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“To put it bluntly,” wrote Doug Pennoyer, Dean of the School of Intercultural Studies, Biola University and President of EMS, when announcing for BAM papers, “Business as mission (BAM) is a work in progress. It is a field that needs definition, theological clarity, and missiological focus. Our call for papers for our regional conferences is timely, and the culminating discussions and presentations at the national level puts us in a place to make a pivotal contribution in a sea of some confusion and even controversy”… While this volume will certainly not bring total clarity to the topic, it will provide some needed definition and precision while at the same time identify areas that will demand further discussion, clarification and maturity.