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Mar 5, 2010
RCE Director John Mulford, with Os Hillman & Bryan Crute, to speak at Portland Christian Chamber event welcoming NPIM to the area.
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Jan 19, 2010
Jason Benedict, RCE Strategist, presenting on Business as Mission at Call2All in New Zealand, January 2010
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Jan 13, 2010
Center Director John Mulford is guest editor of the latest edition of the Regent Global Business Review
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Today kingdom business, or KB (also known as business as mission or BAM) has no one universally agreed upon definition, as the definition is still in the process of evolving (and may be limited both culturally and linguistically). However, the 2000 Lausanne Committee on World Evangelization (LCWE) defined business as mission based on the principle of holistic mission, which is an attempt to bring all aspects of life and godliness into an organic whole. It includes God's concerns for economic development, employment and unemployment, economic justice and the use and distribution of natural and creative resources. KB is an integration of several factors, including missions, successful business practices, work and faith, economic development, spreading the gospel, and transforming nations and lives.
The whole Church is called upon to bring the whole gospel to the entire world so that the whole man can be saved, the whole society liberated, and the whole creation preserved. Thus, business is a mission, a calling and a ministry in its own right. Kingdom business is committed to transforming nations and advancing the kingdom of God through the comprehensive gospel - meeting people's physical, economic, social and spiritual needs. KB calls for models (or Great Commission Companies) that integrate all these into one complete whole. Such undertakings recognize the dual purpose of business, where Christians are able to glorify God in their businesses while providing for earthly needs at the same time.
Kingdom businesses pursue profit for the sake of growth and sustainability: it is only by pursuing and promoting real for-profit business ventures that BAM can facilitate the holistic transformation of individuals, organizations and nations, which is part of the Great Commission mandate. In this case, business becomes a mission tool for ministering to those with real needs - through local job and wealth creation, education and basic healthcare, and church growth. To learn more about KB/BAM, see our recommended reading list.
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