“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.

40 eager professionals and businessmen gathered in September at the Hyatt Hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica. They came to learn about the tentmaking model of ministry.

A couple who participated in the Conference wrote the following:

“Thank you very much for planning this congress, I want to emphasize that it was a blessing for our lives, especially because many mission agencies do not understand the TentMaking, and have a bad conception of them. Unfortunately, doors have been closed to us when we ask about Bivocational opportunities since some agencies prefer only to have translation workers. This congress encourages us to understand that Tent Making is a super tool, and we really want to continue learning more, we look forward to the follow-up contact. Again, may God bless your lives too much and the Ministry that God has for you.”

Missionary accounts like Through Gates of Splendor motivated a whole generation of young people to consider missions.

Books inspire. They provide an understanding of what it is like to live a life given to sharing the gospel in another culture. They provide models for a future generation to follow.

However, there is a dearth of books on the lives of tentmakers. Working Abroad with Purpose is a welcome addition to the library of contemporary tentmaker stories.

Too often we over complicate life.

There is a renewed understanding about the Great Commission in some churches. Jesus is calling all His followers to GO and make DISCIPLES – not converts, or churches. Where there are disciples there will be churches, but the call is to make disciples.

This Does Two Things

It puts things in their rightful order.

It becomes something that every believer is able to do.