others in your church/home group or house church, etc. know of your involvements and vision? Do you feel supported and encouraged in these directions?
How long have you lived in the Lower Mainland?
How long have you been sensing a growing interest/and perhaps 'call' to business in the Lower Mainland region and/or beyond?
Is your focus on local or international
business? or are you involved or hoping to become involved in both?
If international, are there particular regions of the world that you are being led to focus on?
4. Are you already involved in networking and/or praying together with others that share similar vision for the Lower Mainland or for the international regions you are focusing on? If so, please share more about that...
5. Have you already been or are you planning on getting involved in the Lower Mainland in ways which are in line with our tentative rough vision statement? If so, in what ways?
What are some specific areas of seeing holistic discipleship occuring which are of particular interest to you? and in which you would like to contribute/participate in some way/s?
Check Category/ies you'd like to be
listed under:
____Education
____Business
____Addictions
____Counselling/Prayer Counselling/Deliverance, etc.
____Coaching/Mentoring
____Sports
____Administration
____Media/Promotions
____Web Site development
____Computers - training, repairs, etc.
____Fund Raising
____Coordination/Facilitation
____Networking
____Teaching/Seminars/Workshops, etc. on related topics
____Marriage & Family
____Politics
____Poor/Homeless/Street People
____Social & Justice Issues
____Refugees
____Multicultural
____Medical/Health/Healing
____Research
____Intercession/Prayerwalking, etc.
____Arts & Entertainment
____Job Development
____Discipleship
____Advocacy
____Evangelism
____Other - Please explain:
6. Please tell us about what your business does, and/or what you do as an individual?
7. What sectors of society are most on your heart? - ie. business realm? arts? family? poor and homeless? medical? education? politics, ministries, etc.?
8. Is your heart mostly to reach the lost or to build up the Body? or both about even?
9. What are some ways that you see yourself potentially getting involved in this network at this point?
10. What are some of your spiritual gifts which you feel could contribute as the Holy Spirit leads?
11. What are some of your natural abilities which you feel could contribute as the Holy Spirit leads?
12. What training and experience/s do you have which you feel could potentially contribute as the Holy Spirit leads?
13. Are you or do you want to be a team player? Which?
14. Have you had experience in facilitating teams in your background?
15. What kinds of resources might you be able to make available to assist in moving towards the vision?
16. Are you currently reaching out into the marketplace in this region? If so, are there ways that you would be able to share about?
17. Would you be interested in sharing some stories of how God has encouraged you in this, for a coming edition or coming editions of the e-newsletter?
18. Are there some resources you're aware of which you think should be added to the web site or included in the e-newsletter which you think would be helpful and encouraging for others networking with us?
19. If you are already reaching out into the marketplace, or in the process of beginning to do so shortly, what are some of the NEEDS that you have in terms of your ability to move forward at this time? And what are some of the needs you forsee coming up as the Lord continues to move you forward? (Ie. a business development resource center, specifically-focused networks that share similar vision, perhaps, that might be able to be shared by several related businesses? someone to come in an do interpersonal skills training, or biblical marriage/family counselling for your staff, or addictions counselling, or media personnel, etc.)
What types of spiritual gifts, talents, resources, skills, products or services do/could you offer to help bring about community transformation?
(Ie. for example, perhaps someone has access to a lot of new or used clothing/furniture, and food, etc. which could then be given to homeless shelters, refugee ministries, etc., or perhaps accountants could offer some financial counseling to low income families or assist some local ministries that are working together to reach this region; or perhaps several companies could share an accountant; or perhaps a business manager/agent could serve several local Christian artists as a business; or perhaps there are educators that could work together with arts centers, lawyers, graphic artists, web site designers/web masters, politicians etc. to help develop effective ways to help stand up for social and justice issues? Perhaps there are business people/politicians/educators, artists and medical and health workers who would be willing to work together with the whole team to help develop some local solutions to some of the local health issues? Perhaps artists could work with godly, biblically-based art therapists to help local refugees through some of their trauma, and develop relationship with them which gives them open doors to share the love of Christ Jesus with them as He leads and opens opportunities. Etc.) Perhaps there are those with computer skills or business people who could assist in job training and job creation? These are just a few possibilities.
I believe God is raising up people with a wide assortment of gifts, talents, abilities and resources which, when we use them to compliment what the others are doing as the Holy Spirit leads, will, I believe, become like the loaves and fishes feeding the multitudes…
20. If you are already reaching out into the marketplace, or in the process of beginning to do so shortly, what are some of the OPPORTUNITIES that you have for others to partner with you in order to help you move forward with this? - for example, do you need volunteers? intercessors? administrative help?, can you offer internship / training opportunities, meals, etc.?
One current opportunity for someone is to develop a better web site than this for this network in the future...this one is just to help us get going... :) Please contact us if you are interested. (FYI - At this point there are no funds for a web site and no funds for the network so it would need to be something that you and perhaps a potential financial partner might sense God leading them to do as one way to assist the network in the future)...
21. What are some of the key issues you feel the Lord has put on your heart regarding the Lower Mainland?
22. What are some of the things you sense God saying about this region?
In terms of the history of this locale, what do you sense God is saying about the destiny of this region?
23. What are you some of the things you sense God is wanting to do in this region (and beyond, in His timing?
24. Are you aware of things that have
and are being done or developed in this region in line with the overall
vision of seeing restoration/transformation taking place in this region?
25. What are some of the questions you have or issues you feel would be helpful to have us discuss in coming editions of the e-newsletter?
26. What are some of the things you feel are the key prayer points for this region for where things are currently at?
27. Are there some other businesses that you feel share similar vision and whom you think would want to know about this? If so, please send them our web site address or send us an email giving us their contact info and name and letting us know why you think we should connect with them...
28. Are you aware of research that is available regarding the history of this region, especially in terms of spiritual roots? Are you aware of some specific plans of the local municiaplities for this region in the coming years?
Are you aware of the Lower Mainland's municipality's sense of the greatest needs that need to be addressed in this region, from their perspective? If so, please explain:
How have they addressed these needs in the past and how effective have they felt they have been?
Are there some areas, such as dealing with the homeless, etc., that you think/or know the Lower Mainland municipalities would likely be very open to having us work together with them in order to see community transformation taking place in this region in the years to come, as the Lord would lead us?
29. Have you or are you able to help to train interns or volunteers who share a similar vision for the region? If so, in which areas? More about that...?
30. Are there other things you wish to include or comment on?
Thank you for your time and help in this regard!
With much appreciation and many blessings,
G. Wiebe, current facilitator
