If the axe is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success.If the axe is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success.

2. Serving God through career2. Serving God through career2. Serving God through career2. Serving God through career

5. Pacesetting work life balance5. Pacesetting work life balance5. Pacesetting work life balance5. Pacesetting work life balance

• The church and the marketplace are two distinct entities.

• My service to God is limited to the walls of my local church.

• Church is sacred while market place is secular

• Market place is still viewed as of the world.

• My role is to bring Christ in darkness.

• Foray in the market as a kind of evangelistic raiding party

• Painting the market place with shades of Christianity.

• Using Christian words, giving generously to CSR, treating employees well.

• Biblical studies, prayer meetings, corporate chaplains.

• Seeks to beautify the marketplace with Christ.

• No Parts, No Compartments

• Every aspect of life (home, church, leisure and business) is under the rule of God.

• Walking with God from the devotion room, to the breakfast table, to traffic jam, to the boardroom, to the shop floor

• Christ is at the centre integrating everything flowing into and through every avenue of life

Baer, Michael. Business As Mission. The Power of Business in the Kingdom of God. Seattle: YWAM Publishing, 2006Baer, Michael. Business As Mission. The Power of Business in the Kingdom of God. Seattle: YWAM Publishing, 2006

“..I’ve observed other Christian leaders seek to understand the relationship between their faith and their businesses, I have come to the conclusion that there are four

distinct phases through which a business may pass on its journey..”

“..I’ve observed other Christian leaders seek to understand the relationship between their faith and their businesses, I have come to the conclusion that there are four

distinct phases through which a business may pass on its journey..”

2 Cor 6:14-17 Jonah 3 Gal 3:1-10

Lk 19:1-10, Jn 21:1-19,

Col 3:22-25, Eph 6:5-18

DefineDefineDefineDefine

Elaborate

Elaborate

Sustain

Sustain

Eva

luate

Eva

luate

WeaknessesWhat am I not

doing right?

WeaknessesWhat am I not

doing right?

OpportunitiesOpportunitiesWho do I relate with?How deep are these

relationships?

OpportunitiesOpportunitiesWho do I relate with?How deep are these

relationships?

StrengthsStrengthsWhere am I positioned?What am I doing right?

StrengthsStrengthsWhere am I positioned?What am I doing right?

ThreatsThreatsIs freedom of worship

allowed?Can I share my faith

freely?

ThreatsThreatsIs freedom of worship

allowed?Can I share my faith

freely?

1. Who do you identify as a successful marketplace Christian in the bible?

2. What did they do right?

3. What are two of your memorable moments of the marketplace?

4. Have you as a marketplace Christian ever felt like a second-class citizen in the kingdom of God? What are some of the misbeliefs that have neutralized God’s anointing on your life for marketplace ministry?

5. What new perspective have you received about the marketplace by attending impact zone this far?

6. Looking at the successful marketplace Christians in question 1 above and what they did right? Identify one principle they used that you will apply next week in the marketplace.