The Article God Means Business

The Art of Personal Evangelism: Sharing Jesus in a changing culture By Will McRaney, Jr. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Academic, 2003, 268 pp., $19.99 paper.

In the seventh chapter of Why Business Matters to God, Van Duzer asks readers to answer some questions to see if they have an understanding so far on how they then should do business? Some of the questions included on what the proper purpose of business and what are some of the convenient limit to the practices of business. Some of the major points are the answers to the three questions that were introduced about the summary of business framework. The first main point within the novel is the purpose to serve. The author states that to understand why business matters to God, you have to understand the role that God plays in wanting to profit companies within our world.

Countries disintegrate, place of worship and corporation fail, people become dysfunctional, descendants lose their direction, and mankind drift from God on behalf of one distracting reason; insufficiency of leadership. These disappointments are often for the reason that of the deficiency of instruction, appropriate leadership, and misperception on what Christian leadership subsists and exactly how that leadership is pertinent to every component of professional and personal life. From a Christian worldview perspective, Psalm 112:5 explains, “A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion” (NKJ). A Christian manager should always keep in mind that bounteousness and admiration for God, demonstrates that one has placed trust in Him, and not our material possessions.

Galindo analyzes that the fundamental “mission” of a congregation is the same as any other congregation that exists in any part of the world. He argues that though every congregation has a mission and a vision, at the same time, it shares a basic common mission. (43) This reminds me of my home church The First Church of Evanston and my Field Site, The Evanston Vineyard Church. Both churches have a common mission of welcoming people to the church, irrespective of their ethnic, cultural, racial, and economic and, gender backgrounds. The mission is to help people be received in the house of God with due and deserved Christian love so that they feel loved and welcomed. Both these churches encourage church attendees to attend the service and receive the Eucharist.

Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman).

When people lead business for the kingdom of God it turns into something much more than business ran for the purpose of profit. Milt is part of Partners World Wide, which operates in 26 different countries creating partnerships for companies to obtain capital. He is currently partnered with a Kenyan coffee farm that at some times has +500 employees. Not all of these have been successful either such as his land development venture in Haiti or his Russian start- up Christian University. These failures are lessons as he continues to learn that leading with his heart for God means, growing jobs, give others opportunities, role model and take a stance on lifestyle that others will want to follow, and take joy in looking out for the interest of

A successful Christian business man may sound like an oxymoron, but that was R.G LeTourneau. He built big, powerful machinery that could do things that no other machine could do before, but he also believes that a Christian business man owes as much to God as a preacher does (LeTourneau, 1967). Mr. LeTourneau states, “God needs businessmen as partners as well as preachers” (1967). Imagine a man becoming a very successful Christian business man, the founder of LeTourneau University, and a leader of many missionary works. The proceeding essay will discuss the man, his faith, and my personal reflection of R.G. LeTourneau.

In today’s business environment, consumers aware of unethical behavior affecting small and large-scale businesses. In most cases, organizations suffer damage reputation, shareholders options decline, revenue decline and employee moral suffers. In order to prevent unethical behavior organizations should consider Christian Principles when developing policies and procedures to prevent unethical behavior. The role of business in God’s creation is not only the institution that human beings operates in, it is an environment that people are task with carrying out specific duties and responsibilities according to specific laws and regulations. The paper will examine why business matters to God and concepts of Agnosticism, Annihilation, and Adoption.

The book, “Business for the Glory of God”, By Wayne Grudem, is a book that gives insight to how business as a whole can be a blessing to the world. God gave His people abilities to conduct business in order to glorify Him. Grudem explains that business and the attributes of business are “fundamentally good” and provides many opportunities for glorifying God, but also many temptations to sin. He gives a biblical and moral standing point

Everyone has an idea or vision. So why are so many people--particularly Christian visionaries, unable to fund their visions? From the examination of traditional Christian constraints and shocking explanations of the colossal failures in the marketplace, this publication will unveil the "unseen" competitors assigned to abort your

A sentiment common to almost any organization is that the one fact that remains constant is change. As society changes, and human understanding grows, any organization that maintains a static posture, assures its demise. Churches and Christian organizations are no exception. The gospel may remain the same, but the method for communicating it must speak to the audience to assure understanding. The Christian leader must be prepared to meet this challenge by incorporating an effective model for change into his theology of leadership in order to keep the ministry relevant and effective. Searching for such a change agent can prove to be challenging as well. To aid in this search, four

The vision, goals, and results have to authentically, organically, spiritually, and consistently coincide with my faith in the workplace. “You see, to those who follow Jesus, what matters most in our work life is seldom what matters most to everyone else” (Zigarelli, 2008). Therefore, I am fully committed to achieving my goals and pursuing them faithfully. I want to achieve my greatest challenges and obstacles, while remaining an ambassador of Jesus Christ, especially in my workplace. I want to accomplish a comfortable balance of incorporating my Christian

In this week reflection journal we was asked to reflect on Laurie’s perspective of being so focused on profits that we miss the bigger picture of God’s plan for us. We was told in this reflection that it is difficult to recognize a step backward in business as a positive occurrence, so what would make us react differently than the people in Matthew 8 under similar conditions today? In this article Matthew 8:34 states that “The whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to depart from their region.”

This study is to review EISI Eastern Industrial Supplies, Inc.; a Christ focused company based in the South Eastern portion of the United States. Eastern is still making a Christ filled impact not only through its superior customer service but through ministering to its employees as well. Eastern has a daily challenge to not only minister to its customers through the services it provides but to minister to some of its non-believer employees as well.

This course has had a great impact on my walk with Christ as well as my witness for Christ. I pastor a church and teach two classes and for me I thought that I was doing plenty. However this course has helped rekindle my passion for sharing Jesus Christ with people through personal evangelism. This paper will demonstrate what I have learned throughout this course.