>. Prayer for Indonesian
Christian Business People
May 16, 1998. Several million Chinese
Indonesian citizens live in northern Jakarta in Kota, a 25 square kilometer area which has
been home for over a hundred years. Glodok is a large shopping area there with thousands
of shops, banks, restaurants, and entertainment places. Many of these buildings are 5 to 7
stories high. The destruction was complete. Tanks and soldiers everywhere now but the war
is over.
Armed with sledge hammers and steel bars, the Muslim masses pried off the protective steel
roll-doors shouting "Allah akbar" (God is great). TV and local papers hardly
mention of the destruction of 25% of Jakarta.
The Chinese have worked hard all their lives from before dawn to late at night. Now
Chinese families sit on the ground near the smoldering ruins, some weeping, others
staring, saying nothing. Nearby a government sign reads "Hard work brings
success." Many of the Chinese are Christians. One man said that everything is gone,
but we can thank God we are alive.
Our source touring the area commented: On the way home we could not talk. There was anger
in my heart and mind. Where were the police and army to protect these Indonesian citizens?
Please
pray for the suffering Chinese many of whom are believers.
>. New Web Site for
Christian Women in the Marketplace
Christian Business & Professional
Women International has dedicated their new site to nurturing women to reach their vision
and goals for spiritual growth, professional development and life enrichment. It is
located at www.cbpwi.com For more information
contact: cbpwi@aol.com For other resources for
Christian Women in the Marketplace check out the Scruples Directory of Ministries
for Christian Women and the Scruples Library of
Resources by Christian Women Authors.
>. MEDA to sponsor Women's
Leadership Retreat
The retreat is set for July 10-12, 1998 at Annapolis, Maryland. The context is a
Chesapeake Bay sailing adventure. Learn sailing skills and new teamwork models.
Expand your network of women business leaders. Stretch your creative thinking
skills. Explore your call to leadership. Call Janelle Martin at the Mennonite
Economic Development Associates 1 (800) 665-7026. Visit the MEDA
web site
>. Annual
"Ethics in Action Awards"
with Guest Speaker John Ralston Saul. Sponsored by The Workplace Ministry Society in Vancouver, BC, CANADA. June 11th,
1998. The EIA Awards recognize organizations and individuals whose decision-making
balances competing needs and values. The awards program also honours ongoing socially
responsible actions that have made a positive impact on our communities. FMI Contact
wrkplace@axionet.com
>. Teachers needed in
Creative Access Nations
a. IMPACT has opportunities for business folks to come and teach
business administration in a major city in China. This is in conjunction with a Christian
operated company who is invited by the local Chamber of Commerce. One week or ten days at
a time would work. Contact <impactteams@compuserve.com>
at University of the Nations Impact Centre 75-5851 Kuakini Highway Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 1
(808) 326-4448 Fax: 1 (808) 326-4449
b. This summer Educational Services International is in need of for two people to teach
English in St. Petersburg, Russia and eight people in China. For the year, they need two
people to teach business or law in St. Petersburg, Russia and 6-10 positions teaching
business or law in China. Contact: <Esigeneral@aol.com
>at 444 East Huntington Drive #200, Arcadia, CA 91006 USA (626) 294-9400 Fax: 1 (626)
821-2022 Web Site:<http://www.esiadventure.org/
>
>. Antioch Conference to
include Business Track
August 27 - 30, 1998 This year's gathering will again take place at the beautiful Pointe
Hilton Resort at Squaw Peak in Phoenix, AZ. You can meet and network with others who are
excited about what local churches can do in world evangelization! Broaden your knowledge
about church planting among the unreached by participating in one of the people group
tracks. Network with churches and organizations that are focusing on the same or closely
related people groups. Antioch Network is a growing fellowship of local churches that are
interacting with the challenge to send church planting teams to unreached peoples. Their site is (you guessed it!) <http://www.antiochnetwork.org> or write
Antioch Network, 5060 N. 19th Avenue, Suite 312 Phoenix, AZ 85015 or Tel: 602.242.4414,
fax: 602.242.0416, or write <AntiochNetwork@xc.org>.
Source: Brigada Mail: At <http://www.brigada.org/>
TO SUBSCRIBE TO BRIGADA TODAY, send email to <hub@xc.org>
with only the following message: subscribe Brigada
>. More Business &
Missions Links
I have discovered two more Internet Links to Articles of
Interest for Business & Missions. The first is entitled "Using Business
rather than Non-Profit Organizations for charity and Evangelism - Now and Beyond
2000" by Professor Harold J. Harder of Trinity Western University. The Second is
"the History of the Basel Mission Trading Company" Both of these links
offer current and historical examples of Business and Missions integration to serve the
purpose of the Great Commission. You can reach these links through the Scruples Business
& Missions Page at <www.scruples.org/bizetmiz/>
Also available through the Bizetmiz Page are 7 Book titles for Tentmaking Resources
including recent additions: "Business Power for God’s Purpose" by
Heinz Suter, & Dr. Marco Gmur. Scruples publishes a regular Business &
Missions Bulletin. Contact scruples@csi.com to
be on the mailing list.
>.
Prayer ICCC Conference.
A number of the members of the Scruples Business and Missions group will be attending this
conference in the next ten days. Please pray for
the people at this event.
- The International Christian Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) will have
their annual International conference May 20-23 in Orebro Sweden, The theme is
Theme:"...So Send I You" They are expecting ver 650 delegates from many nations.
For more information contact: <international.office@iccc.se
>
>. Scruples needs LINKS
from your site.
Many visitors have found the Scruples Site to be a great source of Discipleship Resources
for Christians in the Marketplace. Your organization may even be listed and linked from
the Scruples Site. To reach a broader audience Scruples needs links from your Web Site or
others you may know. Please request that www.scruples.org
be added to the links pages of your favorite web site. Web Masters can add these
descriptions: "A comprehensive Information and Reference Guide for Marketplace
Christians." OR a more discreet description may read: "Spiritual insights into
ethics & entrepreneurism." A logo is available from the following page: <http://www.scruples.org/web/moreinfo/logos.htm>
Thanks for the Link!