All over the world, God is impacting people and nations through business. One aspect of our mission here at the Center for Entrepreneurship is engaging in research related to kingdom business, and the Global News Edition of our newsletter helps us share information about what is happening in the kingdom business realm around the world.

Read about what God is doing through people serving Him in the areas of business training, entrepreneurial ventures, job creation, microlending, and more! As always, may these stories prompt you to praise and pray, and consider how you might join Him in what He is doing around the globe today.
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Called to Invest in Kenya

Patrick Bell (Regent MBA student) and his wife Holly are relocating to Nairobi in December. For a distance course taught by RCE Director Dr. John Mulford, Bell (then living in Japan) researched the Japanese used car market in Kenya. Because of his interest in Kenya, Mulford connected Bell with Go Africa Safaris founders Dr. Jeremiah Koshal (Regent grad and Research Fellow at RCE) and Joseph Lenku.

The three men have joined forces and created a consulting arm for their business: the Apex International Consulting Group. Moving to Nairobi is a great step of faith for the Bells; though finding investment for the business has been a challenge, they are steadfast in following the Lord's command to go.

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Starting Over from Scratch

Civil war has left much of Sudan's infrastructure destroyed. Armed with a degree in agriculture and a heart to rebuild his country, Dr. John Nyikako (in partnership with NDI) is developing Eden Keepers, a farm in southern Sudan. Nyikako's aim is to ensure food production and economic empowerment among his people to reverse the trend of relief aid dependence. He believes the church has an important role to play in socioeconomic transformation through entrepreneurship, and is passionate about discipling people and sending them out “with the word of God in one hand and a skill in the other hand.”
NDI Newsletter

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US President Meets Local Entrepreneurs in Albania

During their June 2007 visit to Albania, President George Bush held a microfinance roundtable discussion with Opportunity International Albania (OIA) staff and local clients. Albanian entrepreneurs told about their businesses, their lives, and the impact of OIA in helping them become successful. By providing micro loans, OIA supports all types of small businesses including farming, and thus has become an important institution, supportive of all who want to transform themselves and the community.

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Aboriginal Christian Training Services

In 1991 Fred Schaeffer and his wife Carol visited Australia, where they saw the need for fruitful indigenous Christian enterprises. A successful businessman, Schaeffer was challenged to a more relational and restorational pattern for work and ministry. The Schaeffers established Aboriginal Christian Training Services (A.C.T.S.), offering biblical training to help aboriginal Christian leaders develop businesses and business relationships, and work towards financial stability. One of the businesses they work with is Bidjiwong Classic Koori Designs, which produces and markets timber products including artifacts, hand-painted artwork, ceramics and souvenirs.
Interview with Rev. Fred Schaeffer 

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Christian Radio Station Supports Formation of Churches

Five churches have been planted in northeastern Brazil as a result of Avant Ministries' broadcasts on AM-780, a station in the city of Nova Russas, and the first Christian station in the region. The signal of AM-780 is within the listening range of 1.2 million people living in small towns and isolated villages within a 150-mile radius. Working to gain the support of local advertising, at the moment, AM-780 is currently subsidized by Avant Ministries.
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Sources: Dan Wooding, Breaking Christian News (July 15, 2007); ASSIST News Service

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Growing Meat Business in Honduras

Guillermo Diaz owns and operates a small meat market business located in the business center of Catacamus, Honduras. It is now well-known and provides income and opportunity for his family and 9 other employees.

Recently, Diaz saw the need to automate the production processes. Partners Worldwide provided mentoring, encouragement, and a small loan, and Diaz purchased a new electric meat saw, meat tenderizer, two meat grinders and additional coolers to prepare and preserve the cuts of meat. “The loan program has been essential... Without investors, it is nearly impossible to grow and advance in the business world. Thanks to the loans, I am one step closer to competing in the national market,” asserts Diaz.

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Micro Enterprise Kingdom Companies

In the mid 1990's Guatemala emerged from a prolonged civil war. Economic confusion and staggering unemployment reigned. Perimeter Church's BPI ministry and the Jholdas Group have responded by partnering with Showers of Grace Church in Guatemala City, sending teams to teach and launch Micro Enterprise Kingdom Companies.

Entrepreneurial students wrote marketing and financial plans for each proposed business, along with Kingdom Impact Statements.  Plans are being assessed, and the best will receive small, low-interest loans through the ministry. Senior Pastor Edmundo Guillen says, "Perimeter Church has been a gift from the Lord for us... [they're] teaching us how to fish, to get out of poverty and then to invest in the kingdom.”

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Stable Work for Single Moms

TouchNature, a company based in Nepal which sells scented soaps and candles, is committed to providing stable employment for single mothers. Josephine Tan, from Singapore, went to Nepal in 1996. Overwhelmed by the poverty of the country and the helplessness of many single mothers, she set up a sewing project called Rainbow Craft, and later created TouchNature. Both projects are currently supporting 60 women and their families, through a range of work and social activities.

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Christian Businesspeople in France Pray for Renewal

Europartners is a network of Christian business people who want to live out their faith in the workplace. Since 2006, ACTE (Association des Cadres Témoins de l'Evangile) and GBPE (Groupe Biblique des Professionels Engagés) have joined Europartners and members are praying for a renewed national movement in France. In the spring, about 60 people attended a meeting focusing on the impact of Christian faith on business ethics, organized by ACTE.

Source: Europartners (Paul Chazot)

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Christian Business Website in Slovenia

The mission of Professional Stream is to unite professionals who want to follow Christian principles in their personal and business life, providing a place to connect and offer advice about making decisions on everyday business level. By organizing seminars led by well-known businessmen from all over the world, providing an online forum, and other activities, Professional Stream helps businesspeople with the problems and challenges confronted in the workplace. Professional Stream Slovenia is a member of Europartners, an association of Christian businesspeople from 30 European states, and a part of CBMC International.

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Send Us Your Stories!

We love new stories about what God is doing in kingdom business. Write and tell us about what you and your organization are doing to help transform people and nations through business--we'll consider including it in our next edition of Global News.

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