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I was pleasantly surprised to receive a call from Stephen Little of Religion News Today. He wanted to do a feature article on the state of Business and Missions. The article is entitled "God’s got business in "closed" nations!" It appeared at their site on May 21st and is now available at

<http://www.religiontoday.com/Archive/FeatureStory/view.cgi?file=980521.s1 >

Meanwhile I discovered another great article on a recent Business and Missions conference. It is entitled "Christians in Business hold the key to the Last Frontier." It is available at

<http://www.religiontoday.com/Archive/BaptistPress/view.cgi?file=19980320.html&line_no=122#122

For those of you who do not have Internet Access I will e mail a copy of each of these articles when I obtain permission from Religion Today. If you are receiving this Bulletin as forwarded mail please contact me directly at scruples@csi.com to get the articles e mailed to you and to be on the Bizetmiz List.

Are you a New Millenium Missionary? If you are then you are probably considering business as a strategic tool to the Twenty First Century Missions movement. For access to the audio tapes of the speakers at previous INTENT Conferences you can contact SOUND WORD ASSOCIATES at PO Box 2035, Michigan City, IN 46361 FAX/Phone: (219) 879-7753 email: <SWAtapes@adsnet.com> The Web Catalogue address is: <http://www.kyrios.com/soundword/intent.html>

The Trillium Foundation and the Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc. have co-published a very interesting report entitled: "Charities doing Commercial Ventures: Societal and Organizational Implications." It is a careful examination of the problems that non-profit organizations encounter in operating businesses. Many of the conclusions are applicable to organizations or individuals thinking of taking their mission or ministry into a commercial venture. It is provided free to those who write to the Trillium Foundation at 45 Charles St. East, 5^th Floor, Toronto M4Y 1S2 Canada. I am encouraging them to put some of their conclusions online.

>. YWAM to host TWO Small Business Seminars.

1. THE SMALL BUSINESS TUNE UP seminar will go Friday, June 12^th, 6 PM to Saturday afternoon, June 13^th at the YWAM Winfield Base, 2725 Dick Road, Winfield (near Kelowna), BC. Tune up your Small Business! Learn how to start a business, discover the THIRTY-SIX Steps to Business Success and Explore God’s Purpose for you in Business. The cost is $35 US for Course Fee & One Night Room & Board. For more information contact Mike at scruples@csi.com or by phone (250) 763-3367. For participants travelling from the United States HORIZON AIR has a direct flight to Kelowna (near Winfield) from Seattle, WA.
2. THE SMALL BUSINESS START UP seminar will go two weeks from Monday, August 24^th to Friday, September 4^th, 1998 at the YWAM Winfield Base, 2725 Dick Road, Winfield, BC. This is a two-week residential seminar that will equip you to start a small business. It includes the 21-hour seminar PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS and the 10-hour seminar WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN. In addition, participants will receive a one on one consultation with a Small Business Coach. The Cost is $350 US that includes the course fee and 14 days room and board at the YWAM base in the beautiful Okanagan Valley. To receive a brochure or to register please contact Mike McLoughlin at YWAM Marketplace Mission,3400 Hall Road, P. O. Box 5150, Kelowna, BC V1Y 8T9 CANADA Phone: 1 (250) 763-3367 Fax: 1 (250) 763-1260 or e-mail at <scruples@csi.com>

NOTE: Check out the notes for Planning A Successful Small Business at <http://www.scruples.org/web/seminars/pssb.htm> for further assistance for Small Business.

QUOTE: "The emphasis of the seminar was on the INTEGRATION of Business and Missions as the point of the arrow that will bring the gospel to many unreached people's groups."
QUESTION: This sounds wonderful...describes in my mind exactly what God has called me to do. But how does this integration take place?

QUOTE: "It was balanced with the emphasis that there is a > distinction in callings between Christian Service Callings and Business or Professional Callings. This distinction is important to make because it enables us to know which structures and rules need to be applied to be successful in business as well as in missions."
QUESTION: How do I make this distinction? God has called me to missions, but He has also called me to the business profession. How do I know what these structures and rules are that will enable me to be successful in integrating both of these callings?

EDITOR’S NOTE: I appeal to our veteran Business and Missions readers to help me to answer these questions. How are you INTEGRATING but keeping things DISTINCT? This is the great Business and Missions CONUNDRUM, the tension that every Tentmaker experiences on the Missions field. HELP!

Blessings!

Mike McLoughlin, Director
Youth With A Mission, Marketplace Ministries

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