7 Things Your Pastor May Not Be Telling You

Christian Business LeadershipBy THE BOOK

7 Things Your PastorMay Not Be Telling You

Who Am I?

Why Am I Here?

Something Had To Change

Then Came Clarity…Do Ministry Through Business

Set The Stage

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7 Things Your PastorMay Not Be Telling You!

#1God Cares About Your Work

And Your Business

#2You Are

A Full-Time Minister

Examples:Chaplain

Weekly Bible Study &Ministry Training

#3You Are

A Full-Time Missionary

Examples:Gospels of John

New Testaments in Every CarMonthly Devotion

Employee Newsletter

#4Your Words Carry More Weight

Than Those Of Your Pastor

#5You Can Have A Greater Impact

Than Your Pastor

Example:

My Blog

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Chandigarh, India!

#6Your Business Is A GiftAND A Responsibility

Parable of the TalentsMatthew 25

“Well done, good and faithful servant!”

#7The Days Are Numbered

For Your Business

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to

this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”

Why, you do not even knowwhat will happen tomorrow.

What is your life?You are a mist that appears for a little

while and then vanishes.Instead, you ought to say,

“If it is the Lord’s will,we will live and do this or that.”

James 4:13-15

“Well done, good and faithful servant!”

1. God cares about your work and business2. You are a full-time minister3. You are a full-time missionary4. Your words carry more weight than your Pastor5. You can have a greater impact than your Pastor6. Your business is a gift AND a responsibility7. The days are numbered for your business

So What?

What Should You Take AwayFrom All Of This?

L I E

You have to leave business to go into full-time ministry.

ORYou have to be a full-time minister

to impact eternity.

L - I - E

L-I-E:

Be A Leader.

John Maxwell:“…Leadership is about one life

influencing another.”

L-I-E:

Be Intentional.

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not;

rebuke, correct, and encouragewith great patience and teaching...,

be serious about everything, endure hardship,

do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

L-I-E

Have An

Eternal Perspective.

Final Summary

1. God cares about your work and business2. You are a full-time minister3. You are a full-time missionary4. Your words carry more weight than your Pastor5. You can have a greater impact than your Pastor6. Your business is a gift AND a responsibility7. The days are numbered for your business

Ignore the LIE:

Be A Leader

Be Intentional

Have An Eternal Perspective

We are ALL and ALWAYS full-time ministers and missionaries

responsible forIntentional, Eternally-focused

Christian Leadership in our homes, churches, communities

…AND in our jobs and businesses

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