55% of the workforce today is made up of Women. 36% of the population of the United States of America proclaim to be Born Again Believers in Jesus Christ.  That means almost 33 million working women who follow Jesus.  Many of the Christian Working Women ministries we have found are Business Owner and Leader focused. Where does the everyday Christian Working Woman go for discipleship in connecting their faith to their work and living out their calling in their workplace?  We love highlighting ministries specifically focused on the unique needs of the Christian Working Woman. Today we head off to Cincinnati, OH to talk with Kathy Book, Founder of Women in the Marketplace and Catherine Gates, executive director of Women in the Marketplace, online at www.WomeninMarketplace.net.

Kathy Book is the founder of an organization called Women in the Marketplace.  It was started out of her own need to connect her faith to her work and have other women walk alongside her in the process.  At the first of the year Kathy handed over the reigns to the new Executive Director – Catherine Gates.  Catherine has had a passion for helping Christian working women and equipping them in their work with the confidence they need in Christ. 

Catherine noted that her last 8 years as a part of Workmatters showed her that women are stymied by their preconceived notions about connecting their faith at work and also the fear of the repercussions for being a believer.  Women are looking for role models to show them what it looks like to be an authentic Christian at work.  The best way to share these role models is through story. 

Women in the Marketplace has a bible study called “Unleashed” and Catherine recently released her book “The Confidence Cornerstone”.  You can call the listener line at 866-713-9675 (866-713-WORK) to win a copy of these 2 books. 

The goal of WIM is to build community and provide resources, like the study Unleashed and book The Confidence Cornerstone to help equip women to live out their faith at work. 

On March 18, 2021, Women in the Marketplace will be hosting an event that is “obsessively inclusive” for all women in the marketplace.  Their events page has details for this CONNECT event as well as their prayer calls on Monday and Wednesday:  https://www.womeninmarketplace.net/events-1 .

To learn more about how you can get involved in WIM or start a chapter in your city – reach out to CatherineGates@WomeninMarketplace.net .

Remember to call 866-713-WORK to win a copy of the books provided by WIM.

Featured Guests: Kathy Book & Catherine Gates

Ministry/Workplace: Women In The Marketplace

YouTube Video Interview

Stress, it’s one of those things that impacts us all, but all of us deal with it differently. How do you deal with stress?  Does it tear you up? Motivate you? Make you sick or excite you?  How does stress impact your walk with Jesus, your marriage, your family relationships, your workplace, and business?  Can you live a stress less life? If you run a business can you be a Stress Less Business owner? Today, Todd Hopkins talks about his book, the stress less business owner. Todd is the founder of Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services and is formerly a stressed business owner now a Stress Less Business Owner.

Featured Guest: Todd Hopkins

Workplace/Ministry: Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services

YouTube Video Interview

What does it look like to thrive in a season of uncertainty? How do you follow the path God has for you as a friend, colleague, leader, or mother when you’re pulled in more directions than you can count? When circumstances leave us tired and discouraged, what would it be like to feel…resilient? Well, The Denver Institute for Faith and Work is holding an online conference for you, the Christian Working Woman, and its called “Resilient: Women, Work, & Calling 2020.” At this conference, you will hear from women who are leading with significance in a variety of roles, from the corporate world to politics, culture, and the home. At the end of the day, you will be able to sharpen your vision for the ways God is using you in your own areas of influence. And learn what it takes to develop resilience as a beloved daughter of Christ.  Here to tell us all about the upcoming conference is Joanna Meyer, Director of Public Engagement from the Denver Institute for Faith and Work, online at Denver Institute dot com.

Featured Guest: Joanna Meyer

Workplace/Ministry: The Denver Institute for Faith and Work - Resilient: Women, Work, & Calling 2020

YouTube Video Interview

Jesus called us to be shrewd stewards. What does that mean?  He also told us to be wise as serpents and gentle as doves. How do you do all this and still maintain a high level of marketplace penetration?  Take for instance the health insurance world. Their powerful lobby influences the minds and hearts of many in local state and national office. How do you fight their billions and trillions when you only have you, God, and a budget for tens of thousands?  Seems like a losing battle but with God on our side, nothing is impossible. Today on iWork4Him we are going to talk about the role of public affairs and strategy and how you can be a Christian fighting a battle among a whole field full of Goliath’s and you are David with one stone. The story of Sedera Health – Tony Dale joins us today and he has brought a powerful guest with him.

Featured Guest: Tony Dale & Jenny Aghamalian

Workplace/Ministry: Sedera Health

FaceBook Live Video Interview

Are you a leader worth following? Do you know yourself? Do you know who you are? Do you know those who work around you and why they act and respond a certain way? How would knowing yourself and knowing those you work with make it possible to bring a higher level of success in your organization? 

Today we will discuss these questions with Jeff Dorman, who joins us to break down what it means to become an authentic success! 

A Lutheran Pastor for over 20 years, now Jeff uses the Giant Curriculum to disciple people in the workplace to become authentic, emotionally intelligent leaders! But what IS emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence is all about understanding yourself and leading yourself well and then translating that to understanding other people and leading them well! And guess who had perfect emotional intelligence – Jesus! 

Jeff Dorman is a Contributor to Chapter 27 of The iWork4Him Field Manual. 

Featured Guest: Jeff Dorman

Workplace/Ministry: Kingdom Leadership -  Authentic Success Project (website coming soon)

Her glory is her story, so says Auntie Anne Beiler of the famed – and delicious – Auntie Anne Pretzels, and she broke down more of her Glory Story with us on today’s program. It’s a remarkably relatable testimony filled with savory nuggets you can really sink your teeth in to 🙂

Anne started a pretzel shop to help financially support her husband’s ministry of providing free marriage counseling to the Amish community. God massively blessed Auntie Anne Pretzel’s, which went from 1 store to 900 stores over the course of the 18 years that Anne owned it. With that kind of growth, Anne came to a crossroads: should she retire or should she “re-fire”. 

On today’s show, Anne talks about her new book, The Secret Lies Within, and how she went from God giving her a pretzel to God giving her a platform, and the importance of your personal story. 

Featured Guest: Anne Beiler

Workplace / Ministry: Auntie Anne’s - Auntie Anne Beiler

Author Will Meier shared with our audience the thoughts in his book, “Leaders for Life”, which lays out the idea that Principles, Process and Power can result in Profitability. Our conversation with Will, LIVE from the God@Work TV Studios, focused largely on the “Power” portion of this formula and how it can pay dividends in every aspect of your life.

Featured Guest: Will Meier

Workplace / Ministry: God.TV

We had the chance to chat with Ryan Haley today about his story of going from the Navy, to real estate, to mobile marketing, to creating his own podcast ministry – A Better Way. 

While we were prepping for today’s show, Ryan said, “our lives should demand a supernatural explanation.” Wow, just think about that for a moment! God can do more in one minute than we can do in a lifetime of striving on our own; He can put in place things that we couldn’t possibly do because Jesus offers us new, supernaturally powered way to live… A Better Way. 

Dive into this podcast with us and learn what exactly this means – and how its meaning is life altering.

Ryan Haley is a Contributor to Chapter 25 of The iWork4Him Field Manual.

Featured Guest: Ryan Haley

Workplace / Ministry: A Better Way

Shae Bynes with “Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur” joined the Brangenberg’s today to share her mission of inspiring, teaching, and mentoring entrepreneurs who desire to place God at the head of their businesses in an effort to experience His best!

 In 2010, God called Shae out of a corporate career in tech and led her into the world of entrepreneurship. Over the course of a couple of years, God taught Shae to slow down and change her mindset from constant hustle to a healthy flow of partnering with Him in her work. It was in that place that God revealed His divine plan to start Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur – a community of people who want to make a Kingdom impact with their businesses!  

Shae Bynes is a Contributor to Chapter 19 of the sheWorks4Him Field Manual.

Featured Guest: Shae Bynes  

Workplace/Ministry: Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur

A long-time supporter of the iWork4Him Mission and multiple guest – Doug Spada with WorkLife – was with us this afternoon to talk more about his mission of helping folks bring their Sundays into their Mondays. Get some great advice and learn how to THRIVE at work in this vibrant podcast.

As Christians, we have a great propensity to come to church and engage with God on Sunday, but when we get to work on Monday, we flip a switch and turn off our beliefs. This habit is something that Doug defines as the “Monday Morning Atheist Mentality,” or when someone loves God but sometimes works like God doesn’t exist. 

But what if God cares more about Monday than Sunday? 

Although we are called to gather together for corporate worship, we are also called by God into the Great Commission: to go and make disciples. The reality is that work is a HUGE part of people’s lives, and the better we stay switched on, the more we can accomplish for the Kingdom of God. Every Christian is an extension of the Church into the culture – and when the Church works to grow on Monday, it automatically will grow on Sunday. 

WorkLife’s study, the Monday Switch, is a fast-paced, video-driven study to help you engage in faith all week long. Churches who practice engaging in “work-life” have increased tithing, increased volunteerism, and increased joy because they help their members find God’s purpose and an answer for the question, “why do I work?”

Doug Spada is a contributor to Chapter 10 of The iWork4Him Field Manual.

Featured Guest: Doug Spada

Workplace/Ministry: WorkLife