Influence: In a few sentences, what is Eurasia Coffee & Tea?
Justin and Karen Beiler: Eurasia Coffee & Tea is a cafe and distributer of direct-trade, ethically sourced coffee to churches and businesses across America. We give back 10 percent of our sales to social justice needs and projects in Eurasia, working with missionaries on the ground to fight human trafficking, disease, poverty and illiteracy, among others. We call this “coffee with a purpose.”

Your business model supports a unique form of church multiplication, yet in your daily life, you own and operate Eurasia's brick-and-mortar coffee shop. What would you say about how “regular people” can become involved in ministry?
As MK's, we both grew up in ministry and are committed to seeing the church grow in our local community and around the world. However, we're also both introverts, so most traditional ministry roles weren't the best match for us. Our greatest impact as "regular people" can be in using what God has given us — our abilities, our time, our resources — to stand behind those on the front lines. We all can pray. We all can give. We can all advocate.

We all can pray. We all can give. We can all advocate.

How is Eurasia Coffee & Tea affiliated with the Assemblies of God?
Eurasia Coffee & Tea's relationship with the Assemblies of God is twofold: First, it serves and supports missionaries and AG affiliated projects in Eurasia. In addition to giving back 10 percent, we provide creative fundraising tools for itinerating missionaries, including custom labeled coffee to sell at services and events. 

Secondly, we serve AG churches and communities in the U.S. by providing a specialty coffee product that supports missions projects abroad. 

In Springfield, Missouri, Eurasia Coffee & Tea has a cafe location inside the Assemblies of God National Leadership and Resource Center. And just around the corner on historic Commercial Street is our flagship shop. In that same building, with AG missionaries and pastors who travel to Springfield in mind, we built a six-room boutique hotel.

Share a success story you’ve seen through Eurasia.
We work with so many inspiring partners on the field who are doing such incredible work. One of them, Deepika Home of Hope in Kolkata, India, rescues and provides a home for girls born in brothels. They offer a dynamic life change for these girls, who go to receive holistic care, a loving home, education — breaking the cycle of human trafficking and providing them with hope for a brighter future. One month, our give-back provided the funds to build a large, sustainable garden that would provide them with vegetables and fruits for their daily meals. We were able to visit a year later and share a meal with them made from ingredients straight from the garden. It's just one example of what can be done through social enterprise and doing business for missions.

What’s one simple way our readers can get involved in this movement?
Serve life-changing coffee at your church or business! Connect with us at eurasiacoffeeandtea.com.

Justin and Karen Beiler own and operate Eurasia Coffee & Tea, a company that is giving to missionaries and social justice needs and projects throughout Eurasia. This article was originally printed in the October/November issue of Influence. For more print content, subscribe.