Most tentmakers go abroad without taking any targeted training that would help them avoid pitfalls and learn to see the opportunities for sharing their faith in restricted countries. There are excellent classroom courses in an increasing number of countries (as reported in last months Tentmaking Today), but in reality, professional people struggle with getting time off to attend these intensive class room courses.

A fair question is, would people watch these classroom lectures online in a sound bite world? I am confident that tentmakers who find themselves overwhelmed and discouraged in the field, will seek out these videos.

Here are some highlights on videos available right now.

Christy J. Wilson was a tentmaker in Afghanistan and on returning home he became a lecturer on tentmaking, wrote books and was frequently a keynote speaker at missions conferences. You can watch three of his talks online.

Calvin went to Libya as an ESL teacher many years ago, his story is now viewable online.

A two-hour tentmaking seminar has been attended by over 3000 people around the world. You can now view this seminar online as well.

More videos are being recorded, edited, subtitled into multiple languages and uploaded. Go to YouTube and search for “Global Intent Media”.

By Ari Rocklin