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SfK Newsletter Vol. 2017-05 May 10, 2017 View this email in your browser "For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross." (Colossians 1:19,20)   As announced last month, SfK Ministries intends to share a series of excerpts from the book The Missional Entrepreneur by Mark Russell due to the relevance of this book for missional businesses. This is the first of the series.  Four Realms of Brokenness The Bible begins with God creating the world, giving life to Adam and Eve, assigning them tasks, and walking with them in the Garden of Eden. However, in the biblical account of events, this situation does not last very long. Deceived by the serpent, Eve eats the fruit of the forbidden tree and Adam, knowing better, follows her lead. The result is what is historically called the Fall of h...

This has been copied from www.matstunehag.com. The Bible talks about wealth in three ways; one is bad and two are good.  Hoarding  of wealth is condemned.  Sharing  of wealth is encouraged.  Wealth creation  is both a godly gift and command, and   there is no wealth to be shared unless it has been created. But all too often the issue of wealth creation is misunderstood, neglected, or even rejected. The same thing applies to wealth creators. The Global Consultation on  The Role of Wealth Creation for Holistic Transformation  aimed at addressing that. During the Consultation process 2016 – 2017 we discussed various aspects of wealth creation, including justice, poverty, Biblical foundation, wealth creators, stewardship of creation and the role of the church. The findings will be published in several papers and a book, as well as an educational video. The  Manifesto  enclosed below conveys the essentials of our deliberations be...

This is the first excerpt from The Missional Entrepreneur by Mark Russell. Four Realms of Brokenness The Bible begins with God creating the world, giving life to Adam and Eve, assigning them tasks, and walking with them in the Garden of Eden. However, in the biblical account of events, this situation does not last very long. Deceived by the serpent, Eve eats the fruit of the forbidden tree and Adam, knowing better, follows her lead. The result is what is historically called the Fall of humankind. There were several curses that came about due to the Fall. These curses demonstrate areas of brokenness in our world. The four realms of brokenness are: Abundance: God gave Adam and Eve access to abundant resources (Genesis 1:28–29) for their well-being. With the Fall, these resources became scarce (Genesis 3:17). Relationships: God created Eve since it was not good for Adam to be alone. We were created for fruitful relationships. With the Fall, these relationships became ...

SfK Newsletter Vol. 2017-04 April 12, 2017 View this email in your browser "God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in numbers: fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." (Genesis 1:28)     A Reflection on Profitability and Productivity By Jeffrey J. Lee, CEO of SfK Ministries We tend to review and interpret God's Word spiritually. Rightfully so. But if the interpretation of the Scripture is confined only to the spiritual realm, we may miss the implication and message of certain concepts that are applicable to business as a high and holy calling for serving the needs of humanity.  Although business is a secular entity, it can be a means of service or worship to God.  However good our intentions, it is prone to temptations for misuse or abuse.  To further illustrate this point, we use water as an example of somethi...

I made a 12-day trip back to Kigali, Rwanda after I stopped over in Bangkok for a few days. The primary purpose of the trip was to provide a 5-day or 30-hour training on BAM for Nanuri community people. This program is called SfK Missional Business Academy (MBA) Training. It could be provided in different length and 30-hour program is a short one. Naturally I had to cut out many hands-on practices. They have the Nanuri Medical Center and Nanuri Guest House under construction and expect to begin the commercial operation in January 2018. So the training was timely in getting them prepared for the operations. The attendees were Sang Hoon Lee, Song Hee Lee, Jun Bum Park, Jieyeon Baek, Kihyun Kim, Ji Man Park and Hee Ju Lee, altogether forming the Nanuri Community. Nanuri means "Share" in Korean. Sang Hoon Lee, Managing Director and Song Hee Lee, Director for Guest House Nanuri Medical Center Dr. Jiyeon Baek, Pediatrician, and Dr. Jun Bum Park, Physician...