Is business a more effective ministry model than the four-walls Church? CEO Lonnie Gienger, author of Beyond Business, says, “YES.” In part 2 of this PowerPod interview, hear Lonnie’s unique perspective on the marketplace not being only A mission field but THE mission field. Plus, get into a discussion with Lonnie on issues like how great business brings the Kingdom of God to earth, creating societal transformation through service, and Jesus as the head of the most influential and successful enterprise in the history of the world!

Featured Guest: Lonnie Gienger
Ministry/Workplace: Building Beyond Business

Is business a more effective ministry model than the four-walls Church? CEO Lonnie Gienger, author of Beyond Business, says, “YES.” Lonnie went to seminary intending to become a pastor, but instead, he went into business. Today, he does ministry by developing effective leaders who build organizations with a lasting, multi-generational positive impact on society. In part 1 of this PowerPod interview, hear Lonnie’s unique perspective on the marketplace not being only A mission field but THE mission field. Plus, we pick Lonnie’s brain on issues like the dualism disaster, God’s highest calling on our lives, and Jesus’s business strategy. 

Featured Guest: Lonnie Gienger
Ministry/Workplace: Building Beyond Business

Martha and I have travelled all over the country and interviewed thousands of workplace believers living out their faith in their work in their own unique calling. One such person is Chuck Proudfit from Cincinnati Ohio. Chuck felt so compelled about living his faith out at work, while working at Proctor and Gamble that he decided to dedicate the rest of his life to equipping Christ Followers just like you to see God’s purpose for you at work. Chuck started At Work on Purpose in 2003 with the mission of mobilizing the work world for Christ, one irresistibly transformed work life at a time. His ministry has grown to impact much of the greater Cincinnati area and it is to Chuck Proudfit’s credit that the word Biznistry exists and has been repeated hundreds of times on this show.

Check out the Rapid Response Program on their website.

They have developed a Choices Profile to help people make choices on how to bring their faith to work. 

For the Orca Center:

1.     Co-work in a sub-urban environment, close to where people live.

2.    Keep it simple – the KISS principle

3.    Christians lead and interface

He is helping pastors to understand how to have creative outreach for the church.  Be the church where you are working.  Using Luke 10 – example of service as a guide. 

Chuck is a contributor to the iWork4Him Field Manual.

Featured Guest: Chuck Proudfit

Workplace/Ministry: At Work on Purpose - The Orca Center

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Everybody has a story of how they first met Jesus and every one of those stories is different. Not wrong just different. When Jon Dengler was last on our show, we opened up the show with Queen’s song “Bicycle Race” and then he blew the minds of most Christ-followers when he said these words. I met Jesus on an LSD trip. I started reading my Bible and it said that I was supposed to minister unto the least of these. So I started hanging out with homeless people. It wasn’t until later that I realized that Christians don’t really do that sort of thing.  Its been 4 years since that show and Jon Dengler has grown a Biznistry out of helping folks in need of transportation learn how to fix bikes…and so much more.

Featured Guest: Jon Dengler

Workplace/Ministry: The Well Incorporated & WellBuilt Bikes - Help the Bike Drive In Tampa

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Jesus said we were to become fishers of men.  Did he mean that literally? I don’t know but I think so but fishing.  Some people take their passion and their calling and they mesh up perfecting and “Bam” everything falls into place. For the rest of us, it is a  rocky road for 15 or 20 years until we find our God given sweet spot.  Our guest today grew up in the swampy areas of Florida.  He grew up loving fresh water and salt water, both for recreation and for fishing.  He was wildly successful in the insurance world and now is wildly successful in the fishing world. Fishing for men, you bet, the unchurched kind. www.SaltStrong.com  is his Biznistry and Joe Simonds is his name.

Featured Guest: Joe Simonds

Workplace/Ministry: Salt Strong

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You have a choice when providing for your healthcare needs, healthcare sharing is alive & well, we love organizations that look to God for solutions & bring God sized solutions to the world & Sedera does just that.  We are talking with Tony Dale & Jamie Lagarde with Sedera, a cutting edge & kingdom focused healthcare sharing company, about how they are making an impact in the world for the Kingdom of God.

Featured Guest: Tony Dale & Jamie Lagarde

Workplace/Ministry: Sedera

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Small Town America. It’s unique and challenging but definitely a place of ministry and a mission field. How about planting a vet clinic and a mobile coffee shop in the town to touch the hearts of the residents. We’re talking to Brian and Carol Thompson about their story.

Featured Guest: Brian & Carol Thompson

Workplace/Ministry: Thompsons Veterinary Center & Cuppa Joe on the Go

What happens when God lays an idea on your heart and says it is impossible for you to do this unless I help. We’re talking with Tammie McClafferty from Lifework First Coast as she shares the story of The Cup of Job.

It all started when Tammie looked at the cost of taking potential Lifework financial donors out for coffee. “Could we save money by starting our own coffee shop?” she wondered. From there, the dream grew to match Lifework’s mission to transform the city through helping the down and out get jobs and job training. The Cup of Job, has been running since 2019 and is located in a homeless shelter on Jacksonville Beach. If you want to hear a crazy story of God’s incredible and miraculous faithfulness, tune in to this AMAZING story! 

Featured Guest: Tammie McClafferty

Workplace/Ministry: Lifework First Coast The Cup of Job

The Homeless and drug addicted are all around us. Most of them are looking for hope and a solution. We’re talking with Ed Price from Charlotte Rescue Mission about Community Matters Café and how this business is transforming the lives of those who work there and eat there.

Featured Guest: Ed Price

Workplace/Ministry: Community Matters Café

Amplio Recruiting is a multi-city staffing agency connecting companies with the dependable refugee workforce. They work with the most fluent and well educated members of the refugee community to bring dependability and efficiency to industries including, but not limited to: light industrial work, hospitality, and construction. Hear about it NOW!

Featured Guest: Chris Chancey

Workplace / Ministry: Amplio Recruiting