There is a great interest for tentmaking in Brazil, says Gustavo Borges. Last week he presented tentmaking to hundreds of people at a major mission conference in Brazil. Photo: Tent International

My dream is to see Christians professionals and students from Brazil move to other nations to glorify God by making a difference in the world, says Gustavo Borges.
He is one of the key people behind Tent Brazil, Tent International´s latest start-up.

The new national Tent-branch was presented at Congresso Brasileiro de Missões (CBM), the major mission conference in Brazil held in the end of October. Tent´s booth at the conference was one of the best attended. Representatives from Tent also had three seminars on tentmaking at the event. Continue reading →

Dictionary: “A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream”

Sometimes we are guilty of highlighting the superheroes of tentmaking, you know, the ones who start multiple churches, win dozens to Jesus, start disciple making movements, build God honoring companies that also disciple their employees and communities.

What about the average tentmaker? Continue reading →

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. Rom 13:1

“When we obey the rules and laws of a nation, even though they may restrict or forbid proselytizing, God will open an even greater opportunity for the gospel than if we break the laws of the land.” Continue reading →

I have always been intrigued by Paul’s tentmaker team members, Aquila and Priscilla. We are not privileged to a lot of information about them.

What we do know is that this power couple (Prisquila?) was among the earliest known Christian missionaries in the first century.

Aquila and Priscilla were business people who made tents, and Paul was one of their workers and ministry partners. Continue reading →