A veteran tentmaker relates his faith journey into tentmaking mobilization and how God led him.

My wife Cindy and I were ill-prepared, intentional tentmakers headed off to the Middle East just two months after our wedding. The reality is that we were a couple of wide-eyed Midwestern kids eager to see the world and hopeful to contribute to God’s eternal Kingdom. We ended up in Tehran, Iran three months after boarding the freighter in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Our time in Iran awakened us to the need and marvelous opportunities to do exactly what Global Intent is doing today – inspire, mobilize, & equip tentmakers. It was about the same time that Christy Wilson published his book, “Today’s Tentmakers” from his experiences in Afghanistan. That wonderful confluence shaped our lives and has given us adventures that are in keeping with His promise to do “exceeding, abundantly above all” we could have ever expected or anticipated!

“Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory”
Miguel de Cervantes

To be forewarned is to be prepared.

There are many ways the Enemy defeats us in our quest to serve the King and extend his Kingdom. C. S. Lewis describes a number of the subtle traps the devil uses to steal our joy in Screwtape Letters. Though fictional, these stories point out real truths about the spiritual battles that take place outside of our view.

Learning from the experience of our past, and the past of others can help us avoid the same pain and defeat. Through decades of walking alongside thousands of tentmakers and debriefing them on their experiences, Global Intent has gleaned wisdom from the wealth of tentmakers experiences.

New Training Video Series

The video series, “Tentmaking Challenges” shares nuggets of wisdom in bite-sized 3-minute pieces. Veteran tentmaker and trainer Ari Rocklin shares these tales in the hope that the tentmaker will see these challenges when they come and be better prepared to deal with them.

Global Intent and Tent International have been working closely together since 2000. In the photo Global Intent’s director, Phill Sandahl, receives a t-shirt from Tent Nigeria’s director, Victor Agbonkpolor, at Tent International’s leader summit in September last year. 

International tentmaking bodies join forces

Two of the world’s leading resource centers on tentmaking are now joining forces. By collaborating tighter Global Intent and Tent International aim at empowering greater numbers of professionals and businesspeople to bring the gospel to new workplaces, regions and people groups.

“Our aim is helping people to become effective disciple makers in the marketplace. By working closer together, we are getting a more global network where professionals, businesspeople and students can get the training and support they need,” says Phill Sandahl, director of Global Intent.