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Contents:
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Business as
a Vital Part of the Great Commission - LINKS
Tentmaking
Links
Other Tentmaking Resources (below)
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TENTMAKING LINKS:
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An
Annotated Bibliography of Business and Missions Resources
#2
Business
AS Ministry
Business
Creation in Frontier Nations
Business
Integrity
Business Proverbs -
resources for Christian businesspeople
Business
Search Engines
Canadian Guide to Working
& Living Overseas
Canadian Tentmaker Network:
a global network for persons who have a call
to disciple nations through the sphere of business
Centre for Entrepreneurship
and Economic Development - frontier business creation ~ tentmaking
~ micro-enterprise to multinational business
Financing
Your Vision
FreeBooks from
the Christian Institute of Economics
Global Opportunities
Global
Partnerships: Tentmakers
Marketing
(from a Christian perspective)
Marketplace
as the Mission Field
Newsletters -
tentmaking
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PLANNING
FOR A SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS - an absolute TREASURE-store
of valuable seminar notes on godly/biblical business practices,
puprposes, character, practical resources, etc.!
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SCRUPLES for Marketplace
Christians - excellent web site for Christians in business
who want to bring the Presence of Jesus into all of their business
affairs and all aspects of their lives
Scruples
Forums for Discussion
Tentmaking:
Combining Calls and Careers
Tentmaking: In
Search of a Workable Definition
Tentmakers International
Exchange
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Tentmakers Missionary Fellowship
Tentmaking
Missions List
Tentmakers: Sharpening Skills
for Stronger Ministries
Tentmaking
Resources
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Top 6
Priorities for Christians in Business
Top
18 Reasons why Christian Missionaries (or Disciplers?? - editor's
note) Should Be In Business
URBANA
articles on Tentmaking
Are Some Jobs More Important Than Others?
Called to a "Normal" Job?
Choosing A Mission Agency
Tentmaking
The Lausanne Covenant
What If You're Called to the Marketplace?
YWAM
School of Marketing
CONTENTS
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OTHER TENTMAKING RESOURCES
ANTIOCH GATHERING OUTCOME: A NEW BUSINESS & MISSIONS CONFERENCE?
– Did you catch wind of the Antioch Gathering last month in Phoenix?
One delegate wrote... "A lot of interaction, networking, great
workshops, sessions and worship. One very productive workshop
was the business and mission track. A number of concrete ideas
are being developed from the folks who took part in it." One of
them is to explore the possibility of establishing a business/mission
conference on Brigada. The purpose of such a conference would
be to network people who are interested in how business and missions
can interact. It would include such topics as setting up businesses
both at home and on the field as a way to support missions efforts,
entrepreneurial business/missions (establishing businesses on
the field to provide jobs and income), tentmaking, community development,
and any other topic that relates to business and missions. Right
now they want to see if there is enough interest to start a conference
so if you are interested, let them know. Drop a quick email to
Jack Straus at . Just say something like,
"Yes, I'm interested." And if you want to add some ideas, let
him hear about those too." From Brigada?
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF KINGDOM PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM
INTENT
For more info on (and to order) the following info packet, please
contact: Dorothy Blaha, 115 Marengo #403, Forest Park, IL 60130,
708-771-9576 Email: dorothyblaha@msn.com
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Int’l Journal of Frontier Missions – TENTMAKING II ISSUE – Volume
15, No 1, January-
March 1998 321 West Rio Grande, El Paso, TX 79902 Fax: 915-532-0990
103121.2610@CompuServe.com
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DESIGNING WEB PAGES AS A TENTMAKER: FREE WEB PAGE SPACE AND EASE
OF DEVELOPMENT FOR CHURCHES - Pastor Gordon Jones is tentmaking
by helping with web pages. He is reviving a struggling local church
ministry and supplements his needs through helping ministries
with web development. Pastor Jones wrote the following: "I doubt
that you are aware of a web site that is already yours and awaiting
input. The ABS has entered every church in the U.S. that can be
found in the Yellow Pages of a phone book." I took Pastor Jones
advice and within four hours developed a web presence without
any economic investment. If you will go to http://www.hows.net/49253MRBC
you can see the result of my afternoon of work. By going to http://www.housesofworship.org
you can take an automated tour and see the potential for your
own page. For those wishing to solicit the help of Pastor Jones,
he can be reached at . From Brigada
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FREE
TENTMAKING SEMINARS -- Global Opportunities tentmaking
seminars are attracting record numbers of people. GO and find
out why,
at their next seminars in Knoxville TN, Minneapolis MN, Sidney
BC
Canada and their first ever tentmaking course in Europe. Check
their
website for additional seminars and courses as well as a wealth
of
resources on tentmaking including free download of the tentmaking
journal GO World. GO reports that up to 30% of those attending
their
seminars and courses first find out about them from Brigada!
http://www.globalopps.org/
or email Ari at <info@globalopps.org>. From Brigada
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INTENT: a ministry focused on resourcing, training and networking
tentmakers. For more info: DorothyBlaha@msn.com
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To order an excellent manual on tentmaking, called WORKING YOUR
WAY TO THE NATIONS: A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE TENTMAKING, write to
INTENT for information. Order from Intent, CTN, 10 Huntingdale
Blvd., Scarborough, ONT M1W 2S5. This manual is available from
the CTN office for $15 or $12 each for 5 or more copies. It's
supposedly the best resource on tentmaking available!
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ONE OPTION FOR WOULD-BE TENTMAKERS: "Here's a growing company
of all kinds of people involved in placing people in tentmaking
roles in creative-access lands. They promise to find you both
income and legitimate presence. Write
or review the Web at
for more information." (Brigada
Today, March 23, 1998)
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TENTMAKING IN THE MARKETPLACE
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRONTIER MISSIONS
The focus for the latest issue of IJFM is "Tentmaking in the Marketplace".
Copies can be obtained by contacting Rob Kilpatrick, Marketplacers
International, PO Box 97,543, South Auckland
kilpatrickr@baptist.org.nz
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TENTMAKERS 2ND INT'L CONGRESS -- Catch four days of workshops covering
Regional areas such as the Arab World, the Asian World and the Ex-communist
World. Follow up workshops deal with the people and the opportunities
in each of these regions. Other workshops deal with the use of Technology
in Tentmaking, Business, problems and Answers; Entrepreneurship
and the Tentmaker; Pastoral Care of tentmakers: and the Biblical
and Practical Competencies needed for Tentmaking. Registration forms
and further information can be obtained from the TIE USA office
at or at the Australian address of <100244.2116@Compuserve.Com>.From
Brigada?
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TENTMAKING: In Search
of a Workable Definition:
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TENTMAKING:
COUNTING THE COST
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TAKE ISSUE WITH TENTMAKING -- ...an issue of the _IJFM_, that is!
(_International Journal for Frontier Missions_). They've recently
cooperated with TIE (Tentmakers International Exchange) to produce
the second special Tentmaker issue of the journal, which is expected
to be published shortly. This issue will concentrate on Marketplacing
the Gospel. Specific articles will cover the Principles of setting
up a TM business; Historical Examples of Tentmaking in the marketplace;
Case studies of Tentmaking Businesses; Importance of Integrity;
Networking, The Coffeehouse of the 90s; Partnerships and Tentmaking;
and others. Orders placed before April 10th can receive a 30% discount
if ordered through TIE . The normal price through
IJFM is $5.00 plus postage. Current paid up members of TIE or IJFM
will receive free copies. That article about Networking features
Brigada, I think, by the way.
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TENTMAKING MISSIONARIES: Coordmts@xc.org (Ian Benson) Phil Elkins
asks about training materials for tentmakers: The Missionary Training
Service has developed a training manual in conjunction with some
businessmen in the area of tentmaking called "Tentmaking Missionaries".
It sells at US$6.50 plus US$1.50 seamail or US$3.00 airmail. The
Missionary Training Service, 18 Aston Way, Oswestry, Shropshire
SY11 2XY, United Kingdom
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A SAMPLING OF CURRENT TENTMAKING OPPORTUNITIES
WORLDWIDE TENTMAKERS, INC.
P.O. Box 1446
Greenville, SC 29602
Phone: (864) 370-0475
From CURRENT TRENDS
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Tentmakers Speak:Practical Advice from Over 400 Missionary Tentmakers
Insight of over 400 veteran tentmakers worldwide. Paper, 99 pp.Author:Hamilton,
Donald U.S. Price:7.95 ret/5.50 disc.Publisher:TMQ Research Year:1987
Address: P.O. Box 40129 Pasadena, CA 91114
1-800-777-6371 1-818-798-0819 FAX: 1-818-794-0477
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T E N T M A K I N G H A N D B O O K
In response to many requests for resources on tentmaking from individuals
and schools, INTENT has prepared the Kingdom Professional Resource
Guide. This 3-ring 1-1/2 inch notebook contains more than 150 pages
of information and selected papers which challenge and answer your
questions on the subject, provide suggestions for tentmaking preparation
and training, opportunities, selected URLs, tentmaking
resources, marketplace ministries, ministry organizations, and practical
help on how to get there from here. The cost is $40.00 plus shipping.
Contact for more information. From CMD Net.
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