Does the Business Professional Network interact with the local church?
Emphatically, yes! The BPN works with the local church, both in the western world and the developing country. In the western world, the BPN assists pastors and staff (i.e., missions committee) in developing their own “missions through business” program. The BPN works as an “out-sourced” staff of experts in the international business arena. Churches augment their missions programs with a Business Development Group (BDG) because of the holistic impact on communities and the natural complement to other missionary endeavors. In the developing world, the BPN works through the local indigenous church to find individuals of proven Christian integrity and entrepreneurial giftedness. Further, the local church provides the BDG with another means of contact with the entrepreneur.
