
Business as Mission Canada Podcast
By Business as Mission (BAM) Canada
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Business as Mission Canada PodcastSep 27, 2023

The Intersections of Gospel, Church, Culture, and Business, with Jon Fuller
Are your eyes open to where God is moving in the culture? What about in your church? Or how about where he’s moving in your business?
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! In this episode, join in on the conversation we had with Jon Fuller, Resident Missiologist for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Executive Director of Our Common Calling, and Pastor of Melrose Community Church in Toronto. From Fuller's varied experiences, both globally and locally, be encouraged to learn:
- Why standing at the intersection of gospel, church, and culture is so important
- The rich reality of what it looks like to be a bi-vocational pastor
- How you can be a part of God's redemptive work in our multicultural nation
Resources from this episode:
- Regent College's Reframe course: https://www.reframecourse.com/
- Joshua Project: https://joshuaproject.net/
- Melrose Community Church in Toronto: https://www.melrosechurch.org/
- Our Common Calling: https://www.ourcommoncalling.ca/
- Jon Fuller's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ihqidm/
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Networking for Lifelong Learning, with Andrea Soberg
What valuable life lesson have you learned from an educator, mentor, family member, or new connection?
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! In this episode, you'll listen to our conversation with Andrea Soberg, Professor and Director of the Centre for Global Entrepreneurship at Trinity Western University. Andrea is a passionate academic avid traveller, and an intentional Christ-follower who will challenge you to learn about:
- Discovering the Biblical foundation for the work you do
- Research that is making way for future missional business leaders
- The importance of networking and building relationships across the globe
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People, Prayers, and Priorities in Business, with Brian and Emily Heazle
Are you actively listening to how God is calling you to operate your business? Are your priorities aligned with his?
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! In this episode, Brian and Emily Heazle, the Founders of Flow it Right, share how God made a business plan written during the heart of Covid-19 to become the couples' full-time business today. As you listen to this conversation, you'll be:
- Moved by the power of prayer has on relationships with customers
- Inspired to prioritize people in your business as God calls
- Provoked to think about how churches can support business people
Episode resources:
- Brian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-heazle-9b982226/?originalSubdomain=ca
- Flow It Right's website: https://flowitright.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flowitright/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FlowitRight/?show_switched_toast=0&show_invite_to_follow=0&show_switched_tooltip=0&show_podcast_settings=0&show_community_review_changes=0&show_community_rollback=0&show_follower_visibility_disclosure=0
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WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

Wealth Encompasses More than Money, with Tim Jenkins
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, we hosted Tim Jenkins, Principal of Trinity Wealth Financial Advisors (a Bronze Partner!). In this episode, you'll hear about how:
- Wealth can be measured in many more currencies than just money
- Learning to be generous yourself, and teaching your family to be generous, will be a blessing
- God calls us to stand out in how we serve and care for people
Resources in this episode:
- Visit trinityfamilywealth.ca for blogs and resources on Kingdom-minded wealth
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LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
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Redeeming Business for God’s Glory, with Peter Marshall
Take a look at your “loves” and priorities. Where does God fall on that list? Where do “people” fall? And where does money fall?
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, Peter Marshall, Charity Consultant, shares how God expanded his vision for his business, leading to transformation in all areas of his life. Lean in as we learn about:
- What it looks like to reorder your loves and priorities
- How the redemption of a business can bring about benefits to all stakeholders
- The importance of collaboration instead of competition - businesses, charities, and churches can work together
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LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
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A Multidirectional Blessing to the Nations, with Ann Chow
If we are called to be a blessing to the nations, how can we respond as Christians? What role does business play in this response?
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, Ann Chow, global events and project manager, shares the importance of collaboration and innovation within the Body of Christ. Dive in with us as we learn from her leadership experience:
- Business is a means of providing justice to the nations
- There's power in community-to-community transformation
- Collaboration happens best when we listen to, learn from, and serve others
Check out the resources Ann mentioned:
- Intervarsity Urbana
- Indigitous Hackathon
- Food for the Hungry Canada
- BAM Global
- Ann Chow Event & Project Management
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LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
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Business Has Intrinsic Value to God, with Brian Albright
Have you ever considered the intrinsic value that your business has to God? Suppose your business provides a service that promotes human flourishing or creates jobs that provide dignity, hope, or opportunity for creativity. In that case, it is a business that God is not only using for his glory, but one He also values!
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, we had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Albright, Assistant Professor at Trinity Western University. Throughout this episode, you'll be challenged to think deeper about the intrinsic value of business as you'll be encouraged to:
- Reconsider your business model and its Kingdom impact
- Not shy away from hard questions about the purpose of your business
- Keep pushing forward to see the whole picture of how God views your business
Check out these resources mentioned in this episode:
- Walking with the Poor by Bryant Myers
- Becoming Whole by Brian Fikkert and Kelly Kapic
- Why Business Matters to God by Jeff Van Duzer
- Work Matters by Tom Nelson
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WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

Living with Purpose – Every Day, with Christine Vezarov-Scholman
Do you truly believe that your everyday, mundane moments are abounding with purpose? That God is present in every moment – regardless of the car you drive, the neighbourhood you live in, the job you work, or even your age – he's outworking his Mission through you!
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, join in on the conversation we had with Christine Vezarov-Scholman, a creative marketing consultant. In this episode, you'll be reminded:
- That your identity is not dependent on what you do but who you are as a child of God
- To lean into the talents, passions, and gifts God has given you
- That EVERY part of the body of Christ is vital to God's Kingdom work here on earth
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WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

Ministry belongs to us ALL, with Pastor Andrew Bauer
What is the role of the church in the Business as Mission movement? How can the church be a place of equipping, sending, and enabling its members to seek the Kingdom of God through their work?
Welcome to the Business As Mission Canada podcast! Today, Andrew Bauer, pastor of Evangel Bathurst, author of Bottomless Cup, and Missions Rep. for PAOC's Maritimes District, leads us in discovering our calling to ministry in our communities. You'll learn:
- How the church is to be a resource to its people
- Why the language of 'calling' is relevant to you, regardless of what work you do
- Examples of living your life centred on the Gospel in your community, Monday-Sunday
STAY CONNECTED WITH US:
WEBSITE: www.businessasmission.ca
LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

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' purpose
Want to learn more? Reach out to Hope Financial Solutions and Tyler, here: www.hopefinancialsolutions.ca
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LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
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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 connections
Did 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
OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: www.businessasmission.ca/network

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...!
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LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
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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:
- Clarify, integrate and activate your business' purpose - today.
- Engage with your purpose and vision as an investment.
- Integrate the GOOD work you do with your values as a believer.
Get connected with Mary Ellen: www.purposepathways.ca
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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:
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LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
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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!
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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 aspirations
STAY CONNECTED WITH US:
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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!)
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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 Global
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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 involved
STAY CONNECTED WITH US:
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LINKEDIN: @ Business As Mission (BAM) Canada
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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