A handyman and a mortgage broker built their businesses with a heart toward serving the Lord through their work. This was easy enough as long as business was profitable, clients many, and problems few. Of course, problems always show up eventually, and often they present an opportunity to choose Christ's way. For the handyman, going into ...
"Leadership is a gift and responsibility. Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven (Colossians 4:1 NIV). So what should you do if you find yourself working for a modern day Pharaoh?" Is Pharaoh hiding in our leadership? I think it's so ...
“To say that God’s timing is not our timing generally indicates we do not believe that God is moving as fast as we would like. Is it possible—just possible—that we could be the ones who are ahead of God, running faster than natural events? We are tempered like eager puppies on a walk, pulling too ...
"There is both a need and a huge opportunity for the church to make a difference in the business community - but most pastors are not aware of it." View Ministry Today Magazine full issue. - CLICK HERE Download the full article, "The Marketplace and the Church" bu Ministry Today. - CLICK HERE
“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30 (NIV) Most little girls dream of being a princess and living happily ever after with little stress or worry. One day, those little girls grow up and reality and fantasy collide. They will enter the ...
Before Jesus gave us the “Great Commission” in Matthew 28, God gave Adam and Eve what I call the “Great Management Commission” in Genesis 1. The first reference to humanity in scripture is found in Genesis 1:26 with God saying, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.” In God’s perfection and creation, ...
I came from the business world and it feels like home to me. The planning, strategizing, organizing, and leading are energizing and bring me back to my own days as a successful business executive. My experience was the perfect foundation to build Saddleback@Work, the workplace ministry of Saddleback Church. The experience made it easy for ...
Whether it is in the home or in the marketplace, there is no single model or one right way for the local church to support your working congregation. A few ideas to connect people working in the marketplace include: a church business directory for its members and availability to the congregation; business networking and mentoring ...
In my journey with workplace ministries I have learned that there is both a need and a huge opportunity for the church to make a difference in the business community—but most pastors don’t know it. Most of the pastors and seminary students I’ve spoken with over the years have not considered how or why they ...
