Wheaton College’s Center for Faith and Innovation performed a multiple-year research project to explore how faith manifests itself in business. They categorized faith activities into three distinct categories. The final category is Internalized Faith. This category is more challenging to identify. Being a company that is family-oriented, compassionate, or merciful may all be examples of internalized faith. The heart and ...
In the latest American Bible Society “State of the Bible” report, we learn that Bible engagement continues to decline. In the decade before the pandemic, roughly 50% of adults used the Bible at least three or four times a year. But since then, Bible use has slid to 38%. There is hope, however. American Bible Society discovered that those ...
In a 1967 sermon, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Before I was a civil rights leader, I was a preacher of the Gospel. This was my first calling and it still remains my greatest commitment. You know, actually all that I do in civil rights I do because I consider it a part of my ministry. I have no other ...
As we begin a new year, many people have pulled out their strategic plan, their marketing plan, or their financial plan for the year. How many businesses, however, have ever considered developing a ministry plan? If you’re sincere about your faith, wouldn’t it be helpful to have a plan as to your ministry goals and how to best minister to ...
A 2021 study by Lifeway Research found that 66% of Americans are at least open to discussing the Christian faith with a friend. Forty percent said they were very open to the conversation. That compares with a third of respondents who said they were not at all open to a social media conversation about Christian faith. People prefer a personal ...
For years, I’ve contended that the best mission field is the workplace. From an evangelistic viewpoint, the importance of the workplace is rising dramatically. According to the Christian Post, from 1937 until the 1980s, about 70% of Americans said they were members of a church. However, a recent Gallup poll reveals that church participation has declined to 30%. Since the ...
Cabrini is a true movie of an Italian nun who came to America to help orphans and the sick. It’s an inspiring story of what Mother Cabrini accomplished, including establishing 67 institutions globally. My concern with the movie, however, is what was missing. There was no clear answer as to why Mother Cabrini did what she did. In the movie, ...
On Christmas Eve 1968 our nation was reeling from a very bad year. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy had been assassinated, and the Vietnam War raged on. But a bright spot surfaced as three brave astronauts orbited the moon. As the world observed Apollo 8, Astronaut Bill Anders read from the Bible. "In the beginning, God created the ...
Halloween is a strange holiday that seems to have a tension between good and evil. Some historians believe it began with Christian roots tied to All Saints Day. Others speak of Halloween’s pagan roots. Today, however, it seems that there is very little sign of Christianity in this holiday. In the workplace, Halloween can spark conversations. I wouldn’t rob the ...
My friend, Sean Kouplen, recently released a new book called 94X with a simple concept. The average employee spends 160 hours in the workplace each month, while the average American only spends 1.7 hours a month in church. Sean realized that when you do the math, 160 hours divided by 1.7 hours, employers have the attention of their employees 94 ...
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