Tentmakers International Congress 2007

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Leaders from various fields (sports, professionals, business, student movement, entrepreneurs, etc.) will gather here in Malaysia for these 3 days to prayerfully learn and seek His face... with a desire that HE will be worshipped, in Jerusalem, Judea & Samaria, and in the ends of the earth

Tentmakers are Great Commission Christians who integrate work and witness through secular employment or study. There are 3 broad categories in "tentmaking":

  • Lifestyle (LOCAL) : This is where ALL Christians are challenged to live their lives in a way that demonstrates the hope of the Gospel to colleagues who do not know Him.GOAL: Christian Maturity
  • Circumstantial (FOREIGN) : This is where a Christian may be moved or transferred to another country. He/she is then equipped to be a witness on the job and in free time.GOAL: Christian Witness
  • Missionaries (CROSS-CULTURAL) : This is where a Missionary utilizes his skill, experience and training in a secular position (job) or furthers his/her studies in a cross-cultural context in order to reach People with little or no access to the Gospel. GOAL: Church Planting

The hope of TIMC2007 is to challenge all three aspects of tentmaking, with particular focus on missionary-tentmakers to creative access (closed) countries with little or no access to the Gospel. Who should come :

  • Professionals
  • Businessmen
  • Pastors & Leaders
  • Missions Leaders
  • Youth & Tertiary Ministry Leaders
  • Sportsmen
  • ... anyone interested in integrating "work and witness"

Some of the Issues that will be covered :

  • Challenge of Unreached Peoples
  • Business As Missions
  • Raising Up the Next Generation of Missionaries (Tentmakers)
  • Using Sports for Marketplace Witness
  • Migration & Urbanization
  • Disaster & Crisis Relief
  • Arts & Media - taking it back for His Kingdom!
  • Member Care for Missionary Tentmakers
  • Transforming Communities
  • Tentmakers Planting Churches
  • Training Tentmakers
  • Discipleship and Tentmaking
  • Teaching English
  • Student Movement & Tentmaking
  • Mobilizing Tentmakers
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