Trade and business : a vehicle for missions to reach restricted-access areas / by Heinz Suter.
Material type: TextPublication details: 1997.Description: 105 leaves ; 30 cmContent type:- text
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- BV4070 .T733 1997
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1. Trade and Business--A Valid Vehicle for Missions
Introduction -- Limitation of the Topic -- Significance of the Topic for the Practice of Missions.
2. Historical Survey of Trade and Business as a Vehicle for Missions
Three Representative Periods in the Church's Expansion -- Early Church and Post-Apostolic Times (First Through Third Centuries) -- Historical Background -- Business Connections in the New Testament and Post-Apostolic Times -- The Silk Roads (500-1500 AC) -- Historical Background -- Nestorian Business People as Carriers of the Gospel -- The 18th and 19th Centuries: Two Business Ventures in Missions -- The Moravians -- The Basler Mission -- History of the City of Basel -- The Foudning of the Basler Mission -- The Basler Mission Trading Company.
3. Contemporary Tentmaking: Three Case Stuides
A Small Spanish Import-Export Copmany -- Background -- Heaven's Import-Export -- Results -- Evaluation -- A US-Based Multinational Consulting Corporation -- Background -- Kingdom Corporation Limited -- Results -- Evaluation -- A Non-Western, World-Class Textile Company -- Background -- Angel Textiles -- Results -- Evaluation.
4. Theological Questions
Theological and Ethical Insights into Trade and Business as a Means for Misisons; Underlying Complexities, Problems, and Questions -- Introduction -- Business in the History of Ethics -- Luther's "vocatio Dei" -- Calvin's Protestant Ethic of Capital and Work -- Calvin's Historical Context -- Calvin on "Capital" -- The Ethics of "Work" in History -- Calvin on "Work" -- The Puritans -- Max Weber's Thesis.
5. Trade and Business: A Valid Vehicle for Missions Today?
Conclusions, Applications, Principles and Recommendations -- An "Integrated" Lifestyle -- A Spiritual ("Non-Disjunctive") Conception of Business -- Discipline and Diligence -- Honesty -- Fair Prices -- "Quality" as Trademark -- Highly-Skilled Professionalism -- Fervent Evangelism and Discipleship -- Social Solidarity -- Community-Wide Impact -- Political Influence -- Necessary Precautions -- Motivational Tensions -- Getting Side-tracked -- Corruption -- Risks -- Conclusions.
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