December 15, 2021
A lot of people have side hustles. They take on additional work, in addition to their day jobs. But not all side hustles are simple cash generators. We spoke with Restoration Movement leaders involved in honey production, coffee roasting, and ownership of community coffee shops.
October 30, 2018
By Fenton Lewis More than 20 years ago, I found myself wrestling with a desire to serve God beyond teaching Sunday school or giving to the church. The advice I received—as have many others—was to quit my job, go to seminary, and become a pastor. But I questioned that. God had given me a unique combination of education, work experience, and spiritual gifting, and I believed he had done that for a reason. I thought my unique skill-set could be used to help fulfill the Great Commission and the Great Commandment. So, I began an adventure that took me around
August 24, 2014
By D. Clay Perkins President, Mid-Atlantic Christian University, Elizabeth City, North Carolina After a board meeting for one of our excellent parachurch ministries, two friends, both of whom are very sound and successful in businesses, asked me what they thought was an awkward question. Both knew I had owned and managed two successful businesses and directed the business of a megachurch. “Just what were you thinking? Why did you become a Bible college president?” They went on to say things like: “Talk about a lousy business plan . . . the government subsidizes higher education student tuition with a plethora
July 24, 2014
Kevin Dooley from New Mission Systems International talks about marketplace ministry as a strategy for influencing culture anywhere. Hear this exclusive interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor here.Â
May 9, 2013
By Kent E. Fillinger John Seitz arrived as senior pastor of Antioch Christian Church in Marion, Iowa, in 2000 when the church was averaging 220 in attendance. Seitz and the elders wanted to see the church grow, to reach out, and to love the lost. Antioch Christian purchased 93 acres on a main highway to create space for growth and relocated to its new facility in December 2005. The church”s attendance has almost doubled since 2006, growing 21 percent last year to an average worship attendance of 1,136. Seitz credits the growth to the grace of God working through the
June 16, 2010
By Mark A. Taylor I”ve just finished reading the testimony of a minister who wanted to get better acquainted with the members of his community. So, with the help of his wife and four kids, he started a pizzeria, and three-and-a-half years later, he”s convinced he made the right choice. “We knew more people in our small town after six months of making pizza, than we did in 10 years of pastoring the church,” he wrote in a comment to Scot McKnight”s review of Eats With Sinners at beliefnet.com. The minister explains that his family now connects with more than 600 families per
By Mark A. Taylor When we think about “churches without steeples,” we quickly remember ways we”ve seen the church at work wherever two or three of its members gathered together. Two Christian men meet at a restaurant, one hearing the other”s confession of sin and then committing to help him walk a path of recovery. A couple interrupts their Saturday routine to gather with friends and family in a hospital”s intensive care unit where a fellow church member is suffering. Two women walk together daily, the older sharing encouragement with the younger, whose children are just half a generation younger
August 19, 2007
By Janet Smith John and James are missionaries with Christian Missionary Fellowship in a large, bustling city in Asia. When they begin their day, however, they don”t go to a church building, a medical clinic, or a school. They go to a first-class fitness facility frequented daily by hundreds of upper-middle-class nationals. None of them know that John and James are marketplace ministers, but all of them know they are Christians. CMF”s Fitness & Learning Center is an innovative approach to sharing the gospel using the business as mission model, a first-century idea taking on new life as an important
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