When you are out in the Marketplace, you may notice something, a change. When I first entered the marketplace, Christians didn’t make themselves known. With one exception. In MPLS where I grew up, there was a trend for people to use Christianity as an inroad to close business deals. However, most of the people who did that were people you wouldn’t want to do business with. 34 years later, that is changing on a large scale.  People don’t claim to be Christians unless they really are. And the real Christians in the marketplace rarely use Jesus to sell something, it is Jesus in them that attracts people to buy from the Christian business person.  That is a remarkable change. How did it happen, it started with guys like Howard Oakes from Garden Grove, California. He saw a need for discipleship for Christian Small business owners. Instead of asking his church pastor to do it, he started Christian Network Groups. Lets hear the story from Howard Himself.

Featured Guest: Howard Oakes

Workplace/Ministry: Christian Network Groups

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A bit of a different twist during our monthly Office Pride highlight as today we veered from our usual franchisee spotlight and, instead, chatted up Shane Coleman, Director of Operations, and Alma Ruiz, Operations Supervisor, for an area owner in Tyler, TX – these two ROCK STAR managers opened their hearts about their Faith at work.

Featured Guests: Shane Coleman & Alma Ruiz

Workplace / Ministry: Office Pride

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

Richard Fuqua is a franchise owner with Office Pride, and he joined the Brangenberg’s to share how he came to be a part of this burgeoning cleaning operation – why he did it, how he went about setting himself up for commercial success, and how his Faith played a major role in HIS entire operation.

Featured Guest: Richard Fuqua

Workplace / Ministry: Office Pride

Prepare for a delicious treat in this episode as we hear from Auntie Anne herself, Anne Beiler, the founder of the famed Pretzel Shop! Her God-story is full of hard lessons learned, faith-pushing circumstances, and a heavy reliance on her favorite scripture – Psalms 32:8 – so grab your favorite dippin’ sauce and dive into this hot-out-the-oven podcast!

Anne Beiler and her husband Jonas grew up Amish and walked through an enormous number of struggles together - including the loss of their daughter, spiritual abuse, and financial issues. As God led Jonas into marriage counseling to the Mennonite and Amish communities, Anne went to work to support their family. From this place, her shop got started and franchised into the Auntie Anne’s we know and love today! 

Featured Guest: Anne Beiler

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

A little pick-me-up as this year's Workmatters Conference as we had our broadcast LIVE from their site in Rogers, Arkansas for interviews with business folks and insiders. This episode, we had the owners of Seven Brew Coffee, who brought their minds, hearts and delicious coffee to your humble hosts for a show on the shop's beginnings and how Workmatters has helped them change lives - 45 seconds at a time!

Featured Guests: Ron & Lisa Crume

Workplace / Ministry: Workmatters & 7 Brew

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

We dove deep today into the faith walk of the owner of Aqua Plumbing and Air and heard how Skip’s journey with Christ has “changed his paradigm”.  We also got a look at how he came to be within his profession, what makes him a great boss (with a special guest chiming in) and his work with C12.  It was a powerful hour of discovery and witness.

Skip Stanton grew up in a Methodist home, but came into a personal relationship with Christ in his mid-twenties through a co-worker who shared the gospel with him at Sears. Skip took a page from that co-worker, bringing his faith into his company through biblical business practices.  

Featured Guests:  Skip Stanton 

 Ministry/Workplace: Aqua Plumbing and Air 

Today we talk with Todd Hopkins, CEO of Office Pride and author of “Five Wisdoms for Entrepreneur Survival”, about taking his faith public and stressing less as a business owner. 

Too many entrepreneurs start a business and then give up before it has a chance to succeed. Todd wanted to write a book about how to persevere as a new small business owner and honor God in the process! The key? Ultimately, God owns the business, and we just need to be the stewards of it. 

Tune in to this fantastic show and be encouraged to share your faith, to pray for favor and wisdom, and pursue God’s plan for your business!  

Featured Guests:  Todd Hopkins

Ministry/Workplace: Office Pride