Tom Bassford

About Tom Bassford

Tom Bassford is founder and President of Significant Matters a faith-based non-profit committed to helping the church create sustainable solutions though the work of church missions. He is also the founder of SATtalks which aims to accelerate the learning curve for the church around sustainable approaches to church missions by highlighting the stories of people and organizations on the leading edge and connecting those who want to help move the church in this direction.

No Needy Among Us by Quinn Schipper

By |2019-07-11T23:15:57+00:00September 22nd, 2017|Categories: Church Missions, Dignity, flourishing, Join the Conversation, Philanthropy, ReThink Poverty, Sustainability|

Imagine a community where it is said, "there are no needy among us." Imagine a community that addresses the injustice of poverty so strategically that “there are no needy among us.” Imagine the Body of Christ in a community [...]

Do you have the courage to evaluate? by Krista Petty

By |2019-07-11T23:15:57+00:00September 19th, 2017|Categories: Church Missions, flourishing, ReThink Missions, ReThink Poverty|

How do you know if your mission work is transformative and sustainable? Anecdotal stories and occasional statistics of lives touched or improving can be encouraging and generate continuing funding; but, does that show sustainable transformation of an entire community [...]

King David Was Right! by Mike Simon

By |2019-07-11T23:15:57+00:00September 5th, 2017|Categories: Business Persons, Church Missions, ReThink Missions, Sustainability|

I was encouraged recently by King David’s insights from Psalms 133:  How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!  Immediately, I thought about the work that I, and my colleagues at Simon Solutions, are [...]

Do We Really Believe the Problems of Poverty CAN be Solved? by Tom Bassford

By |2019-07-11T23:15:57+00:00August 8th, 2017|Categories: Business Persons, Church Missions, Dignity, flourishing, Join the Conversation, Sustainability, Uncategorized|

Albert Einstein once said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”  The problem?  So much of our well-intended efforts to help the poor have left them worse off in [...]

A Millenial’s Perspective on SATtalks | Lindsey Strickler

By |2019-07-18T15:15:40+00:00May 21st, 2017|Categories: Business Persons, Church Missions, Entrepreneurship, flourishing, Join the Conversation, SATtalk Video 2016, Sustainability, Work|

Lindsey Strickler,  co-owner of a Denver-based marketing firm (Defenestrate) and a 2016 SATtalk Presenter shares some thoughts on the value of SATtalks and what it means to rub shoulders for a couple of days with others who believe church missions and sustainable [...]

A Businessman’s Thoughts on SATtalks | Chris Herre

By |2019-07-18T15:13:40+00:00May 15th, 2017|Categories: Business Persons, Church Missions, Entrepreneurship, Join the Conversation, ReThink Missions, SATtalks 2016, Sustainability, Work|

Chris Herre is Principal of Rose Design Build, Inc. a Kansas City based company offering full architectural and construction services to businesses and entrepreneurs.  Chris attended the 2016 SATtalks in Kansas City and shares some thoughts on the value of SATtalks and what [...]

Final Thoughts for 2016 by Tom Bassford

By |2016-12-29T22:16:05+00:00December 29th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

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