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Samuel Lee was awarded his PhD from Asbury Theological Seminary in 2019 before going to Yangon, Myanmar, with his family, to serve with Grace Family Mission. His research focuses on mission models that combine viable businesses and effective church planting. In several peer-reviewed scholarly journals, he has published various articles on Business as Mission (BAM) and innovative church planting in the marketplace.
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“How should faith, work, and economics conspire together to promote Christian missions? Dr. Samuel Lee’s
<i>Faith in the Marketplace </i>seeks to answer this question by studying three sites of the Entrepreneurial Church Planting (ECP). What emerges from this investigation is three foundational principles: relationality, emphasis on growth and development, and a focus on holistic transformation. While most other Christian missiologists do not use the language and concepts of the ECP, they would do well to read this book carefully as it has a lot to teach them about what is central in Christian missions and how to bring God to the public square.”
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<br> —Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University
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<br> “Change is all around us. We live in an increasingly post-Christian world where Christianity is no longer the dominant force in our culture. This new context has created one of the greatest missionary moments in the history of the church. More than ever before, we need new contextual churches for an increasingly multicultural, secular, and global context. With thoughtful research, Dr. Lee has written an accessible introduction to a fresh new movement of entrepreneurial church planting in the marketplace. If you want to know what God is doing through this movement and how you can join in,
<i>Faith in the Marketplace</i> is a must-read.”
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<br> —Winfield Bevins, author of
<i>Marks of a Movement</i>
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<br> “Samuel Lee’s wonderfully researched book opens the way for deeper intellectual understanding of how entrepreneurs create synergies between business startups and church planting initiatives. Lee provides vivid case studies of how such initiatives can have transformative results. He also introduces innovative spiritual metrics to evaluate such initiatives. All of this makes the book a must-read for those interested in church planting in the twenty-first century.”
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<br> —Stephen Offutt, Asbury Theological Seminary
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<br> “This is a thoughtful study about how you measure the impact of church-based entrepreneurial mission. Using case studies, Samuel Lee opens up a sophisticated relational approach. The study deserves careful reading by all those interested in the growing and important field of missional entrepreneurship.”
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<br> —Michael Moynagh, author of
<i>Church in Life: Innovation, Mission and Ecclesiology</i>
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<i>Faith in the Marketplace</i> is a great book and Christian leaders must read it. . . . Ministries of the church today have experienced lots of changes in an effort to reach out the ever-changing world. However, the way they measure the success and effectiveness of their ministries has remained almost the same. It has got to change. And now we have an effective alternative. Samuel Lee’s new measurement is so contextual and practical. . . . It pays attention to the details of the practical side of the church’s ministries while remaining focused on God. Lee offers a measurement with eternal perspective as well as present perspective.”
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<br> —Hansung Kim, Asian Center for Theological Studies and Mission, South Korea
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<br> “Entrepreneurial church planting, an innovative tool in the global mission toolbox, can become a sharper and more impactful tool when Dr. Samuel Lee’s carefully developed insights are applied. He helps us see how this tool can be used for wholistic transformation, applying healthy accountability in the process. This is a must-read for all who would aspire to be entrepreneurial church planting advocates and practitioners.”
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<br> —Bob Fetherline, President, OMS
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<br> “For too long church leaders have focused their energies on making disciples of Jesus Christ during the few hours each week that everyday Christians engage in ‘church-related’ activities. Instead, Samuel Lee provides a bold foundation for church leaders to consider how we engage the time and energy that is dedicated to the ‘marketplace.’ This paradigm shift is a tremendous opportunity for church leaders and Samuel Lee sets us on the right course.”
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<br> —Chris Backert, Fresh Expressions US National Director
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