
Business as Mission Canada Podcast
By Business as Mission (BAM) Canada
Learn more about who we are: www.businessasmission.ca

Business as Mission Canada PodcastMay 24, 2023

Freeing financial captives, with Tyler Wain
“The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave of the lender.” - Proverbs 22:7. Money. We use it every single day and it's a necessary part of our daily lives - as individuals, employees and business owners. How do we steward it well? How can we steward it better? What Kingdom principles can we apply to how we face our finances?
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! If you've ever asked those questions, you're going to love this conversation with Financial Coach and Founder of Hope Financial Solutions, Tyler Wain:
A biblical basis and definition for "financial freedom" A caution to business owners who employ staff Tips on how to tackle debt and saving, and tying in your business' purposeWant to learn more? Reach out to Hope Financial Solutions and Tyler, here: www.hopefinancialsolutions.ca
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How Entrepreneurship, Research and Faith Collide, with PhD candidate Kylie Heales
Do academics tend to struggle with faith the more educated they become...? How does business and Kingdom collide in the academic and research space? Is it even possible when you have to remain objective?
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, we have the privilege of sharing our conversation with PhD Candidate at University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business, Kylie Heales. While conducting her research, Heales been identifying gaps in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Haiti and Tunisia. Her research focuses on how local entrepreneurs are engaging with service providers available to them.
Dive in with us as we learn more about education, faith and how:
God is on the move in the Canadian academic space! 🇨🇦 The integration of faith and bringing your whole self in "secular" and research spaces Why and how you should seek out "generative" moments, conversations and connectionsDid you know we have an Academics Group on the BAM Canada Network?! Connect with other like-minded academics. Your work is mission - and it matters deeply. Check out our private community using the link below.
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LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
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EmPOWERing African Villages Through 4 Bottom Lines, with Dan Klinck
It’s one thing to provide aid, but what’s really driving sustainability is self-reliance in emerging economies – THAT access to power is so important in helping emerging markets help themselves... That's exactly what Dan Klinck thinks, and we couldn't agree more.
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Join us with today's guest, Dan Klinck, the CEO of East African Power(EAP), a renewable energy development company focusing on delivering electricity by developing utility-scale power plants – both hydro and solar power.
Lean into his 10+ years of experience working in East Africa and how to:
Prioritize sustainability and Mission - candidly and honestly, from his story How to practically be the light in your workplace (pun intended!) Ask God the right questions about your business - this means there are wrong ones...!STAY CONNECTED WITH US:
WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

Finding Your Purpose in the Marketplace, with Mary Ellen Schaafsma
Are you crystal clear on your business' societal reason for existing? Yes, that's a big question. We know business exists for more than just profit, but we also need to do good business - well.
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, you get to meet Mary Ellen Schaafsma, the founder and principal of Purpose Pathways Consulting. She helps business owners activate their purpose, so lean in to learn how to:
Get connected with Mary Ellen: www.purposepathways.ca
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WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
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BONUS: Understanding & Applying a Quadruple Bottomline, with BAM Global's Mats Tunehag
This BONUS episode we wanted to give you a sneak peak into one of our monthly 'Round Tables' where we have practitioners, experts and leaders to teach us something new, share their perspective and have community learning. After this webinar, we took time for questions and responses as a community.
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! BAM Global's Co-Chair, Mats Tunehag challenged and taught us all about how we can apply a Quadruple Bottomline to our business and life.
BAM has connected over 500 people in 50 different nations - helping people understand the theological, practical, strategic, missiological, economical, global, and historical perspective of business.
We're part of a rich history that truly dates back to biblical times in the method of daily life and work!
Join us to learn more about:
What's the purpose of business, our values, where do we get them from, and how do they inform how we run our businesses on the daily? Why is there four bottom lines, and where in the Bible do they come from? Practical encouragement for the entrepreneur and business owners applying this (and wrestling with how to measure them!)Resources mentioned:
BAM Global Reports Mat Tunehag's websiteSTAY CONNECTED WITH US:
WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

Seeing your business as a God-given calling, with Executive Leader Garth Jestley
We live in a post-Christian culture in Canada. So, what does that mean for the way we approach our work and share the Gospel - as people in business and people of influence? You're going to want to lean into this interview with Garth Jestley!
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! After serving as Vice President Project Financing at Bank of Montreal and Vice President of Citibank and being responsible for Corporate Banking in Eastern Canada, Jestley is now the Vice Chairman of Middlefield Group, Executive Director Emeritus of LeaderImpact, and published author. He's passionate about mobilizing leaders who know Jesus to share His good news with their professional peers... and had his own encounter with Jesus in his mid-30s that started it all. Dive in with us as we unpack how to truly see your business as calling:
Lean in to hear Jestley's personal journey of integrating faith into his whole life, His hopeful perspectives on the future of leadership here in Canada, and The calling we ALL have to use the skills and gifts God has given us in ALL spheres of life!Resources mentioned:
Paul Williams book: Exiles on Mission Every good endeavour (Tim Keller). Theology of work. Regent College - Faith and Work podcast. AND check out some of Jestley's great books!STAY CONNECTED WITH US:
WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

Aspiring to Greater Impact through Business, with CEO Karen Schenk
The people around you are a wealth of knowledge and can hold the keys to your success. Through new perspectives and connections, and can even inspire you with new aspirations! ✨
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! We are excited to bring you a conversation with Karen Schenk. She is the Owner and CEO of Iconium Media in Edmonton, Alberta. Karen specializes in equipping organizations to create and facilitate responsive media that brings about transformation. Previously, Karen has led a large creative and technical staff, mobilized a team of over 1000 volunteers, learned how to create responsive media and led a team to develop a world-class system for online follow-up.
Join us to learn more about:
Schenk's journey into the business world (& the journey of 100 intentional conversations!) The process of learning to trust God through the work and life of a business What it means for someone to inspire you to new aspirationsSTAY CONNECTED WITH US:
WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

Disrupting 20th century mission methods, with BAM Consultant Larry Sharp
The world today is very different from what it was 50 years ago... Are we entering an era that is shifting from professional missionaries to missional professionals? We're so glad you asked.
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Larry Sharp is a dear friend of BAM Canada - he's the founder and board member of IBEC Ventures, a BAM consulting group, a chairperson of the Freedom Business Alliance, blogger and author with over 40 years experience in the nonprofit and missions space. We got to sit down and talk about his very latest book: "Missions Disrupted."
Join us to learn more about:
Sharp's new book, where he dives into "Missio Dei" and Disruptive Innovation Theory The necessary shifts and the baton being passed from 20th century methods to the 21st century WHO Sharp believes will be the ones to bring this disruptive innovation (hint: it's the next generation!)STAY CONNECTED WITH US:
WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

The birth of the global BAM movement, with BAM Global's Jo Plummer
If you haven't heard of BAM Global yet, you need to! Business As Mission (BAM) is a global movement - and BAM Canada is only one expression of what God is doing all across the Earth.
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! This special episode was filmed exactly a year ago on our first birthday in March 2022 to celebrate our private Network community 🎂. Join us for an incredible interview with Jo Plummer, Co-Chair of BAM Global, editor of the Business as Mission Resource website and Lausanne Catalyst for Business as Mission.
Get ready to learn about:
A global perspective and mini history lesson on "BAM" - as a poly centric movement What the BAM Global team is expectant for as the next generation rises and the movement enters its third decade Find out how you can get involved in BAM GlobalSTAY CONNECTED WITH US:
WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

Catalyzing 21st century mission, with Strategic Entrepreneurial Leader Stephen Mulder
If you've ever wondered: "How can we catalyze the next generation of 21st century missional leaders to build the Church and bring more of Heaven's redemption to Earth?" This episode is for you.
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! You may know our special guest from Alpha Canada, WayBase or Portland's Bridgetown Church... but now, Stephen Mulder is the co-founder of Missional Labs. Located in Vancouver, his goal is to equip missional pioneers and ventures. Jump in with us to hear more about:
A BRIGHT perspective on the future for missional leaders and the global Church as we embark in the post-COVID world. A very practical answer to: "What does the future of the church look like and what do leaders need... in 50-100 years?" The *secret* to modelling, practicing and empowering human flourishing - hint: it's Biblically rooted.Mentioned in the podcast: Praxis Labs
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IT'S OUR 2ND BIRTHDAY: celebrate our 2022 impact and 2023 vision!
Did you know that BAM Canada launched on March 1, 2021?! 🎂 Yep, we're celebrating two whole years... and we're just getting started!
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, we're going big picture with our co-founders with a special episode we recorded at the tail-end of 2022 for our BAM Canada Network community. You get the behind the scenes - tune in to hear:
Some of our favourite accomplishments, events, stories and moments of 2022 🎉 Bragging on our incredible partners, continued collaboration with BAM Global and more... 3 NEW ways we're committed to practically equipping Canadian missional businesses in 2023 and beyond.We're so excited to have you along the journey as we endeavour to steward what we've been given as BAM Canada - and to help you steward your business well, too. CHECK OUR OUR 2022 IMPACT REPORT!
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Get to know us: who we are and why "BAM" Canada
You may never have heard of the term "BAM" or "Business As Mission". How do you define it? Why here in Canada? Who are our co-founders, and how did BAM Canada get started? We're so glad you asked.
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, you get a little behind the scenes of how and why we exist to gather and grow Canadian Christians passionate about missional business. You'll learn:
Who our co-founders are and how they stumbled upon Business as Mission (BAM) Why we launched a BAM Canada - what BAM is and why Canada? (The answer might surprise you!) 3 Unique problems we seek to solve and specific needs we want to serve as BAM Canada Our mission - what we do, and how YOU can get involvedSTAY CONNECTED WITH US:
WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network
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Welcome to the podcast! 🇨🇦 Meet our BAM Canada co-founders and learn what you can expect from each episode.
As Business as Mission (BAM) Canada, we exist to gather Canadian Christians passionate about missional business to grow in their redemptive purpose. By Canadians, for Canadians. We may be one of a kind - but we're here to help YOU build the Kingdom and bring more of Heaven to Earth through your business and daily work, no matter where or who you are.
STAY CONNECTED WITH US:
WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network