7 Reasons Tentmaking Businesses Fail: Lessons Learned in Business as Mission

Why do so many tentmaking businesses fail?Have you ever wondered if tentmaking is a realistic model for missions today?The head of a funding organization said to me, “I’ve been working along side tentmakers for 20 years and I have never seen a business that is profitable, sustainable, and effective in ministry! So why should we invest our time and energy into a model that doesn’t work?”Since that time I have been asking myself?“Is the model wrong?”Is tentmaking a waste of time? When we speak of Business as Missions, are we just talking about a pie-in-the-sky theory? Did the Apostle Paul fail in his profession?Absolutely not!Tentmaking businesses have failed because of 7 foundational reasons.These key reasons need to be identified and addressed to re-energize the tentmaking model.And that’s why I wrote this book!You won’t get a ton of business theory or strategy. This will only make you feel overwhelmed and unsure of how to move forward. Instead, I’ll share some rea..