BAM School Checklist

✓ Adventure

✓ Business

✓ Mission

✓ Building Life Long Community 

✓ Instagrammable moments 

✓ Leadership

✓ Lifelong Friendships

✓ Disciple Making

✓ Purpose

We use a variety of learning methods, including typical university-style lecture and discussion, case studies, Zoom meetings with leading experts in their fields from around the world.  We also use audiobooks while traveling, videos and other online resources.  We encourage reading, especially Monday through Thursday evenings with limited entertainment time during those evenings.  We are big believers in learning by doing.  You will gain technical and marketing skills by working on actual projects that will move the sponsoring business forward.  Below are some of the core subjects we will cover.  

Are you one of us?

We are looking for adventurous 18-30-year-olds who want to create or be part of a business that will allow them the freedom to live out the purpose that they feel God has created them for. These are the kind of people who are looking for something more fulfilling than the American Dream. 

Full Scholarships Offered for the Following:

1. Photography and Video Expert.  All students will get some training in video and photography but we would like to have at least one student that already has excellent skills in either photography and video or both.  This would include both shooting and editing abilities.  

2.  Carpentry, Mechanical, or Electrical Skills. One of the first things we will be doing is building and outfitting the adventure bus.  If you have carpentry, mechanical or electrical skills let us know.  We may be building additional “skoolies” during the year to fund the Europe trip if we have the skillset to do it within the team.  

3.  Graphic Design or Web Development. If you have graphic design or web development skills, especially with the use of word press let us know.  

4.  Landscaping and Construction Skills.  During the week each team member has work duties that they are responsible for including cleaning up after meals, taking care of the lawn, washing the bus, shopping etc.  Everyone has to chip in and do their part.  We would love to scholarship someone that has landscaping or construction skills that can do some of the work on the Estate as part of their weekly work duties.  

5. M & A or Business Consulting Experience.  If you have experience in Mergers and Acquisitions or business consulting especially in systems or marketing you are a prime candidate for a full scholarship.  

6.  Sales experience for high ticket items If you have sales experience selling high ticket software or marketing services, you are an excellent candidate for one of our scholarships.

6. Other Areas?  Do you have other skills or abilities or resources that might be of benefit to BAM School?  Let us know in your short pre-application. 

Where is the school based?

The school is based out of a large 3000 square foot home on Timber Creek Estate, a 7 1/2 acre estate in Roanoke, VA.  The property is surrounded by a creek and feels like you are far removed from everything yet it is only 10 minutes to the mall, airport, Chick-fil-A, and Barnes and Noble, as well as being only 15 minutes from downtown.  There are ample hiking and outdoor activities in the area surrounding Roanoke that are incorporated into the adventure and learning parts of BAM School.  Also, there is a 20-minute circuit on Timber Creek Estate.  We will probably have housing off site for our next BAM School but meet at Timber Creek for training and work.  

What are the dates?

The School starts on Sept 15, 2024. 

Thanksgiving Break will run from November 23rd to November 29, 2024 when we will take off for Europe.

The Europe Trip will run from November 29 – Dec 17, 2024 which is the end date of the school.

What will I walk away with besides amazing memories?

1. You will have the ability to launch or buy your own business or be a business builder.  Over the course of the program, we will help train you in one of our business models that is right for you. Our business models provide a full-time income with a work week of fewer than 20 hours. This isn’t so that you can sit on the beach the rest of the week. We want you to have the time and energy to be 100% engaged in the process of making disciples wherever God calls you to.

2.  You will become a confident disciple-maker. Have you ever dreaded something, and then you went out and accomplished it and realized it wasn’t that bad? Making disciples is often like that before you have done it. You’ll learn a simple transferable process and be trained and get hands-on experience in the most effective methods and strategies for making disciples.

3.  Adventure. We will have many different opportunities to experience different adventures: hiking, waterfalls, exploring the cities. In addition, we will visit a number of other places during the year, including England, Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, and Switzerland. Visiting all those places is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most people, but doing it with a group of energetic Christians, while growing and learning more about your faith and business is an opportunity you don’t want to miss.  And the reality is both business and making disciples are awesome adventures in themselves.

4.  Furthering the Cause of BAM around the World. Our primary task during the year will be working on a BAM project that can allow Christians to have the time, money, energy, and freedom through a business to be able to be involved in mission anywhere in the world, with the skills and know-how to further a disciple-making movement through business.

5. Unleashed Potential. One of the things that Buddy has experienced over in over through his years of youth ministry, corporate consulting and running discipleship schools is seeing people being unleashed into their full potential.

Then I realized ADVENTURE is the best way to learn.

Apply today to Join us on Sept 15, 2024.