Asia Affiliates
Regional Overview
Filled with skyscrapers, shantytowns, and everything in between, Asia is a region of ingenuity, diversity, and opportunity. Partners Worldwide has worked in Asia since 2002 to empower a growing regional network of over 1,600 Christian business people who are setting higher goals and taking longer strides to overcome poverty in this global movement.
In Cambodia, India, China, and the Philippines, business people work in collaboration with our North American partners to bring effective value to the SME entrepreneurs in their own country and neighboring countries. Mentoring relationships are also growing throughout Asia, including high-impact entrepreneurs from Hong Kong who directly mentor SME business owners from central China and other parts of the Asian region. The Asian region is filled with people passionate about overcoming poverty and impacting the Kingdom in an innovative, sustainable way.
India - Business Seva
Hyderabad
As a dynamic team of over 50 high-impact entrepreneurs in Hyderabad, Partners Worldwide India is a new movement of Christian businesspeople in a climate where Hindu and Muslim cultures meet. These servant-minded business professionals seek to grow their own businesses for the betterment of the Kingdom, and have access to business training and networking opportunities. Members also mentor micro-entrepreneurs in the urban and rural sectors. Since 2009, the team has piloted two social enterprises to create jobs and a sustainable funding model.
Stories
What is Business as Mission and Does it Work?
Saturday March 10, 2012
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Note: Guest writer Bradley Wassink, a Calvin College senior, spent this January interning at a company within the Business Seva network in Hyderabad, India, through the BAM-India Interim course.
HYDERABAD, India - The opportunities India presents and the challenges it faces are stunning in scale. However, on a small but growing level, Christian businesspeople are seizing India’s opportunities to meet its enormous need.
Kishore Kumar lives out BAM in India
Saturday March 10, 2012
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HYDERABAD, India—- According to Kishore Kumar, running his business on a Christian ethical framework is an uphill struggle, even in a context he has known his entire life. Yet being surrounded by other Christians in business has been a lifesaver. When a friend introduced him to Michael Brian, the founder of Partners Worldwide’s local affiliate Business Seva, Kishore joined the network of over 60 businesspeople in Hyderabad who meet monthly to train in business-as-mission and to mentor and encourage each other.
Making a difference in Hyderabad India
Friday December 9, 2011
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In Hyderabad, India, a city of over 7 million people, hundreds of thousands struggle to cope with shortage of space, high cost of accommodations, and lack of employment opportunities. This is where Christian business owners like Grace Gazula make a difference.
Serving through business in India
Tuesday August 30, 2011
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In August, hundreds of Christian church and business leaders met in central and southern India—a growing network of Christians transforming their communities economically, spiritually and socially through the marketplace in India.
Called to Business - Living out the Calling: Michael Brian
Friday April 8, 2011
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“When people ask me why I do business the way I do, my only response is that I need to follow God’s call in Jeremiah 29:11, to follow his plan,” says Michael Brian.
Entrepreneurs step foot in the ‘tiger economy’
Sunday July 25, 2010
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From tigers prowling through the lush green forests to nomadic tribal groups traipsing through desert plains, India is a land of diversity. Cities of wealth created by information technology giants and colossal call centers juxtapose slums full of oppression and brutality. In the midst of this billowing economy and rampant poverty are Christian entrepreneurs, seeking to serve God through their professional skills and faith-centered passions.
“No one has ever created a network of Christian business professionals in this country,” stated Michael Brian, the founder of a staffing and resource company that spans six cities in southern India.
Volunteer Opportunities
Business Seva is looking for a Global Business Affiliate (GBA) to walk alongside the affiliate leadership in organizational development, strategic thinking and fundraising for matching loans. Members of the GBA will have the opportunity to mentor entrepreneurs in long-term partnership, including car wash technology, product distribution and logistics. Financial support for $30,000 is needed to cover training sessions, website development, and operational costs.
Please contact Greg Elzinga for more information. Click here for more information on forming a team.