Comments on: Funding from “Behind” For Apostolic Ministry http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/01/11/funding-from-behind-for-apostolic-ministry/ Sam Metcalf's blog about a new generation of leaders for the global church. Fri, 16 May 2008 06:22:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Michael Johnson http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/01/11/funding-from-behind-for-apostolic-ministry/#comment-2914 Michael Johnson Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:00:47 +0000 http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/01/11/funding-from-behind-for-apostolic-ministry/#comment-2914 LOL ... correction on web site (if it matters) LOL … correction on web site (if it matters)

]]> By: Michael Johnson http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/01/11/funding-from-behind-for-apostolic-ministry/#comment-2913 Michael Johnson Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:58:47 +0000 http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/01/11/funding-from-behind-for-apostolic-ministry/#comment-2913 A little off-topic of your post, but regarding Ralph Winter's quote: "You can’t make “a business” out of rescuing child prostitutes in Thailand, or by setting up medical clinics in the midst of extreme poverty around the world.” ...I wonder. I recently watched the movie, Born Into Brothels, in which a woman working in the red-light district of Calcutta was drawn to work with the children of prostitutes. She was also a pro-photographer, so she got the idea of giving each of the kids inexpensive cameras and asking them to interpret their world through that medium. It worked wonders not only in creating deep relationships but the end of the story was this: she got many of them into higher education and out of the brothels by showcasing their photography and assisting them in selling prints of their own work...which completely funded their own empowerment. There are other similar stories. I wonder what is possible if we reimagined problems with a little more spirit-led creativity. Entrepreneurs focus on hidden value opportunities. As spiritual entrepreneurs, those values are the treasures of identity, dreams, and purpose inside. Our part of this opportunity might be to provide the marketing and distribution channels for those "products" of our Father's dreams. Michael A little off-topic of your post, but regarding Ralph Winter’s quote: “You can’t make “a business” out of rescuing child prostitutes in Thailand, or by setting up medical clinics in the midst of extreme poverty around the world.”

...I wonder. I recently watched the movie, Born Into Brothels, in which a woman working in the red-light district of Calcutta was drawn to work with the children of prostitutes. She was also a pro-photographer, so she got the idea of giving each of the kids inexpensive cameras and asking them to interpret their world through that medium. It worked wonders not only in creating deep relationships but the end of the story was this: she got many of them into higher education and out of the brothels by showcasing their photography and assisting them in selling prints of their own work…which completely funded their own empowerment. There are other similar stories.

I wonder what is possible if we reimagined problems with a little more spirit-led creativity. Entrepreneurs focus on hidden value opportunities. As spiritual entrepreneurs, those values are the treasures of identity, dreams, and purpose inside. Our part of this opportunity might be to provide the marketing and distribution channels for those “products” of our Father’s dreams.

Michael

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