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About BAMmatch

We created BAMmatch because many entrepreneurs desire help to create jobs and impact their struggling communities.

We created BAMmatch because thousands of business people have the skills and experience to help.

We created BAMmatch to help you all find each other. BAMmatch is a service for the whole BAM community.  

BAMmatch is provided by Missionnext.  We create jobs in struggling communities around the world, in cooperation with spiritual outreach, health care, education, and justice initiatives.
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Nelson Malwitz

Nelson Malwitz 

Founder & Chief Innovations Officer (CT)

Nelson projects himself as the generic Evangelical baby-boomer. Born in 1946, he was raised in New Jersey in a Christian family. He holds an MS degree in Chemical Engineering and served in positions of research and development in American industry for 33 years. Nelson is an inventor with about 15 US Patents and has formal training in methods of Creative Problem Solving. 

In 1976 he was city co-chairman of the Here's Life America Campaign in Connecticut. He was a founding elder at Walnut Hill Community Church (WHCC) in Bethel, CT in 1982. He has served in many capacities in the church including as an adult Sunday School teacher and Elder of what is now one of the largest Evangelical churches in New England. In 1998 Nelson founded the Finishers Project as a national ministry of WHCC. The initial launch was in the form of Finishers Forum events. Soon after a web presence was created as a connecting tool. Finishers Project is now one ministry under the new corporate umbrella, MissionNext.

Nelson is now working with leaders in other nations to expand the reach of the MissionNext movement internationally. He brought initiatives to MissionNext such as Mission:TEACH, BAMmatch to expand the recruiting efforts into missions.

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Bruce Horton

Director, BAMMAtch.com, (CT)

After thinking about following my grandfather into the ministry and my father-in-law into medicine, all during the turbulent 1960’s, the direction of my life was not clear. It took ten years, a patient Christian wife and deep conversations with a friend that I later went into full time missionary work to open my mind and heart to the Lord.

Until recently, Linda and I have led corporate gypsy lives, living in 7 states around country while being able to travel extensively for business and pleasure. Even though we were frequently moving, we were able to plug into vibrant churches with outstanding leaders such as Kent Hughes, Gene Getz and Stuart Briscoe. Our community group at College Church in Wheaton, IL was composed of Christian couples involved in Christ centered businesses or mission organizations. All these experiences deepened our understanding of Biblical truths and our faith in the Lord.

After 43 years of marriage, we are grateful for our extended families; both daughters and their husbands are strong Christians and are working with each of our six grandchildren to lead them to faith.

The short story is one of increasing responsibilities in the corporate world while becoming closer to the Lord. In the process of reaching C-level positions, the entrepreneurial side emerged as the “new nature” was nurtured. Serving as leader of the Business as Mission efforts within Mission Next is both a privilege and a joy, knowing that the Lord has prepared me for the role.

 

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Eric Mayerson 

Director of Product Delivery (CT)

Eric earned his bachelor's degree in business from the University of New Haven. Eric founded Project 1:27 at  Walnut Hill Community Church as an outreach to the church and surrounding communities with a focus on assisting single parent families and the elderly.  


With over 20 years in the business world Eric recently has come aboard to guide the overall delivery and development of the BAMMatch website.


Eric resides in Brookfield CT with his wife Wendy and their two children Jacob and Sierra. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Guiding Principles print

BAMmatch operates from a foundation of faith, faith that engages with the problems and suffering in our world.  Our guiding principles come from our understanding of the texts of the Bible and from observing life in communities around the world.

God ordained work.
He intends that men and women be engaged in productive, dignified jobs.

Gainful employment produces much good. 
For example, increased self worth, better health and education for kids, stronger families and communities, more local stability and peace, and stronger local institutions.

Business people are gifted in leadership, commerce, and risk-taking.
The world needs them to exercise those gifts and operate for-profit enterprises.

BAMmatch works with a wide range of partners.
For example, businesses, universities, government agencies, and NGOs.  We partner with local churches because of the tremendous potential they have as agents of change in their communities.

We offer job creation to all communities.
Regardless of race, creed, national identity, or political affiliation.  We do, however, admit to a bias in favor of the most marginalized and powerless.