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The Business Life Project

Distilled from more than a decade of hands-on workplace ministry, this strategy involves:

bringing together Australian believers in the workplace;
forming Business Life Teams in Key Centres and;
through personal witness and running the Business Alpha course, winning people to and discipling them for Christ; and
partnering with other like-minded workplace ministries to maximise the impact of the Business Life Project.

The Business Life Project approach is set out in detail, with definitions and methodologies designed to provide a framework to intentionally reach our workplaces with the lifechanging message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Whilst this framework is detailed and prescriptive in that it covers the outworking of the National Vision, it is obviously capable of adaptation to local contexts.

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Across Australia a steady awakening is taking place as Australian believers in businesses and commercial organisations are, perhaps, more than ever before, seeking to help their colleagues, friends and associates to come to know Jesus Christ.

This 'movement' is evidenced by the number of Christian ministry initiatives that have sprung up over the last ten years.

"Across Australia ... believers in Businesses ... are seeking to help their colleagues, friends and associates to come to know Jesus Christ."

Examples among the many are: the Bible Society's 'Business Bible', special chaplains in the workplace, networking organisations like Australian Marketplace Connections and the Christian Business Network. Books like Thank God It's Monday (written by Mark Greene) and Anointed for Business (by Ed Silvoso) have been pivotal and leaders of many denominations have been calling for more expressions of Christian life and values in the apparent spiritual desert of the secular world of business.

While it is true that there have been marketplace ministries for some years in Australia, over the last ten years we have noticed that the conduct of the Alpha Course in a business or workplace context has been one of the most fruitful endeavours in actually bringing people into a saving knowledge of God through Christ.

As a result of the last decade's spiritual labours a growing body of active believers has emerged who wish to intentionally engage with non-believers in the workplace. They want to share the Gospel with them using the Business Alpha platform and their personal witness. They, then, want to help those who come to Christ to go on to grow in grace and become committed members of an appropriate local church.

To get this done, Christians across this continent are spontaneously calling for Business Alpha or Alpha in the Workplace courses to be run in their offices, boardrooms and factories and workshops. Three factors have been established to make this Vision come to pass:

believers have been praying personally and in groups for their work mates and their associates so that there will be an openness to explore the questions of life through the Alpha initiative, something that many non-believing people in this dying culture are increasingly keen to do;
believers have been working in unity, regardless of denominational background, to see people respond to the Gospel, experience the power of the Holy Spirit and become obedient to the Word of God;
as part of the whole plan, believers have been forming teams, Business Life Teams, to run Business Alpha successfully - a competency which has included helping new believers to become disciples of Jesus. (Becoming a Disciple of Jesus, is designed as one resource to help new Christians to grow.)

"...the conduct of the Alpha Course in a business or workplace context has been one of the most fruitful endeavours in actually bringing people into a saving knowledge of God through Christ."

We are delighted that this 'movement' which is taking shape either independently or under the banner of the Business Life Network is attracting the support of people at all levels in the business world and in the work place. There is recognition that the Alpha Course, although not the only resource available, is attracting increasing and widespread support and has shown a resilience and a staying power that testifies to the power of God being at work through the course.

But the real key is to be found in the fact that there is a general stirring orchestrated by the Holy Spirit in the marketplace encouraging Christians to reach out to people in their world ... the world of their office, canteen, sales department, factory or plant. And this 'reaching out' is culminating in a harvest of souls, gradual at first but increasing in number year by year to the glory of our Heavenly Father.

We ask you to become part of this movement to reach Australia for Christ in the world of work. Your participation whether as a leader, a business partner, team member or investor all counts and will make a difference to the future of our nation and our people.

Yours in Christ,
Tony McLennan
Business Alpha / Alpha in the Workplace Australia
Co-ordinator Business Life Network

"As a result of the last decade's spiritual labours a growing body of active believers has emerged who wish to intentionally engage with non-believers in the workplace."

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