One entrepreneur shares how she embraces the marketplaces as her place of ministry and works excellently, generously, and kindly for the glory of God. It’s never too late for the people around us to hear the word of God.
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Every entrepreneur is custom-created for a purpose. But how, in a world so full of noise and distraction and fear, do we go about staying on (or getting on - let’s be honest) the road we’re called to travel?
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I was a drug addict and our lives were upside down where a million and a half dollars in debt, $99,000 overdrawn, and our whole life was falling apart.
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Faith Driven Entrepreneurs are great at seeking after God, but seeking after Him first is a huge distinction. And when it comes to sharing our faith at work, when we’re ministering in word, seeking God first changes the entire way we do this.
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We all know the life of an entrepreneur is difficult to compartmentalize. It’s an all-consuming, full-contact sport.
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As faith driven entrepreneurs and investors, it’s important to recognize the foundations of our systems and remember that what drives us is rooted in Scripture, rather than man’s wisdom.
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For me, thinking about enterprise and entrepreneurship is natural. I grew up in a family that ran a business and I worked behind the counter for many years with my mother and father and brother.
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Ministry in word is a foundational mark of the Faith Driven Entrepreneur. Here’s some inspiration for starting a workplace faith community.
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Join J.D. Greear as he discusses the new Faith Driven Entrepreneur video series and why he believes entrepreneurs are crucial to the mission of the Church.
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God builds godly character in us by guiding and enabling us to choose righteousness throughout the years of our lives. The internal effect of godly character is that it reforms our mindset and our will.
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“The scripture speaks of God ‘shaking things that can be shaken that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.’ He has a way of doing that in big and little ways. He shakes things. He is not a God of the status quo. And why is that true? It is true because in a static world we would never grow or be conformed to the image of Christ and there would be no need for faith. We could simply live ‘by sight.’ That’s not His plan.” This message was originally sent from The C12 Group Founder Buck Jacobs to C12 Group members. The C12 team hopes his words offer peace, calm and hope while being extremely timely and profound.
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What does it mean for the “Kingdom of God,” or more contemporarily the “Jesus Administration”, to intersect the American Marketplace? What would it mean for followers of Jesus in the marketplace to embrace the scandalous invitation of the Lord’s Prayer in business? Using The C12 Group’s 5 Point Alignment Matrix, Mike Sharrow shares how business must be intentionally and lovingly integrated into faith that permeates our leadership development efforts as an organization.
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From Seattle Pacific University's Faith & Co., this short business documentary profiles Victor Ho, who founded Fivestars with the mission of “transforming transactions into relationships.” When the start-up hit a rough patch and needed to lay off 50 people, Victor felt compelled to take an approach that was consistent with the company’s values: humbly admitting his mistakes, honoring the workers’ contributions, and mobilizing the entire firm to help those being displaced.
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We have another entrepreneurial adventure story for you today—this time, featuring Brian Mosley, President of RightNow Media. If you haven’t already heard of them, there’s a good chance someone in your church has. They’re basically the Netflix of Bible Video Studies. We’ll talk more about the work they do on the episode, but before then, you’ll get to hear about the mission that Brian stewards...
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One of the best definitions of entrepreneurship is that of Harvard Professor Howard Stevenson (1983): “the pursuit of opportunity beyond the tangible resources that you currently control”. This short yet powerful definition has three components, and each is worth deeper consideration, particularly if you are a follower of Christ.
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Every email you send, you spend precious capital. Time is a valuable resource, and you can waste people’s time if your communications are not worthwhile or incomplete. Send a few unhelpful emails, and you could lose the person forever…
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Today we are talking to Toby Kurth, the lead pastor at Christ Church San Francisco. Toby has been a faith voice inside the Faith Driven Movement, a friend, pastor, and even Chaplain to our team. We’re excited that we finally got to have him on the show today—it feels like this episode is long overdue. Toby talked to us about the things that shape our desires, how leaders should use their power and privilege, and the marks that define Faith Driven Entrepreneurs. It was a phenomenal conversation and one we can’t wait to share with you. Listen in now…
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Lisa tells the story of how Chris Patton recommitted his family's business as a business with an eternal purpose: adding “silhouettes” to the Kingdom. Chris’s mindset is “How do we make sure that we don’t do anything that is going to limit or prevent adding silhouettes?”
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You’ve probably seen them on the side of NASCAR winners, but what you may not know is that Norm and Scott Miller of Interstate Batteries have let their faith lead their business for years. In addition to producing outrageous dependability with over 12,000 different batteries and more than 300 million sold, they’re also leading the conversation around the generational transfer of business. Listen in to hear how they’ve created an award-winning culture and what it looks like to faithfully pass the faith-driven baton to the next generation…
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Today’s episode takes us to jail. Well...not exactly. But we are interviewing a man who owns and operates a business that is run out of a high-security prison. His name is Pete Ochs, and in addition to working as founder and chairman of an impact investing company, he’s also working to make Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Kansas the best prison in America. How? Well, we’ll let him tell you...
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