This course seeks to familiarize the student with the concept of Business as Mission (BAM) and to expose the student to various models of BAM.
Today, almost every organization has a Mission Statement (along with Vision and Core Values). All organizations strive to carry out that mission in what they do and how they do it. For Christians, a specific type of business - one that is started to further the kingdom through evangelism, church planting, or similar - has developed over the past few decades. Students benefit from understanding what this means and how it might look in various contexts.
Students are likely to work for, or perhaps even to start, organizations that aim to transform their local communities with the love and gospel of Jesus Christ. This course is foundational for thinking through how that could happen.
The creation story in Genesis 2 tells us that all work is holy, and the great commission tells us to make disciples of all nations. Our work is not excluded from the wholeness of God's call on us.
The student learns about Business as Mission, examines models, and is asked to think critically about how to achieve kingdom growth through business.
Students have the opportunity to think about how Business as Mission does or might work in their own context.
Students have the opportunity to think about how Business as Mission is contextualized in various cultures.
The course focuses on the building blocks of Business as Mission, and students are able to understand how it would be possible to start and manage a BAM.
The students are involved in exercises that challenge them to listen to what God might be calling them to related to BAM.
