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.

Redemptive Entanglement by Keith Jaspers & Tom Bassford

By |2019-07-25T12:02:27+00:00October 28th, 2016|Categories: Church Missions, SATtalks 2016, Sustainability, Work|

Redemptive Entanglement:  Having Both a Mind and a Heart for the Poor by Keith Jaspers with Introduction by Tom Bassford Introduction: The seeds of what we do through Significant Matters surfaced nearly thirty years ago on the heels of [...]

Prove It!

By |2016-10-20T19:29:25+00:00October 20th, 2016|Categories: Church Missions, SATtalks 2016, Sustainability|

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SATtalks – A Safe Place to be Vulnerable

By |2016-10-14T13:14:28+00:00October 14th, 2016|Categories: Church Missions, SATtalks 2016, Sustainability|

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HOPE is for More Than the Hereafter

By |2016-10-03T19:27:22+00:00October 3rd, 2016|Categories: Church Missions, Entrepreneurship, flourishing, SATtalks 2016, Sustainability, Work|

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Breaking Free of Paternalism: Part 2

By |2016-09-29T19:29:23+00:00September 28th, 2016|Categories: Church Missions, Dignity, SATtalks 2015, Sustainability, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |

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Breaking Free of Paternalism: Part 1

By |2016-09-19T17:25:04+00:00September 16th, 2016|Categories: Church Missions, SATtalks 2016, Uncategorized|

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Foster Dignity and People Rise to the Challenge

By |2016-08-27T10:12:31+00:00August 26th, 2016|Categories: Dignity, flourishing, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |

Ministries that approach their work in a holistic way find that it fosters dignity and a deep willingness for people to step up to the challenge.  A holistic approach to community development assumes a set of “catalytic” areas which help [...]

The Calculus of Compassion

By |2016-09-29T02:55:44+00:00June 8th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

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Beyond Relief by Gaston Warner | Zoe

By |2019-07-18T14:01:41+00:00December 24th, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|

Zoe helps children never need charity again. ZOE is a distinctive three-year program, developed in Africa that empowers orphans and vulnerable children around the world to overcome extreme poverty, become fully self-reliant, and learn of God’s love for them. [...]