Partnering Like Family, Not Donors | Tom Bassford
I was supposed to be in Zimbabwe this week with a small group of people from the US, Canada and the UK. We were going to get an up close look at Hands at Work In Africa, a group [...]
VIDEO – Africa’s Missing Middle | Andy Agaba
WATCH THE VIDEO... In Andy Agaba’s home country of Uganda, the major crisis they face is unemployment. Eight out of ten who graduate from college will not find a job. Is the answer more charity or even more micro-loans? [...]
VIDEO – Beyond The Secular/Sacred Divide | Jeff Coffey
WATCH THE VIDEO... “You either serve God or you serve money,” Jeff was told over and over again in his early days in ministry. Earning money while doing missions was deceitful. Irresponsible. Impossible. For years, Jeff tried to adhere [...]
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VIDEO – From the Church to the Marketplace | Emeline Nde & Renita Reed-Thomson GalleryVIDEO – From the Church to the Marketplace | Emeline Nde & Renita Reed-Thomson
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VIDEO – From the Church to the Marketplace | Emeline Nde & Renita Reed-Thomson
WATCH THE VIDEO... Emeline Nde was 12 when she received a scholarship from a church out of Switzerland. “It enabled me to get one of the best educations I could in Cameroon. It was a paradigm shift from seeing [...]
VIDEO – Radical Relationships | Marlo Fox
WATCH THE VIDEO... “What if radical relationships across socio-economic lines isn't solely about doing for others because it's the right thing to do or because it's our biblical mandate? What if it's not just about the privileged doing for [...]
VIDEO – Missions 3.0 In a Nutshell | Tom Bassford
WATCH THE VIDEO... Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” For a church [...]
Prove It! | by Tom Bassford
The church in North America is losing ground in attendance, influence, credibility and virtually every other category that really matters. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that, if the Church really wants to be the hope of the world, then it [...]
$50,000 Gift to Launch the 3.0 Fund!
Investing charitable dollars in for-profit businesses to help the poor. Significant Matters is excited to announce the formation of the 3.0 Fund. Many churches and especially the business-minded people of those churches are coming to see the rationale and possibilities of [...]
Prophetic Imagination | by Tom Bassford
Change comes in a thousand different ways but never in a hurry or by unanimous consent. That may be one of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned over the past 15 years. I used to think the best strategy for [...]
A Thing To Be Done | by Tom Bassford
"But remember: if prayer be anything at all, it is a thing to be done." George MacDonald Sooner or later even the most reluctant among us finds a use for prayer. Scrooge found his knees at the end of [...]