In our evolving world today, serving in overseas mission requires even more creativity and authenticity, especially in places that are increasingly difficult to access with the Gospel. Missional Business is a creative and alternative way for our mission workers to gain better access to these places. Missional Business puts least reached communities in a position where they can know about the Gospel as well as meeting felt needs such as bringing employment for locals, helping with economic growth, social change and community development. 

Jordan* has been involved in leading Missional Business with SIM globally. His role involves equipping workers to use their business and entrepreneurial skills to help bridge the Gospel into places that are more challenging to establish a Christian presence. 

“We want Missional Business to be professional in helping communities thrive as well as providing a platform for people to hear about Jesus,” Jordan said.  

In the history of mission work, styles of sharing the Gospel have evolved and changed over time. 

“Traditionally, mission work was about reaching the marginalised and the poor. Historically, the Gospel has not gone up the socio-economic ladder. Traditional mission workers were meeting the felt needs of poverty. However, in our evolving world today, the Gospel must also go deeper than that and reach upper socio-economic communities as well as the poor,” Jordan said.  

Jordan also shared how SIM is now working closely with the working professional and the employee. He said, “Sending professionals to workplaces overseas immediately gives them credibility and helps them to be established in their communities more easily.” 

Middle Eastern House Church Birthed Through Missional Business 

There are many stories of Missional Business opening the door for least reached communities to hear about Jesus through our SIM Workers.   

Jordan explained how one SIM worker has been working with young people through a business in the Middle East. By building trust locally, facilitated by this business and sharing the Good News through relationships, a handful of young people came to know Christ from a majority faith background. 

The young believers were extremely zealous for the Lord and began to speak to their friends about the Good News. Through this, a group of young men and women created a bible study that turned into a house church that was birthed from this business.   

Through Missional Business, we are seeing God move in unexpected and exciting ways. 

SIM is encouraged to see how business skills can be used in every and any God-honouring profession for the Gospel. We look forward to seeing how more vocations can be used as pathways to share the Gospel where difficult and least reached communities can know Jesus.   

PRAY

Pray for the Missional Business model to have increasing success in reaching people with the Gospel. Pray also that God would lead more people with workplace skills to use them in sharing the love of Christ with those who don't yet know Him. 

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If you would like to know how to use your skills through Missional Business, you can go to:  sim.org.au/missional-business. Speak to a Mission Mobilisers today by contacting us at sim.org.au/talktous