Christianity In Business

On this episode, we're joined by Art Barter. Art Barter rebuilt the culture of Datron World Communications. He took Datron's traditional power-led model and turned it upside down through the implementation of servant leadership. The result: the small international radio manufacturer grew from a $10 million company to a $200 million company in six years. His experience with Datron's transformation is chronicled in the book, The Art of Servant Leadership. Art founded the Servant Leadership Institute (SLI) as a vehicle to share his knowledge and teach others how to inspire and equip those they influence. https://www.servantleadershipinstitute.com/ Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, we're joined by Keith Hertling. Keith is the vice president of leadership, coaching, and culture for Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems. He has worked for the sandwich chain for fifteen years. He began coaching Special Olympians in college and has been teaching and coaching ever since. At age fifteen, he co-founded Popeye's Gym, a haven for athletes, police, firefighters, and lifeguards, and was a leader in the fitness industry for more than twenty years. He also spent time as a high school and college football coach, certified personal trainer, and life coach.  He's the author of Life Lessons on Leadership, Coaching and Culture. www.KeithHertling.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, we're joined by David L. Winters. David is the co-author of the award-winning book, Taking God to Work: The Keys to Ultimate Success, which he wrote with Pastor Steve Reynolds. The focus of his writing includes bringing a Biblical worldview to contemporary problems. His other books include The Accidental Missionary: A Gringo's Love Affair with Peru, Sabbatical of the Mind: The Journey from Anxiety to Peace, and Five Christmas Plays with Joy Inside. He is a regular contributor to Guideposts, CBN.com, The Institute for Faith and Work and many others. In 2016, he retired from the Department of Homeland Security where he served as a Division Director and Policy Analyst. His government career also included more than 20 years with the Office of Naval Research, the Research and Development arm of the U.S. Navy. Takinggodtowork.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church

On this episode, we're joined by Steve Van Ooteghem. Steve is the Houston area chair for C12, the nation's largest invitation-only Executive Round table for Christian business owners/CEOs. Steve was a member of one of the three original C12 groups founded in the Tampa Bay area by Buck Jacobs several years ago. Over the years, Steve and his wife Carolyn have purchased a business and started two others. He founded the successful motivational speaking company, Universal Seminars of America, Inc., and has run it for 25 years. Steve is dedicated to helping Christian business owners/CEOs and presidents to build great businesses for a greater purpose. www.C12Houston.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, we're joined by Christeen Rico. Christeen Rico is a daughter of the Most High King, committed to following Jesus and intent on pursuing a vision found in Proverbs 11:10 (NIV) "When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices." Currently, she's on assignment as a minister of reconciliation in the marketplace, starting at her place of work: a major tech company in Silicon Valley where she works in strategy and operations, while co-leading the company's Christian employee resource group. Christeen is passionate about equipping men and women in the marketplace to pursue an intentional journey of faith and work integration, thereby amplifying their impact in the world in partnership with God. Christeen is an active steward of the Bay Area faith and work movement as a speaker, mentor and co-host of various cross-company, cross-church initiatives including the first ever Silicon Valley Work & Faith Workshop which empowered 70+ faith-driven leaders with tools to launch faith-based employee resource

On this episode, we're joined by Fred Sievert. Fred is the retired President of the New York Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company. Under his leadership, New York Life first achieved a number one market share ranking in the sale of Life Insurance in the United States and repeated that distinction for seven years. Following his retirement from New York Life in 2007, Fred attended Yale Divinity School and was awarded a master's degree in religion in May of 2011. He's the author of Grace Revealed: Finding God's Strength in Any Crisis and God Revealed: Revisit Your Past to Enrich Your Future. https://www.storiesofgodsgrace.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, we're joined by Mike Baer. Mike is a recognized leader in the global Business as Mission movement. Over the years, Mike has served as a church planter and pastor; he is an entrepreneur who has launched several businesses, the founder of an international business incubator, a prolific author, an in-demand speaker. Currently, Mike is a senior executive at EmployBridge (the largest light industrial staffing company in the US) and founder of ThirdPath (an online Business as Mission education platform). He is the author of Business as Mission: The Power of Business in the Kingdom of God. https://thirdpathinitiative.com/ www.BusinessasMission.com  Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples of companies, industries, and communities. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | C

On this episode, we're joined by JoAnn Flett. JoAnn Flett is a Senior Lecturer in Management and directs the MBA in Social Impact at Eastern University. Ms. Flett's research focuses on the role of business in society. She is interested in business that combines social mission and market activities to bring about societal change for the world's most pressing needs. Thanks to the fields of Social Entrepreneurship, and the Certified B-Corp Movement, there is now a whole body of research exploring how business is being used to address societal problems. Ms. Flett was recently awarded a 2019-2020 Fulbright Scholarship to the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago for teaching and developing social entrepreneurial capacity. Ms. Flett serves on the board of several high impact social organizations that include: Accord Network (100+ International Development Agencies); Capital of Good (performance philanthropy); Broad Street Ministry (practicing radical hospitality to vulnerable Philadelphians). JoAnn als

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Lane Cohee. Lane was educated at the United States Air Force Academy, University of Redlands, University of Colorado, and Rollins College where he received his Doctorate in Business Administration. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Management at Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prior to joining PBA, Lane spent 30 years in the defense and aerospace sector, most recently serving as an executive business leader at Harris Corporation. He's the author of the new book, The Disquieted Soul: Paths of Discovery and Deliverance. Lane has been an active member in congregations within the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) since 1987. During that period, he taught over 50 courses in the areas of leadership, parenting, theology, apologetics, church history, and financial management. https://www.lanecohee.com https://www.disquietedsoul.com/ Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical v

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. John Thornton. John is the L.P. and Bobbi Leung Chair of Accounting Ethics at Azusa Pacific University's L.P. and Timothy Leung School of Accounting. He hosts the soon-to-launch Getting Rich Right podcast (gettingrichright.com) with Moody's Gary Chapman Team, and is the author of Jesus' Terrible Financial Advice: Flipping the Tables on Peace, Prosperity, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Moody Publishers 2017). A CPA with a PhD in accounting, John has served as Chair of the American Accounting Association's Public Interest Section, and Chair of the AAA's Professionalism and Ethics Committee. His research on auditor independence, auditor litigation, and ethical whistle-blowing has been published in top academic journals, including Accounting, Organizations & Society, Advances in the Public Interest, Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting, and Managerial Auditing Journal. John's TEDx Talk, "Flipping Rich," is one of several innovative ways he encou

On this episode, we're joined by Helen Mitchell. Helen was an early adopter of faith, work, and economics in the local church and was the architect and visionary of the Saddleback@Work ministry at Saddleback Church where she served as a licensed minister on the pastoral staff. She is now the Director of the Talbot Center for Faith, Work & Economics at the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University and an Ethics and Leadership Professor in the Crowell School of Business at Biola University. She teaches in both the Business undergraduate program and in the MBA program. She also serves as an MBA mentor. She continues to stay connected to the business world as she oversees the Leader Learning Initiatives for Convene Corp. www.HelenMitchell.org Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith |

On this episode, Dr. William Hanson makes a Biblical case for hiring people with disabilities and shares best practices for assimilating people with special needs into a company. Bill is a researcher and leadership consultant providing a variety of services across industries, centered on culture change, leadership training, team building, and visioning. He serves as adjunct professor for Anderson University's MBA program, teaching Leadership and Ethics. William holds a PhD from Clemson University and is the author of various leadership and ethics-related articles, including those published by the Academy of Management, the British Journal of Healthcare Management, the Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies, as well as others. A retired Army Officer, he possesses over 35 years of leadership experience in various organizations and civic groups. One of his primary areas of research and consulting has been related to companies hiring people with disabilities. Bill's research on companies hiring peopl

On this episode, we're joined by Tyler McCart. Tyler McCart is a business-to-business (B2B) sales expert with over 10 years of experience as a sales rep for some of the world's largest companies and is currently specializing in the K-12 and higher education markets. Tyler is also the host of The Success Edge Podcast, which helps marketplace Christians live out a Biblical definition of success in their professional and personal lives. He has a special gift and passion to teach Christian sales professionals how to be Holy Spirit-led in the marketplace. http://www.thesuccessedge.biz/ Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

Shae Bynes is the host of the Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur Podcast and founder and Chief Fire Igniter of KDE's community of entrepreneurs. She's the author of a several best-selling books. KDE's mission is to activate a community of entrepreneurs that will demonstrate the power, presence, passion, and purity of God in the marketplace. Her most recent book is The Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur's Guide to: Doing Business God's Way. www.KingdomDrivenEntrepreneur.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, we're joined by Ron Kitchens. Ron is the senior partner and chief executive officer of Southwest Michigan First, an economic consulting firm, which includes Consultant Connect and the Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund. He is the publisher of 269 MAGAZINE™ and founder of the leadership conference Catalyst University. Ron is author/co-author of 3 books, including Community Capitalism and Uniquely You. www.RonKitchens.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, we're joined by Gary Smith. Gary is the founder and Chief Sharpening Officer of Iron Forums, which is a Christian Business Owners Forum. He founded and led Data Formation, Inc., sold 75% of this company in 1995, took that 25% and rebranded as The Transform Group, and sold that organization in 2018 at its peak revenue, $8.3 million. www.IronForums.org Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

Mark Whitacre is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CBMC, an organization that has impacted his life greatly the past two decades. It's one of the most prominent, pioneering organizations in the faith at work movement over the past century. Since December of 2006, he has been the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Science Officer at Cypress Systems, Inc. His undercover work with the FBI during the ADM price-fixing scandal was the inspiration for the major motion picture, "The Informant," starring Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre. Drawing from his unique history, Mark provides one-of-a-kind insight into corporate ethics, corporate greed, and the warning signs of a flawed corporate leadership. www.MarkWhitacre.com www.CBMC.org Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples of companies, industries, and communities. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, th

On this episode, we're joined by Tom Tui (Twee). Tom is a Christian career/business consultant whose goal is to help Christians to become disciples at the workplace. Tom and his team have successfully developed several global projects into multi-million dollar ventures. He is also a youth pastor and helps young people to navigate their career options in a God-honoring way. Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Chris Zaino. Dr. Chris Zaino is a world-renowned speaker, author, and entrepreneur. After winning Mr. America in 1998, and being a leader in the fitness industry, he found himself defying a deadly disease in his late 20s. Dr. Zaino leveraged his experience to establish one of the largest health and wellness clinics in the world, seeing thousands of patients per week (yes, per week). His clinic is called Abundant Life Chiropractic, and it's all about helping people to reach their God-given health potential. Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, we're joined by Mark Canada. Mark is the President and CEO of Marketplace & Development Enterprises, a service organization dedicated to helping mature Christ-followers, who want to use their vocational skills and experience and want to change lives, to be Christ's ambassadors in unreached communities. Prior to leading Marketplace & Development Enterprises, Mark practiced tax law and started a few businesses over the course of 25 years. https://buildmde.com/ Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples of companies, industries, and communities. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com