Faith
Empowering Locals for Faith-Driven Business
Faith Facts
- Faith-based entrepreneurship bridges people to the Gospel where traditional missions cannot reach.
- Empowering local believers to lead businesses results in sustainable and lasting transformation for their communities.
- Biblical models show multiplication and deep impact occur when the faithful act within their own culture and context.
Small businesses provide a unique opportunity to share Christ’s love and build community with those yet to hear the Gospel, but must be guided by biblical wisdom and clear principles.
As the Business as Mission (BAM) movement has expanded globally, the strategic question arises: should the focus be on sending expatriates or equipping nationals to lead these Kingdom-driven efforts?
“Business, like all of life, is created by God for His glory and the good of humanity.”
Biblical truths remind us that God calls His people from every nation to reach all people groups, placing the unreached at the heart of efforts like BAM.
Scripture makes it clear that God desires His whole church to participate in reaching the nations, empowered by the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8) to be witnesses “to the ends of the earth.”
While cross-cultural planting is valuable, lasting change is best achieved by equipping those rooted in their own communities to lead and multiply impact through business.
“The future of BAM depends on a strategic shift toward greater mobilization and equipping of those already embedded in the culture and context.”
Turning to the biblical model, Jesus and Paul empowered local leaders, laying the foundation for church growth and multiplying Kingdom work across cultural lines.
“Outsiders may initiate, but insiders multiply.”
Nationals bring cultural fluency, trust, and a deep understanding that allows for relevant and effective business ministry, unlike the limitations often faced by outsiders.
Community transformation is scalable and sustainable when local believers lead, as their success naturally inspires and mobilizes others within their culture.
Moreover, nationals overcome hurdles that expats cannot—navigating economic, regulatory, and political landscapes with wisdom and resilience.
Finally, local ownership ensures the Gospel presence and faithful witness endures, as expats might eventually move on but indigenous believers remain to nurture Kingdom growth.
Let us commit to prayerfully supporting, equipping, and encouraging our brothers and sisters around the globe as they faithfully transform lives through business grounded in Christ.
Faith Facts
- Banyamulenge in Minembwe, DRC, protest incessant drone attacks and bombings killing unarmed civilians since early 2026.
- Regime enforces ethnic cleansing via sieges denying food, medicine, and essentials, plus church destructions in Uvira.
- Christian leaders and peace talks remain silent amid atrocities driven by mineral exploitation interests.
The clouds wept as Banyamulenge gathered in despair against aerial terror mirroring ancient oppressions condemned in Scripture.
Biblical justice demands believers defend these vulnerable families targeted for their land and heritage.
In a blood-soaked region, multinationals prioritize critical minerals over innocent lives sacrificed since colonial times.
God calls His people to rescue the oppressed, as Psalm 82 urges: “Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.”
Faithful patriots, pray boldly for Banyamulenge freedom, amplify their voices, and press leaders for intervention upholding Christian values.
Faith Facts
- Norse settlers established Christianity in Greenland by 1000 AD, building a cathedral in 1126.
- Rev. Hans Egede’s 1721 mission reintroduced faith to Inuit, inventing their alphabet.
- Kleinschmidt Bible, first full version in Greenlandic, published in 1900.
Christian presence flickered across Greenland’s icy vastness for centuries since Viking longboats arrived with Erik the Red.
Norse explorers from there carried the Gospel to North America’s shores, marking earliest continental witness.
Rumors of lost Catholics spurred Egede’s quest under Denmark’s king, shifting to Inuit evangelism amid ruins.
Moravians, Poul Egede, Otto Fabricius, and Danish Bible Society persisted through fires and revisions, spreading the Good News.
Celebrate this legacy, patriots: champion Bible missions to defend faith, family, and freedom worldwide.
Faith Facts
- Villagers in Kanker District block Sambai Mandavi’s burial, demanding family reconvert to Hinduism.
- Supreme Court orders halt exhumations, yet fresh threats defy justice for tribal believers.
- 23 burial attacks in Chhattisgarh 2025 reveal systematic war on Christian dignity.
In Chhattisgarh, India, tribal extremists prevented 34-year-old Christian Sambai Mandavi’s burial after her Feb. 24 death, claiming it defiles their deities and land.
Her husband Kamlesh faces assault threats and forced exhumation if buried in Amodi village cemetery or family land.
United Christian Forum footage shows exhumations like Benur village remains cremated after 20 years, turning grief into nightmare.
Families discover empty graves or trek miles, pressured to abandon Christ for village rites.
“This incident occurs just days after the Supreme Court issued an interim order halting exhumations,” the Progressive Christian Alliance stated.
“Yet, the persistence of such threats underscores a blatant disregard for judicial directives.”
“The Chhattisgarh government’s calculated silence speaks volumes,” said John Dayal.
“This is not just about dignity in death; it’s about whether tribal Christians belong to their own villages.”
Petitions decry police complicity in desecrations, violating equality and life with dignity under God’s law.
Stand with persecuted brethren through prayer and advocacy, upholding biblical honor for the dead and freedom to worship Christ boldly.
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