Job Creation 
Job creation is intrinsically powerful. Mr. Ted Yamamori, CEO of WorldServe Ministries, has written and published that BAM must always be about "job making." It is that central to being effective as an outreach platform. He compares them to Aquila and Priscilla we read of in Acts.
Ac 18:1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome.
As we read through that text, we go on to learn that these two had gone into the new place and setup shop in their trade – tent making. They created jobs, even eventually employing Paul.
The difference may seem subtle, but it is critical. These two created a business that then created jobs. They did not move and go to work for a business, which is what the Apostle did during his time with them.
Creating valuable jobs is in itself an economic stimulus package. We mentioned previously how it them cascades and contributes in communities. Beyond the economics though, think for a moment about the emotional lift it gives to the people employed. Beyond the economics is a lifting in peoples sense of worth, all of which can ultimately be linked to God's love and value of them. This is so exciting it sets my head spinning – people whose lives have been on or below the lowest rungs of society being lifted in worth to the glory of God. They can then become a part of the community's / society's solution, where previously they were in a very real sense the problem.
Blessings and thanks for your interest,
Larry
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