Transformational Power Within Communities 
Business as mission hold lots of potential transformational power in communities.
Communities do need help. Lots of focus these days is on what is referred to in missions circles as the 10/40 geographical window of the world, especially as is cuts across East Asia and Africa. Here are a couple of facts about that geographical stretch of the planet:
- About half of the people on the planet live there – over three billion
- Some 95 % of those people do not know Christ
- Estimates illustrate that the largest percentage of these, over 80%, are among the poorest of the poor on the planet.
It is logical that effort such as BAM finds a ripe field of harvest in such as setting. As we have pointed out in the past, however, don't think BAM is limited to such concentrated areas of suffering. There may also be candidate fields ripe for harvest right under our nose in our cities and communities all over the globe.
Author and BAM expert, Mark Russell makes a statement I fully agree with in his new book, The Missional Entrepreneur, "...BAM can be done by anyone, anywhere, and at anytime." Let's not limit our thinking about where business and economics can benefit God's purposes for the world. I love how Mark defines this interesting title of "Missional Entrepreneur" – "A person who lives on mission and stats up a business(es) in order to live out that mission..."
Blessings and thanks for your interest,
Larry
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