Brad met with Terry Schultheis to talk about the basics of international business. No, we are not looking to go down there and become businessmen. But, going in with a better understanding of how international business works has several benefits:
(1) Gives us a better eye of what to look for as business possibilities as go about starting churches. These countries need jobs for the people so they can provide for their families and if we can help provide some of those jobs then that’s what we should do.
(2) One way to get into areas that are otherwise closed to missionaries is through business. A great book about business as missions is God Is At Work by Ken Eldred.
(3) We must always be looking at “what might be”. Governments can change quickly in these countries. Countries that are open to missionaries today may be closed tomorrow. So if we can go in with a two pronged approach of working as missionaries and starting businesses that provide jobs the countries citizens our work is much more stable. The government may kick out “missionaries” but we will still be able to stay in the country with a business that is providing jobs for the citizens.
(4) As we talk with Christian business people in the States and get a better understanding of what they do then when we come across something that might interest them we can give them a call. If it’s something they want to pursue than we have increased the number of missionaries in the country.
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