DepartmentCrowell School of Business
Biola AffiliationsFaculty

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Degrees

  • Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
  • M.A., Claremont Graduate School
  • B.A., California State University, Northridge

Biography

Steven Rundle, professor of economics and international business, focuses his teaching and research on the intersection between international economics and world mission. He has published two books: Great Commission Companies: The Emerging Role of Business in Missions and Economic Justice in a Flat World: Christian Perspectives on Globalization. Rundle is the advisor for the International Business concentration.

Affiliations

  • Association of Christian Economists
  • American Economic Association
  • Evangelical Missiological Society
  • Christian Business Faculty Association

Awards

  • Robert B. Fischer Award for Faculty Excellence, 2019
  • Faculty Excellence in Biblical Integration, Biola University, 2001
  • Claremont Graduate School Tuition Fellowship, 1991-1994
  • Magna Cum Laude, California State University, Northridge, 1991
  • Honorable Discharge, USMC, 1981, 1984

Publications

Books:

  • Economic Justice in a Flat World: Christian Perspectives on Globalization (ed.) Paternoster Publishing Co. (2009)
  • Great Commission Companies: The Emerging Role of Business in Missions (with Tom Steffen) InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL (Second edition, 2011).

Journal Articles & Book Chapters

  •  “The Motivations, Backgrounds, and Practices of Business as Mission Practitioners: Insights from an International Survey.” (with Paul Mindong Lee) Missiology (April 2022). DOI: 10.1177/00918296221087257
  •  “Direct and Indirect Impact of Institutional Logics of Civil Liberties and Religion on Social Enterprises” (with Mindong Paul Lee) Journal of Social Entrepreneurship (September 2021). DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2021.1976815.
  • "Does Donor Support Help or Hinder Business as Mission Practitioners? An Empirical Assessment." International Bulletin of Missionary Research (January, 2014): 21-26.
  • "'Business as Mission' Hybrids: A Review and Research Agenda." Journal of Biblical Integration in Business (Spring, 2012): 66-79.
  • "Response to Quatro and Childs." Journal of Biblical Integration in Business (Spring, 2012): 98-101.
  • "The Challenge of Globalization in Christian Perspective," in Rundle, Steven L. Economic Justice in a Flat World: Christian Perspectives on Globalization. Paternoster Publishing Co. (2009): 1-18.
  • "Restoring the Role of Business in Mission," in Winter, R. D. and S. C. Hawthorne (eds.) Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. Fourth edition (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2009): 757-763.
  • "Funding a Kingdom Company" (with Thomas Sudyk) Evangelical Missions Quarterly 43:4 (October 2007): 442-448.

Courses

Undergraduate courses at Biola University:

  • Global Business Environment
  • Business as Mission

Graduate courses at Biola University:

  • Business as Mission
  • Social Entrepreneurship
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