Workshop
Co Representative, Center for Business as Mission
Dr. Sam Cho has served extensively in China and across Asia in the fields of business, mission, and theological education. He has taught business and missiology at various institutions, integrating marketplace practice with holistic mission theology. Dr. Cho previously served as the National Director of Interserve Korea, where he helped mobilize and mentor cross-cultural workers. He is also a founding leader of the International Business as Mission Alliance and the Life As Mission movement, contributing significantly to the global discourse on missional entrepreneurship. He currently serves as Co-Representative of the Center for Business as Mission.
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Management
Master of Divinity (M.Div.)
Selected Publications / Research Works
Cho, Sam. (2023). “What the Lausanne 4 Must Leave.” *Korean Mission Quarterly*, Winter Issue.
Cho, Sam. (2023). “A Holistic Vision of Mission in Changing Times: The Life as Mission Movement in Korea.” *Lausanne Global Analysis*, July Issue.
Cho, Sam. (2022). “How to Build Governance of Christ?: A Case of Korea World Evangelization Alliance.” *Korean Mission Quarterly*, Winter Issue.
Cho, Sam, with eight other researchers. (2018). *Future Mission of the Korean Churches.* Seoul, Korea: Mission Korea.
Cho, Sam. (2018). “What Is Mission in Business as Mission?” *Korean Mission Quarterly*, Spring Issue.
Cho, Sam. (2011). “Business, Mission, and the Future of Mission.” In Kim & Ma (Eds.), *Korea Diaspora and Christian Mission*. Oxford, England: Regnum.