“I’m deeply grateful for my experience with the Pioneer Business Planting training in Mozambique. The five-day training immersed me in diverse cultures and equipped me to be a disciple in business planting. Collaborating within a team for the first time boosted my confidence, providing valuable insights. Now, I navigate the
In my previous article, I wrote about how we addressed the written communication gap by adding the Business Model Canvas and building strong coaching relationships with church planters, emphasizing intentional, life-sharing discipleship to achieve self-sustainability and fruitful business planting. In this follow-up article, I will share the challenges we encountered
Helping church planters and disciple makers to start businesses in Africa, Asia and the Middle-East can be messy! Not everything is going on well. We encounter challenges beyond our control, like COVID measures, high inflation or political instability, but we also have to deal with mindsets and strongholds that are
“Do you want to be part of the training team this year?”, we asked a 18-year old girl who attended our business training last year. “YES!” she said. Mary (not her real name) taught 2 teachings during the week. One on the Cycle of Planting, where she brought a plant
One of the 16-year-old teenagers from the Middle East who attended our Pioneer Business Planting told me, “We worked on our presentations until 3:00 am.” As part of the training, all participants are required to teach back one of the sessions, which is known as The Explanation Effect and helps
One of the biggest challenges in Africa is managing money. Most of the participants that go through our business training have never made a personal budget. They have never been taught that it’s important. There is no example in their culture as most of the people live day by day
