GoMarket Participants Discussing Next Step Options
The GoMarket Gathering this past weekend was a blessing for all of us. Participants came from Maryland, Missouri, Texas, and Colorado. Some of those in attendance are in the process of relocation or seeking out jobs in Europe, North Africa, and Turkey, and desiring to be strategically connected with God’s mission in these locations (MP2). Others are wanting to start Business as Missions companies in countries like the Ukraine (MP3). And several are successful business people who want to invest their connections, experience, and lives in short-term initiatives enabling God to be glorified through the marketplace (MP+).
One of the participants said, “This weekend I’ve heard the Lord say, ‘You are not alone—marketplace ministry [in France] is possible!’”
A key tool in discussions such as this past weekend’s GoMarket Gathering is a modified version of Patrick Lai’s Tentmaking Categories. In Patrick’s book, Tentmaking, he describes 5 Categories of Tentmakers (T1-T5) This book was written from the perspective of expatriates living overseas and does not include national followers of Jesus ministering through the marketplace. My Marketplace Initiative friends with Greater Europe Mission have modified Lai’s outstanding chart to include nationals and added a category for marketplace professionals serving God’s Kingdom’s advance abroad without relocating to the target country. The table below in this blog describes these updated categories.
What categories are missing? Where do you see yourself?
Marketplace Categories
