THE BUSINESS AS MISSION MANIFESTO (BAM)

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Resources Produced by the Business as Mission Issue Group, Lausanne Forum 2004 

The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation (LCWE) had an Issue Group focused on Business as Mission for their September 2004 Forum in recognition of the importance of this strategic topic for global missions.  The Issue Group developed a Manifesto and a landmark paper, the Lausanne Occasional Paper on Business as Mission.

On this page you can read the Business as Mission Manifesto and the content page of the Lausanne Occasional Paper on Business as Mission, which can both be downloaded at the bottom of the page.

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THE BUSINESS AS MISSION MANIFESTO

The Lausanne (LCWE) 2004 Forum Business as Mission Issue Group worked for a year, addressing issues relating to God’s purposes for work and business, the role of business people in church and missions, the needs of the world and the potential response of business. The group consisted of more than 70 people from all continents. Most came from a business background but there were also church and mission leaders, educators, theologians, lawyers and researchers. The collaboration process included 60 papers, 25 cases studies, several national and regional Business as Mission consultations and email-based discussions, culminating in a week of face to face dialogue and work. These are some of our observations.

Affirmations

• We believe that God has created all men & women in His image with the ability to be creative, creating good things for themselves and for others - this includes business.
• We believe in following in the footsteps of Jesus, who constantly and consistently met the needs of the people he encountered, thus demonstrating the love of God and the rule of His kingdom.
• We believe that the Holy Spirit empowers all members of the Body of Christ to serve, to meet the real spiritual and physical needs of others, demonstrating the kingdom of God.
• We believe that God has called and equipped business people to make a Kingdom difference in and through their businesses.
• We believe that the Gospel has the power to transform individuals, communities and societies. Christians in business should therefore be a part of this holistic transformation through business.
• We recognise the fact that poverty and unemployment are often rampant in areas where the name of Jesus is rarely heard and understood.
• We recognise both the dire need for and the importance of business development. However it is more than just business per se. Business as Mission is about business with a Kingdom of God perspective, purpose and impact.
• We recognise that there is a need for job creation and for multiplication of businesses all over the world, aiming at the quadruple bottom line: spiritual, economical, social and environmental transformation.
• We recognise the fact that the church has a huge and largely untapped resource in the Christian business community to meet needs of the world – in and through business - and bring glory to God in the market place and beyond.

Recommendations

We call upon the Church world wide to identify, affirm, pray for, commission and release business people and entrepreneurs to exercise their gifts and calling as business people in the world – among all peoples and to the ends of the earth.

We call upon business people globally to receive this affirmation and to consider how their gifts and experience might be used to help meet the world's most pressing spiritual and physical need through Business as Mission.

Conclusion

The real bottom line of Business as Mission is AMDG - ad maiorem Dei gloriam – for the greater glory of God

Business as Mission Issue Group - October 2004
Convening Team:  Mats Tunehag       Wayne McGee       Josie Plummmer

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THE BUSINESS AS MISSION

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Occasional Paper No.59

Produced by the Issue Group on this topic at the 2004 Forum

hosted by the

 Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

In Pattaya, Thailand, September 29 to October 5, 2004 

“A New Vision, a New Heart and
a Renewed Call”

This Occasional Paper was prepared by the whole Issue Group and

 Edited by Mats Tunehag, Wayne McGee and Josie Plummer 

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD                      

INTRODUCTION                

Part I: Setting the Scene

1.       WHAT IS BUSINESS AS MISSION? Clarifying Terms     

2.       THE WORD AND THE MISSION: Biblical Foundations for Business as Mission

3.       THE WORLD AND THE MARKETPLACE: The Present Context for Business as Mission, Opportunities and Challenges

Part II: Business as Mission in Practice

4.       THE ESSENTIALS OF GOOD BUSINESS AS MISSION: Guiding Principles 

5.       STORIES OF BUSINESS AS MISSION: Case Studies

Part III: Enabling the Body

6.       MOBILISING FOR BUSINESS AS MISSION: Releasing Untapped Resources in the Global Church    

7.       PARTNERSHIP: The Vital Role of Mission Agencies and the Church    

Part IV: Looking Forward

8.       STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS: Specific Steps for Action     

9.       THE BUSINESS AS MISSION MANIFESTO 

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Available to read and save:

>> Lausanne Occasional Paper on Business as Mission 432kb Word Version (last updated 21-06-05)

>> BAM Manifesto (Ch9) 38kb Word

Also available:

Resource Directory 127kb Word

BAM Paper in Russian 1.1mb Word

BAM Manifesto in Russian  МАНИФЕСТ  27kb Word

BAM Manifesto in Portuguese Manifesto 37kb Word

BAM Manifesto in Spanish Manifiesto 23kb Word

BAM Manifesto in French Le Manifeste 39kb Word

BAM Manifesto in Turkish Misyon Olarak İş Bildirgesi 27kb Word

BAM Manifesto in Farsi بیانیه تجارت به عنوان میسیون    Word 30kb

BAM Manifesto in Bosnian Posao (biznis) kao misija – manifest 30kb Word

BAM Manifesto in Serbian - Latin alphabet Posao (biznis) kao misija – manifest 26kb

BAM Manifesto in Serbian - Cyrillic alphabet Посао (бизнис) као мисија – манифест 26kb

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