2020 has not turned out like anyone expected when the new year began. First COVID. Then lockdowns and isolation. Meetings cancelled. Remote meetings. People lost jobs. Students missed school and social contact. Friends and loved ones succumbed to death without even the opportunity to gather and mourn together.

The Year that Was

As a result, there has been increase depression, drug use, and even suicide. There have been many disappointments. Many news stories have provoked fear and anxiety.

The Problem

Many people got their introduction and start in tentmaking through a GO Equipped course.

While GO Equipped has trained thousands to be tentmakers through Global Intent and Tent only a small percentage have actually gone. Many left the course enthused about becoming tentmakers, but then lost their enthusiasm. Others went to the field only to return discouraged.

Historically, the programs offered informal mentoring for those who chose to stay in contact.

It seemed that only the most self-driven survived and thrived. Many did not follow through.

Something was missing.

The one-year anniversary of the Lausanne Global Workplace Forum passed unnoticed. The COVID crisis everyone’s drew attention elsewhere.

The goal of the forum was to equip the global church in workplace ministry. The organizers aimed to have impact well beyond the participants at the event in the Philippines.

To that end the the committee recorded 29 sessions which are now available in a video series online.