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Most churches struggle desperately to find enough volunteers to teach Sunday school and serve at church on Sunday mornings. It seems that no matter how many announcements, short movies, testimonies, and Facebook posts you use to get people to volunteer, they just won’t come.
I believe there are three primary reasons for this, particularly among the business men and women in your congregation. Continue Reading…
Andrew working with one of the Potter's House Academy students
I do BAM. That’s right, I BAM. I know it might sound like a dirty word, but I promise it’s not. Maybe if I phrased it as “I do Business As Mission,” it might make more sense, but let’s face it, saying “I do BAM” is a lot more fun!
In my 23 (almost 24) short years of life, I’ve been blessed with a fair amount of experience doing BAM. I’ve gotten the opportunity to start multiple BAM ventures, including Potter’s House Thrift Store, Global Restoration Trading Company, Mama Carmen’s Espresso Cafe, Potter’s House Academy, and most recently, MicroBAM Development (website coming soon).
But why does it matter? What is it? Is it Biblical? These are all questions that I usually get asked after describing what I do. Seeing as it’s one of EFN’s new areas of focus, I think it’s worthwhile it to answer some of these questions.
To help, let me first tell you what business as mission is not, because Continue Reading…
The Sorting Room of Potter's House Thrift (photo courtesy of New Heights Church)
*This is one of the stories that my wife, Jayne Brewer, wrote for our FREE e-report, “The Best Externally Focused Ideas of 2011.” If you like this, I highly encourage you to download this free resource which contains 28 other stories like this one. You can download it by clicking here.
What’s the problem?
Churches all across the nation are birthing ministries that are geared toward serving at-risk, underserved kids. And while many of these ministries are effective in helping at-risk kids, often times these ministries lack the knowledge of how to effectively help the entire family of an at-risk child.
What’s a solution? Continue Reading…
