christian professional
& entrepreneur
cohorts

6 x 6 week modules begins

learn how to be a christian professional or entrepreneur

Do you desire to be a Christian professional or business owner someday with a clear outlet of service for Christ and His kingdom? Do you have a business idea that could harness your skills and abilities to glorify God while providing jobs for those in hard places and frontier markets globally?Consider learning more about alternate pathways into marketplace ministry with SIM and a host of practitioners from around the world!

Course Objectives

These modular courses will work on breaking down the sacred vs. secular divide to develop a Biblical worldview of business and mentorship development. From that foundation, we will build the basic skill sets on identifying sustainable business models for the potential of launching.Participants will combine both the theory and practice of business planning, testing, and development. You will also advance abilities to assess market needs and develop a process for testing profitable and innovative solutions to those problems.

Cohorts will also develop basic skills in pricing, costing, money management, marketing, and other operational management skills required in the discipline of entrepreneurship.

course details

Each Module is 6-8 weeks long and offered consecutively throughout each calendar year.

Feb/March 2025 & Aug/Sept 2025
9:30-11:30am ET | 2:30pm UTC

Developing a Theology of Work & Faith
Driven Business

April/May 2025 & Oct/Nov 2025
9:30-11:30am ET | 2:30pm UTC

Disciple Making Movements in Hostile Marketplaces

Feb – Apr 2025 & Sept – Nov 2025
9:30-11:30am ET | 2:30pm UTC

Resubmitting Money & Authority to the Lordship of Christ

June – July 2025
9:30-11:30am ET | 2:30pm UTC

Testing Kingdom Impact Business Ideas & Models

Aug – Sept 2025
9:30-11:30am ET | 2:30pm UTC

Building Kingdom Impact Business Plans & Pitches

Offered as needed
9:30-11:30am ET | 2:30pm UTC

Develop a Business Growth System

Sessions Format
1.5 hour weekly gatherings over Zoom, covering 2 sessions each, for 6 weeks/module, with possible extra working weeks for final projects.

Want to learn more about alternate pathways into marketplace ministry with SIM?

Enroll now and join other like-minded Christians in pursuit of making Jesus known in places where He is needed most.

COHORT-DIRECTED

INSTRUCTOR BASED

^$200_/ea.

Suggested donation pricing

This includes access to the learning platform with all assignments being evaluated by a chosen mentor and final assignments evaluated by an SIM Alternate Pathways coach/professional.

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Scholarships available for those currently in other forms of schooling.

Christian Professional & Entrepreneur Reviews

Before joining the Alternate Pathways Modules course, we had a very limited perspective on the role of work as Christians. There was a strong separation between our Christian and professional identities. Talking about Christ in a corporate environment did not feel natural and the product of our work never felt like it had anything to do with God’s Kingdom. Module 1 helped us develop a new perspective on God’s view of work and gave us the tools and words to start living missionally right where we are.

-Melissa Zinzi (Corporate Professional, Fortune 50 Company)

Prior to the Alternate Pathways Modules, I was part of four other Entrepreneurship modules and I can say with confidence that the Alternate Pathways Modules was by far the best course that I took. As an Entrepreneur who tries to bring different pieces together, sometimes rather chaotically, I found the methodology embedded in BE- Disciplined Entrepreneurship to be methodical and orderly. I also really admire the commitment and the expertise of the trainers as well.

-Amen T. (Ethiopian Entrepreneur, Ethiopian Business)

Alternate Pathways Modules was extremely influential in our journey to starting a business. The Biblical foundation, high-quality instruction, and thorough content and feedback provided the resources we needed to get started. Without this course, we would have been much less clear on the direction of our business and it would have taken us much longer to get started.

-Darci W. (US Entrepreneur, Ethiopian Business)

The course was a critical step on our entrepreneurial journey and gave us a strong foundation for launching our business before we moved overseas. The course pushed us to plan, strategize, and research far more than we had planned, but after arriving overseas we were thankful for the breadth of depth of preparation the course asked of us. Now overseas and starting our business, we have found ourselves consistently referring back to the documents and research we prepared during the course. We are grateful for how well it prepared us to dive into our new business venture.

-Ben T. (US Entrepreneur, North African Business)

christian professional & entrepreneur cohorts