took over, I really had no idea how to do it. We were
a good and growing company, really doing well but
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some things not so well. I came to realize that running a business can be done by the secular book or
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to understand how a business can be a ministry. So
you can do ministry in a business, that it’s okay, not
illegal. In fact, I think our calling is to do that if
we’re taking the Word seriously. And so for the last
eight or nine years, I’ve been slowly understanding
how that looks: caring for your employees, your
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resources and not just keeping it, but doing ministry
with it. This is not a new concept, it’s pretty common in this generation, but not so common eight or
nine years ago. I take it a step further and ask myself, “How do I further the kingdom of Jesus Christ
through this business?”
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are true because our American culture is constantly
telling us to keep business and religion apart. But
what I have found is that you can put them together.
You’re not jamming it down people’s throats, you’re
sharing it with them in word to some degree, but in
deed and in action more than anything.
Q: What are some of the ways you incorporate
ministry into your business?
We have employees that struggle in life with addictions and broken families, who don’t understand
how to live life consistently or productively. So we
have a chaplain, he comes in for 3 hours every
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