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	Tentmaking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tentmaking is a method of international Christian evangelism in which missionaries support themselves through external work, instead of receiving financial support from a church.
		For example, Abraham raised cattle, Joseph was a government official, Joshua was a war general, Esther was a great ruler of her people, and Luke was a doctor.
		More recently, William Carey (1761-1831), considered to be the father of modern Christian missions, was a tentmaker in India, working as a factory owner and university professor while fulfilling his missions duties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tentmaking (416 words)

	Once More With Feeling: Comment on Burning the candle at both ends... and throwing it into a barrel of warm gasoline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Re: tentmaking - what a lot of people forget is that Paul was not only (1)an inspired interpreter of the Scriptures, but (2) both Greek and Hebrew were native languages to him, and (3) he was single.
		Tentmaking provides the opportunity to be faithful to whatever theological/praxological distinctives one is convinced are essential without the need to be "seeker-sensitive" just to get revenues up so a church can afford to pay a decent salary.
		For tentmaking to be successful, one has to have elders, deacons, and lay leaders who are willing to do a bit of work themselves rather than pile everything on the pastor.
	www.hornes.org /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=2408 (807 words)

	FBF - Tentmaking
		A middle-aged couple walked up to a display from Worldwide Tentmakers, Inc. at a missions conference and the lady exclaimed, "Oh, I am so glad someone still makes tents for those outdoor meetings!" Making tents is not exactly what Worldwide Tentmakers is all about; but, unfortunately, her misconception about "tent-making" is a common one.
		Tentmaking is the Biblical missions strategy of using a secular occupation as a means to be a witness for Christ in a foreign country.
		Lastly, tentmakers can get to the foreign field quickly because they do not have to spend time on deputation raising support; nor do they take financial resources away from Christian ministries here, freeing up funds to be used for other purposes.
	www.f-b-f.org /webman/article.asp?id=3864 (1047 words)

	Tentmaking Ministry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tentmaking enables smaller churches and churches with limited assets to have the services of Ministers of the Word and Sacrament that might otherwise be unavailable.
		Counsel with tentmaker minister and calling body concerning the distribution/ allocation of time to be spent in service to the calling body, the other occupation, and service to the presbytery or other governing body.
		Tentmaker ministers shall make available to the calling body and to COM a description of the alternate position and the allocation of time to each paid position.
	www.sanjosepby.org /Compol10.htm (278 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tentmaking I use as a shorthand term to refer to that form of cross cultural mission characterised by the use of secular occupation or study as the platform from which mission witness is carried out.
		Tentmakers are first of all workers and if they are not true workers then in my view they are not true tentmakers.
		Tentmakers are no longer an odd little bunch that nobody can quite understand but they become one of the normal ways the church does business with the world and when that happens we will certainly not need such an awkward and misunderstood name.
	www.seedbed.info /english/papers/3.doc (6227 words)

	urbana.org - Articles
		Tentmakers are missions-motivated Christians who support themselves in secular employment while making Jesus Christ known on the job and in their free time.
		Tentmakers identify more easily with working people, because they move naturally in the same professional circles, understand their mentality and speak the professional jargon.
		But tentmakers should begin to learn the language of their target country, to gain the confidence and respect of the local people, for cultural adjustment, and for sensitive sharing of the Gospel.
	www.urbana.org /_articles.cfm?RecordId=28 (877 words)

	TENTMAKING DANGERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tentmaking is a term used by evangelical Christians to describe a Christian pastor or missionary who also holds a secular job.
		The author himself is a tentmaker, and his material is drawn from a variety of tentmakers in many different countries around the world.
		He then examines ten traps that tentmakers commonly fall into and ways and methods that successful tentmakers are using to overcome these difficulties.
	www.rmuller.com /tenttrap.html (293 words)

	Biblical Horizons : BH: Biblical Horizons Newsletter No. 36 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tentmaking was a trade that kept him in constant touch with an important aspect of his ministry.
		In a technological society, it is harder for a pastor to find a tentmaking job that is "close" to his pastoral calling, but he should think about the problem and try to find something as close as possible.
		It is significant in a symbolic sense that Paul was a tentmaker.
	www.biblicalhorizons.com /bh/bh036.htm (2824 words)

	Ministry in Daily Life
		Tentmakers by and large have been action people.Â People from business and commerce and the rough and tumble world of earning their own living.Â Very few have been trained thinkers and even fewer have got around to writing serious stuff.
		Sometimes lets face it, tentmakers are so fiercely independent that they canât even get on with each other.Â Some of the stories of the early days of tentmaking donât make good reading, stories of splits and divisions, egos in full flight and that is hardly the way to get a movement established.
		Tentmakers are simply marketplace Christians with an air ticket.Â I fail to see how a person can be a truly effective tentmaker unless they are first an effective marketplace Christian.Â entmakers cut their teeth in the marketplace at home, not abroad.Â In their own culture, not somebody elseâs.
	www.ivmdl.org /reflections.cfm?study=86 (2176 words)

	FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tentmakers are the kind of employee that employers want more of.
		Tentmakers fish out seekers, by their attractive, wholesome, non-judgmental conduct and casual, fitting comments about the Lord.
		Tentmaking is a non-negotiable principle in Paul's strategy "as a skilled master builder." Even pastors work in the pioneer stage, until unpaid lay ministry is established as the dominant pattern.
	www.teampacers.org /faq.html (1522 words)

	Mission and Ministry - Chapter 6
		About tentmaking specifically, he wrote: "We have ever held it to be an essential principle in the conduct of missions, that whenever it is practicable, missionaries should support themselves in whole or in part through their own exertions." (Kenneth Grubb 1931:11)
		Since World War II, the tentmaking concept has been revived and expatriate Christians in many countries are maintaining a God-honoring life-style and witness while utilizing their professional or technical skills in the workday world.
		Medical tentmakers are of two types: (1) those who are members of an organized mission but whose support is partially or fully obtained from work done on the field, and (2) those who are completely independent and self-supporting.
	bgc.gospelcom.net /emis/vrekenmono/vreken6.htm (4127 words)

	Full Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		TIE, Tentmakers International Exchange, is an international working group comprised of marketplace Christians in Partnership with churches, mission agencies and organizations, who serve the TIE vision, mission and services through the exercising and application of individual God given gifts, talents and experience.
		God is at work throughout the worl calling as tentmakers men and women of all races and ethnic origins and of all social classes.
		Authentic cross-cultural tentmakers plant the gospel, not a particular kind of church; then they disciple, grow and pray alongside local believers to discover with them the kind of church God will lead them to be.
	www.fusionpage.com /synapse/about/fullstory.cfm?aboutid=433&website=tieinfo.com (523 words)

	NSM KnowledgeBase - #8795 - Tentmaking
		Tentmaking, or doing missionary ministry while working in a nonreligious occupation, has become increasingly popular among Western missions agencies and churches.
		Self-supporting tentmakers, taking as their model the tentmaking apostle Paul in Acts 18:3, are said to be able to enter restricted access countries closed to traditional missionaries in the Muslim world and elsewhere.
		"Ten years ago, tentmaking was a novelty," stated Ted Yamamori, president of Food for the Hungry, a relief and development agency, and a coordinator of the Tentmaker Track at the international Lausanne II missions congress in Manila in 1989.
	www.strategicnetwork.org /index.php?loc=kb&view=v&page=v&id=8795 (643 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Or, to use a biblical term, tentmaking is strongest in areas such as major cities outside the Bible Belt where Southern Baptists are weakest, said Carl Barrington, national missionary for tentmaking ministries for the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board.
		In 1972, only 32 percent of Southern Baptist pastors were tentmakers, but in 1999 it has risen to 39 percent and is still climbing.
		In addition to tentmaker pastors and church staff members, Barrington said "we've got to have new ways of taking the church to the people.
	www.bpnews.net /storydownload.asp?ID=373 (734 words)

	Paul's Secret (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This was called "tentmaking" after the trade Paul used to fund his mission.
		Because tentmaking was s complete strategy for maximum evangelistic impact and church multiplication.
		We need to deploy a large number of effective tentmakers alongside career missionaries to reverse the deadening professionalization of missions.
	www.viamission.org /teach/paul.html (1532 words)

	Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization: December 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tentmaking is a visionary model, pulling us toward new concepts and new patterns.
		The Tentmaking Stream, as part of Issue Group 10 “The Local Church and the Great Commission,” actually fulfils the second proposal, recognizing the critical importance of the local church.
		A tentmaker’s first witness is to make Christ visible in everyday life—to be a model people want to copy because he brings blessing to the nation.
	community.gospelcom.net /Brix?pageID=13696 (2710 words)

	Tentmaking in Egypt - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Tentmaking in Egypt - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Egypt is one of the world’s leading producers of long-staple cotton, and cotton yarn is a primary product of the country’s manufacturing industry.
		Here, a tentmaker works on a hand-sewn tent in Cairo.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461536383/Tentmaking_in_Egypt.html (41 words)

	Christian teachings: The Tentmaking Myth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ministers who live off the donations of their flock invoke the tentmaking argument against anyone else in their church who shows signs of trusting God to supply their needs as they attempt to preach the gospel.
		Referring to God's responsibility to provide for the needs of his servants, Paul says, "No one who joins an army pays his own wage." (I Corinthians 9:7) He says it's only fair that those who feed the world spiritually be fed in return.
		It never grew out of a desire to know the truth in the first place, and until their greed is replaced by faith in God's provision, they'll cling to it until their death.
	www.accsoft.com.au /~xians/teach/money-greed/Tentmaking.html (990 words)

	Tentmaking Missions List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tentmaking as a missionary strategy is more than a modern day fad.
		Tentmaking is a subject of strategic importance to world evangelisation.
		This is a major work on tentmaking that has motivated many of the present world tentmakers.
	www.scruples.org /web/resource/resmssn.htm (1147 words)

	The Intent Catalog of Resources
		From the 400 plus tentmakers who responded, the book, Tentmakers Speak, was written and a Tentmakers Research Evaluation Profile (TREP) was developed.
		This manual is an outstanding resource for tentmakers and those considering tentmaking.
		In a workbook style, the manual addresses topics like Ñ what it takes to be a tentmaker, spiritual readiness for cross-cultural ministry, personal preparation, evangelism and discipleship skills, field dynamics, intercultural adjustments, and accountability structures.
	www.intent.org /catalog.asp (459 words)

	Tent Makers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A Definition of a Tentmaker Tentmakers are professionals,skilled artisans, perennial students and others who use their professional, vocational or academic skills to support themselves while they share the Gospel of Jesus in various parts of the world otherwise unreachable.
		The term "tentmakers" is taken from the Apostle Paul, who supported his own mission activity by making tents (Acts 18:1-4).
		Tentmaking Opportunities Due to a poorly educated and unskilled labor force in most all of the countries within the 10/40 Window, job opportunities abound for those who have a useful skill or education.
	www.whn.org /content/tent_makers.htm (338 words)

	Frontiers' Bookstore Pg 1
		Tentmaking describes the ins and outs of business overseas as a means of mission.
		Designed to be a maunual, those unfamiliar with the world of tentmaking will find valuable information to introduce them to the concept and to help in getting started.
		But more than just an overview of tentmaking questions and issues, this book will serve as a thorough reference and practical guide for 21st century temtmakers.
	www.frontiers.org /resources/bookstore (992 words)

	Russia's Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I was going to the Soviet Union as an academic tentmaker.
		Tentmaking for me was the only viable option I had at that time to live and work in the U.S.S.R. My trade, teaching English, was in high demand and it was the key God used to open the door.
		When I went to the Soviet Union, I was just a single tentmaker with a heart to teach English, to love my students and to try and make a difference through Jesus Christ.
	www.viamission.org /teach/russia.html (1609 words)

	World Christian Resource Directory - Tentmaking
		After detailed research among tentmakers from all over the world, Hamilton compiles their thoughts, feelings, and insights on tentmaking into a very readable format.
		In a workbook style, the manual addresses topics like: what it takes to be a tentmaker, spiritual readiness for cross-cultural ministry, personal preparation, evangelism and discipleship skills, field dynamics, intercultural adjustments, and accountability structures.
		It is a book written by a WEC tentmaker and deals with tentmakers' problems faced before, during and after their careers.
	www.missionresources.com /tentmakers.html (1003 words)

	Tentmaking 101 - Start here!
		Tentmaking is a strategic and powerful missions strategy.
		GO helps potential tentmakers through the whole process by providing advice, mentoring, training materials, job search help and resources, training events, and links with colleagues working overseas.
		Tentmaking is powerful because it invites regular, everyday Christians, all Christians, back into full engagement in reaching the world.
	www.globalopps.org /101 (498 words)

	the Scruples Online Marketplace Community: Light To The Nations Tentmaking Seminar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Global Opportunities (GO) presents Light to the Nations Tentmaking Training in October at the US Center for World Missions It is four and a half days of intensive, high quality training for people interested in tentmaking.
		The course is designed both for those who are planning on going as tentmakers and for those who are considering tentmaking.
		It will enable you to understand tentmaking and help equip you to be an effective tentmaker.
	www.scruples.net /cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi?pg=next&topic=9&page=645 (137 words)

	Carey Baptist College - MM683 Tentmaking
		To provide a survey of the biblical roots, history and nature of tentmaking in mission and introduce tools for analysing the skills required in preparation, placement, strategy and relationships for those planning to engage in the tentmaking world.
		The biblical roots, history and nature of tentmaking today, including questions of name and definition.
		The tentmaker profile: a guide to the qualities required and the preparation needed.
	www.carey.ac.nz /Study_Options/Pages/MM683_Tentmaking (575 words)

	Tentmakers Strategy Course from The Missionary Training Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Work of all types should bring glory to God, extend His rule by helping bring order out of chaos, benefit other people and creation in general, promote faith in Jesus Christ, and bring personal fulfilment through using the gifts and talents He has given.
		This highly practical course aims to help you in these aspects and in the following areas of contemporary tentmaking.
		Exploring tentmaking and deciding what type of tentmaker you would like to be
	www.missionarytraining.org /tentmak.htm (303 words)

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