A Christian business is a powerful ministry. In fact, most Christian business people don't realize the great impact for the Kingdom that their businesses can have.
What’s
Next?
Ordinarily, that’s a question every Christian business person asks pretty regularly over the life of the business. Your organization has just completed some major effort, and you’ve taken a deep breath, relaxed a bit, and started to ruminate about the next challenge. At last, your business is now consistently profitable. Or maybe you’ve just completed the onboarding of a key employee. Even better, you’ve put the latest product/service/or system
into operation and it's doing great. You know what I’m talking about. At last, you've passed the latest challenge, and the plateau is here. And now you’re sticking your head out of the trees, looking at the forest, and attempting to see the direction in which to travel.
Possible New Challenges
Create a great impact for the Kingdom. On your list of possibilities, as you
contemplate what will be the next investment of your time, money and expertise, you may consider many items. Like a new branch, a new product, a big investment in IT, a larger facility, etc. Add to that list this one, “Create a great impact for the Kingdom.”
Let’s unpack that idea...First, can a
business have a great impact for the Kingdom?
It may surprise you that a business can and should have a great impact for the Kingdom. That impact is one of its fundamental purposes. When I did the research for The Good Book on Business, I discovered that Biblical businesses were created by God in his first words
to Adam. And they formed the primary social and economic units for the entire Biblical narrative, from creation through the end of the New Testament.
Our modern Christian religious culture has never recognized this. Instead, it relegates Biblical businesses to a second-class status. Chiefly, businesses can make money
and give it to the religious establishment. At the same time, they do not get credit or attention for making a great impact for the Kingdom.
Those Thoughts Have No Traction
In the Bible God created work, and by extension, business, in the first moments of creation. Before Eve, before family, before prophets, before scripture and before churches, God created business and
established it as His primary venue to accomplish many of His purposes.God created work, and by extension, business, in the first moments of creation. Before Eve, before family, before prophets, before scripture and before churches, God created business and established it as His primary venue to accomplish many of His purposes.
