Strategic business ventures in restricted countries are not only returning profit for investors, but advancing God’s kingdom through Bible studies and church planting. It’s called BAM – the acronym for Business as Mission – and it’s happening in a significant way in China. Business and mission leader Dwight Nordstrom joins us with an update about their business ventures and the growing church in China. We hear the stories and the opportunities for outreach on a large scale through business as mission.
Dwight has a heart for equipping people to know and follow Jesus, and he started in BAM as a manufacturer. He called his practice “tent-making,” following the footsteps of the apostle Paul. He uses his business to improve life for the people of China while inviting his workers to Bible studies.
Dwight defines “business as mission” and shares what it is like for a Christian to work in a secular workplace.  In 1980, there were an estimated 10 million Chinese Christians. Current estimates put the number around 100 million Christians.  He shares how he built and structured his company to reach the people of China.
What does it mean to be salt and light in a closed or hostile country? There is a passion among Chinese men and women to reach their countrymen with the gospel. Dwight shares how a house church in China gets started.
How we can engage non-Christians?
“Be proactive, and make it easy for people to come to you.”)
In Dwight’s words, “Christians should be in the [secular]Â workplace today.” He calls us to pray and remember that every job is sacred, and that our presence in the culture is important regardless of the job we currently hold. “We demonstrate our lives, we’re very overt… the Spirit takes it from there.”
This program has been pre-recorded.
