Dave Kahle - Christian Business Culture

Published: Mon, 01/14/19

Instilling Biblical Business Practices into Your Business:

Christian Business Culture

There is a pattern for the practices and principles consistently evidenced by Biblical business leaders. The right culture binds people together, stimulates them to be the best they can be, and prods the organization to excellence.

Leadership in the Bible, at least business leadership, often involved creating an intense culture within the business. We can see evidence of this in the story of the businessperson, Lydia, from the book of Acts.

You may recall the story. Paul and Timothy were traveling spreading the news about Jesus where ever they went. They found themselves in Macedonia and there met Lydia, whom the Bible tells us was “A seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God.” Lydia listened to Paul, “and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.” (Acts 16:14)

Look at what happens next: “And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, ‘If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.’ “(Acts 16:15)

Lydia, who had been a ‘worshiper of God’ heard the Gospel and responded. Her whole household followed her lead and was baptized along with her. This is one example of a phenomenon we see multiple times in the Bible – the head of the business decided to follow Christ, and the entire household – all the family, slaves, servants and employees, follow that lead. (A Biblical household is an economic unit – for want of a better term, a business.)

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Let’s stop a minute and think about what that says about the relationship between the head of the household (the CEO in our times) and the folks who worked in the business?

There must have been an intense relationship between the head of the business and the employees, characterized by a great deal of respect for the leadership of the head. You can almost see them thinking, “If he or she decides to do something as important as committing to follow Christ, then we’ll do it too. “

Business leadership in the Bible was about, among other things, creating such a culture.

That culture fits perfectly with the Biblical mandate to “Love one another.”

I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35)

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