Capital is plentiful, great partners or co-owners, not so much. In this conversation, Clint Park is back to offer biblical perspective on how to add, when to add and who to add into your business as an ownership partner. What are the big mista

The Gift of Disillusionment with Peter Greer and Chris Horst

Sep 30th, 2022 58m 49s

How is disillusionment a gift? Christ Horst and Peter Greer talk about their latest book in which they show how Christian leaders from around the deal with setbacks, trials, suffering and failures in a way that demonstrates the hope of the gosp

Solving the puzzle of remote work with Rick DeJarnette

May 9th, 2022 36m 33s

Is remote work here to stay? Will it make your company and your employees more effective or less effective? Rick DeJarnette, executive coach and executive in residence at the University of Richmond, joins us to provide a framework for how Chr

Lessons learned at Business On Purpose 2021 with Ken Kinard

Dec 15th, 2021 26m 3s

The 2021 Business On Purpose conference featured 10 great speakers addressing a multitude of topics with relevance for Christians who own businesses. In this episode Ken Kinard, who led a breakout session at the conference, joins us to recap t

Jesus's recruitment strategy: risk-taking entrepreneurs (with Jerry Bowyer)

Oct 15th, 2021 34m

Jesus had a “disproportionate recruitment strategy” of calling entrepreneurs who were frontier risk-takers pursuing economic opportunity. What do these facts say about how Jesus viewed businesspeople and entrepreneurs during his earthly minist

Is the "Great Resignation" coming for your business? Chris Allen on creating cultures of community.

Oct 4th, 2021 31m 12s

Is your business about to get crushed by the Great Resignation? Is it even a real thing? Maybe. In this conversation, Chris Allen, the founder of Always About People and one of the keynote speakers at Business On Purpose 2021, examines what i

Clint Park: Business Health Fosters Business Generosity

Sep 17th, 2021 22m 56s

In this conversation, Clint Park joins us to dig deeper in an exciting topic from a previous episode: radical generosity through the gifting of your business. In a previous episode with Jeff Rutt, we discussed how and why Jeff was able to give

Hannah Stolze on Wisdom-Based Business

Sep 8th, 2021 43m 43s

What’s the difference between your competitive advantage and your comparative advantage? Plus, does the praiseworthy woman of Proverbs 31 have something to teach us about business? Hannah Stolze—one of our keynote speakers at the October 28 Bu

Alan Crippen on America's First Christian CEO and more

Aug 17th, 2021 55m 17s

The philanthro-capitalists who funded the anti-slavery movement, and Christian CEOs in the 1600’s Can business practices and profits change society? Alan Crippen, Executive Director of the Faith and Liberty Initiative talks with us about two li

Pete Scazzero: Grow Yourself Before You Grow Your Business

Jul 26th, 2021 39m 6s

Best-selling author Pete Scazzero joins us to talk about the epidemic of shallow discipleship and what it means for Christian business owners. It might not be what you think it is. We talk about growing your business while embracing limitatio

Jeff Rutt on How and Why he gave away his company, Keystone Custom Homes

May 24th, 2021 30m 47s

In 2019 Jeff Rutt took an unusual step for a successful business owner. Twenty-seven years after starting Keystone Custom Homes, he gave away his growing and very successful (600 homes built in 2021) home building business to charity. What do

Should employee wages be an expression of generosity?

Apr 21st, 2021 50m 44s

Ever thought that what you pay your employees reflects your level of generosity? Chris Allen joins us to unpack if that is actually the case. We hash out principles that should and should not influence the way that businesses compensate their

Great Leaders (and business owners) Replace Themselves, with Russ Crosson

Mar 30th, 2021 29m 44s

What Makes a Leader Great? Russ Crosson explains how the best leaders—we’re looking at you business owners—are focused on the mission of the company and how to replace themselves so that the mission is carried out for years to come. Russ is t

How do image-bearers innovate?

Mar 8th, 2021 38m 42s

It’s easy to think of business innovation as an unmitigated good. Is that true? We’ll find out in this episode in which we are joined by Ben Norquist, managing director at Wheaton College’s Center for Faith and Innovation, to discuss a Christ

Why listening is a business growth strategy with Natalie Mangrum

Feb 19th, 2021 33m 30s

Entrepreneurs know how to solve the world’s problems, right? Natalie Mangrum, founder and CEO of Maryland Teacher Tutors, talks with us about how listening to the perspective of others has given her the insights she needed to solve problems and

The local church as business partner

Jan 28th, 2021 35m 51s

Startup businesses are risky and prone to failure. Church planting is difficult, costly and time-consuming. What might happen when you combine the two? Our guests on this episode—Dan Mackett the founder of Redemption Collective and Adam Muht

Your business can't afford to ignore people with disabilities

Jan 6th, 2021 35m 29s

Are people with disabilities part of your business plan? Why is that? Guests Dave Baldwin, founder of Furnace Hills Coffee and Amberle Brown, founder of The Banquet Network help us explore how Christian business owners can think about hiring,

Conflict, Lawsuits, The Bible & Your Business with Hunter Brown and Michael Crawford

Dec 22nd, 2020 44m 35s

Get ready for some applied theology. This episode features two theological guests, Hunter Brown and Michael Crawford, who help us explore Paul’s warnings in I Corinthians 6 about lawsuits between Christians and how those warnings apply to busi

Choosing to help your employees grow

Dec 2nd, 2020 21m 45s

Everyone says employees are the lifeblood of your business. If that’s true, how we help the people who work for us to hone their skills and develop their God-given talent is a life and death matter for our business. In this episode Fenton Gro

Keeping Your Employees Engaged in a Volatile World

Nov 16th, 2020 1h

Employee engagement matters more than ever during a year as tumultuous as 2020. What’s your plan for keeping your team engaged with their work? In this episode, we bring you a special Business On Purpose webinar conversation between Chris All

Marketing as Stewardship with Ken Kinard and Mike Boyes

Nov 5th, 2020 45m 8s

Is marketing your business inherently worldly? Or can Christian business owners faithfully market, advertise and promote their businesses? In this episode, the interview tables are turned: Ken Kinard and Mike Boyes of the Workwise podcast delv

How Did Jesus View Business & Economics?

Oct 13th, 2020 1h 13m

How Did Jesus View Business & Economics? Did you miss our September webinar with economist and author Jerry Bowyer? It’s now available for replay. In our conversation we dug into why we should pay attention to the time and place in which Jes

Mark Thayer on the business skill of disciple-making

Sep 18th, 2020 15m 34s

Is your business positioned to make disciples? Mark Thayer, who is a Field Partner with CBMC and overseas CBMC trusted advisor forums in Maryland, says it is. Together we explore why business is a powerful platform for disciple-making and ho

Neal Rice on Taking Risks & Fighting Worry

Sep 3rd, 2020 26m 24s

Risk-taking is inherent to business. But with risk often comes worry, or even paralysis. Our guest, Neal Rice, is a business attorney and entrepreneur who talks with us about how Christian business owners (and potential business owners) can d

Ken Kinard on the creativity you need to rebuild from a crisis

Aug 14th, 2020 10m 15s

Ken Kinard, founder of Accent Interactive, reviews three ways that businesses and business owners are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Then we pivot to a discussion of the creative process and how to ensure you are creating the time and spac