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Pioneer Business Planting Consultation

Pioneer Business Planting is a five-day consultation focused on extending the reach of the Gospel while creating financial sustainability for church planters and other leaders/believers.

The intended outcome is a viable legitimate business that provides a product or service that does not currently exist in the region in order to serve the local community through meeting physical, social, and spiritual needs without competing with other local businesses thus being a light simply by adding value through the business.

Each consultation is customized to the needs of the participants through facilitating conversation, active listening, storytelling, and hands on experiential learning through activity-based exercises. 

The first two days focus on the mindset topics like:

  1. God is the Owner of our business, we are His stewards
  2. Work is worship
  3. Sacred/secular divide
  4. How to use business as a means to extend the gospel

The last three days are focuses on:

  1. Process of business planting
  2. How to find a good business idea
  3. Leadership
  4. Problem solving skills
  5. How to write a businessplan
  6. Funding
  7. Ethics in business
  8. Customers
  9. Marketing
  10. Budgeting and many more elements of starting a business.

After the consultation, the students are able to develop/write business plans and have the tools/knowledge to start a business.

  • The consultation is very interactive with an emphasis on experienced based learning (games and activities) and storytelling (graphic curriculum).
  • The consultation will be given by a team of trainers of at least 2 experienced team members and 2-3 newbies for the purpose of multiplication and in case of injury or illness.
  • Pioneer Business Planting is designed to be customized for all levels of experience. Thus each gathering is unique and distinct. We strive to highlight the strengths of each and every community that we serve.

The Pioneer Business Planting training has been developed and improved since 2010, given in 45+ countries in Africa and Asia and out of that more than 1500 viable businesses have been started.

All participants will be encouraged to apply what they have learned but also share the material with people in their area.

Target group

Local church planters and their families/friends that have a passion to reach the neglected

Practicalities

  • 20-40 participants
  • 40 hours of teaching
  • teaching team of 3-4 people (preferably also a local person involved)
  • Graphic Curriculum and Facilitators Manual (for trainers)

Testimonials

I have opened my mind to selling and starting a business. I pray first and I don’t separate business and church. I also plan and research products or services that people don’t have in the community. What would they like to have? In business, we must love our customers, and gradually, we can start sharing the words of God with them. We must have a brand to see and if we get some profit and then order the product again. More importantly, separate the money of the business and our salary. We can also invest the profit to grow more and remember not to use the business money for personal expenses.
SamuelPioneer Business Planting Training Attendee
We must know the difference between a Christian and a worldly leader. Do not mix money from business and church. The money belongs to the business, tithe belongs to the church. We need to divide it smartly to pay back loans. If we manage the business well, we can create more jobs and opportunities for other people to grow. All these, you can learn from the Bible.
AnonymousPioneer Business Planting Training Attendee
We must know the difference between a Christian and a worldly leader. Do not mix money from business and church. The money belongs to the business, tithe belongs to the church. We need to divide it smartly to pay back loans. If we manage the business well, we can create more jobs and opportunities for other people to grow. All these, you can learn from the Bible.
AnonymousPioneer Business Planting Training Attendee
I learned not to sell alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes because these destroy people. I treat my customers well and make sure that I am active in sales in my shop because customers might leave. I go to church to pray and glorify God.
EldaPioneer Business Planting Training Attendee
I learned that we have to work with love. If we don’t have love, then our work is nothing. I also learned that we have to pray first for everything that we do, just like when we go to the farm, we prepare the soil first. How we start dictates how we finish our day-to-day lives. In doing business, we cannot just use the money for ourselves like spending on our family.
AnonymousPioneer Business Planting Training Attendee
A believer can do business and evangelize in the business at the same time. A leader in the church shouldn’t only depend on the tithes, instead it is better to do something to start a sustainable business and spread the word of God. In doing a business there is a difference between a boss and a leader. A boss manages and dictates. Good leaders not only motivate and inspire the team to perform their best, but they are also part of the team themselves.
AnonymousPioneer Business Planting Training Attendee
I learned about 5 steps that we have to solve problems in business: I pray first for everything I do. Secondly, I use my experience and thirdly I ask for wise council. I also examine and do research and as the final step I make a decision. Lastly, I also learned I need to have a plan for planting churches and businesses.
VictoriaPioneer Business Planting Training Attendee
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