Empowering Tentmakers to Reach the World

Session ONE - An Introduction to Tentmaking Business as Mission
- In the Bible, History & Today
- The greatest need in missions today
- Preparation & Vision
- Advantages & Challenges
- Resources & Opportunities

Session TWO - 7 Keys to Effective Tentmaking
- Go to work
- Embrace culture
- Hospitality
- Faith@Work
- Alpha Express - plus two more keys
"7 out of 21 topics from our courses introduced here"

Session THREE - Your Journey to the Nations
"What you need to know before you go"

Learn from the experience of those who have gone before you,
whether you are leaving next week or years from now.
Upcoming Book: Journey to the Nations - publication date 2012
 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

 WHAT IS AVAILABLE?

"Working your way to the Nations" books for sale - save shipping fee!
Tentmaking promo materials
Seminar Handbook for those who register online

 WHAT CAN I DO BEFORE ATTENDING? 

Read "Why did Paul make tents" by Ruth Siemens, founder of Global Opportunities
Watch a 15 minute online video - Tentmaking, a way of life

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"GLOBAL Opportunities tentmaker training equipped me with the needed ministry skills and allowed me to meet with other future tentmakers. I strongly recommend it for those considering tentmaking missions" 

Four days of intensive, high quality training for people interested in tentmaking business as mission. The course is designed for those planning to go as tentmakers and business people, and those considering it in the future.

  You will receive training in these vital areas:

- Importance of tentmaking today - the other track in missions & why it is needed
- Biblical basis of tentmaking - it was good enough for Paul but is it relevant today?
- Culture shock & how to deal with - it knowing it exists helps you to deal with it
- The international job market - finding a job opening is the easy part, but there is a process
- Effective, sensitive evangelism - stop hunting and start fishing
- Leading investigative Bible studies - helping seekers find answers
- Inductive Bible Study - learn to feed yourself and others even in Timbuktu
- Bonding with the people - learn to enjoy and thrive in a new culture
- Church planting - the goal of tentmaking is to plant self reproducing churches
- Home church relationship - a vital part of your overseas ministry
- Healthy team relationships - being on a team can be a blessing or not
- Preparing for effectiveness - impacting people every day is not an elusive goal
- Practical issues - juggling everyday life with ministry goals - finding balance
- Business as Mission - you need to include a ministry component to your business plan

You will hear stories from experienced tentmakers - how they did it and the challenges they faced. Our time together will be built around plenary teaching, discussion, tentmaker stories, small group interaction, and prayer. We will be led by people with a great deal to offer in each of these areas.

Course materials - Course handbook & Course CD

You will receive a course handbook that has been updated and printed just in time for the course, with all sessions presentation notes, articles that complement the sessions and further resources. As this is an intensive course and we do not have the time to cover important issues as well as we would like, you will be receiving a course CD at the end of the course. The course CD has all the presentations, more than 100 relevant articles to expand on what you have learned, video clips and tools for presenting tentmaking in your small group or
church and much more. 

Note that this CD is only available to those who attend our courses and is not for distribution elsewhere.
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 Why did Paul make tents? - Ruth Siemens
 New Millennium Missions - Dave English 
 Do I need a special call? - Dave English
 Paul's Secret - A First-Century Strategy for a 21st Century World - Dave English
 The Tentmakers Motivation - Ruth Siemens
 The Tentmaker and Truthfulness - is it ever right to lie? - Ruth Siemes
 Tentmakers and their Churches - a mutual responsibility - Ruth Siemens
 Guidance to Serving Abroad - Ruth Siemens
 The Tentmakers Preparation - Ruth Siemens
 Students and Graduates - Financing an education - Ruth Siemens
 Retirees - a force in missions - Ruth Siemens
 The Divorced Christian - Ruth Siemens

 Fishing Evangelism - How to fish out seekers - Ruth Siemens
 Investigative Bible Study - What it is and how to do it - Ruth Siemens
 The Tentmaker and Prayer - Ruth Siemens
 University Student Ministry - Ruth Siemens


 

Working Abroad - Today's Tentmaking Challenge
Philip Nunn

English

French

German

Tentmaking Briefs - 58 pages!
a collection of short articles from the world of tentmaking business as mission

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Working your way to the nations

• Ever since the Apostle Paul had a job making tents to support his work of spreading the gospel,
  "tentmakers" have played an important role in the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
  This workbook is a practical guide to following in Paul's footsteps.

   

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  Korean 11megs
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   Product Details
   Paperback: 208 pages
   Publisher: Intervarsity Press; 2nd edition (January 1997)
   Language: English
   ISBN-10: 0830819053
   ISBN-13: 978-0830819058

   

  

 

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CHURCH MULTIPLICATION GUIDE: Helping Churches to Reproduce Locally and Abroad
by George Patterson and Richard Scoggins.

Brings into focus those Biblical discipling principles that have been used by the Holy Spirit for church growth
by conversion and reproduction. The theory is combined with practical steps to start and maintain a movement
of church reproduction. Dr. Ralph D. Winter highly recommends this book.

This guide is available as a free download Click Here

 

 

 

 

Videos

        
          Ruth Siemens - Founder Global Opportunities                             Dave English - GO Executive Director                      Steinar Opheim - Director TENT Norway (7min)

   
        Tentmaking - a way of life - 15 minute introduction

 

Music

 Tentmaking Song - Open Book
 Right click, select Save Target As to download
 
 Lyrics

 

Free Downloads

Tentmaking Overview

Instructions for using the presentation.
 

 This presentation is designed for use with a video projector, or for smaller groups with a computer monitor. It is also possible to print out the slides on overhead transparency
 sheets and handouts. The presenter should have a basic understanding of tentmaking and rehearse using it before doing the actual presentation.

 The presentation assumes the audience has not heard the term tentmaker before and goes on to detail the various realities of today's tentmaking missions.

 Movement from slide to slide is done by hitting the up or down keys. This allows you to easily go forwards or backwards as needed. Movement within slides is designed in such a
 way that the source of the information is on the bottom left of the screen. If additional information is available ie. web site address, it will appear on the bottom right corner of
 the screen.

 May the Lord bless you richly as you take the tentmaking message and encourage new tentmaker missionaries to become lights in the window of opportunity.

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 Updated December 2011
 

 

 

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