February 13, 2011
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Corporate Ministry - In recent
years there has been a
temptation to view large corporations as generally evil and selfish.
“Corporate
greed” is the buzzword. Some companies, like people, are amoral, but
businesses are naturally
drawn to
integrity and quality in order to maintain their employees and customer
base.
Harold has written a great book, Compassionate
Capitalism that addresses The Spiritual
Roots of Capitalism – the title of a recent
newsletter. The
bottom line is that creative entrepreneurs in free markets are
effectively the
spiritual engine that gave us all of our modern conveniences and
technology. A
false definition of spirituality (dualism)
has prevented us from being
appropriately thankful for the way God has used these people. Right now
I am using
some really good software that I got from Bill Gates. Thank you, Bill.
And I’m
thinking about getting my next phone from Steve Jobs. The Template - Right now I’m
enjoying a cup of
coffee that I got from Jeff Ericson
- our interview is on the
link. He is a great example of someone who has defined the ministry of
his
corporation – Camano Island Coffee. Jeff is working with third world
nations to
teach people how to create wealth. He partners with ARGOS to obtain a
loan for
land, on which Jeff then helps groups of families to raise coffee that
he can
then purchase and resell. The resulting profit to the families changes
their
identity in a remarkable way. At the moment, ARGOS has 42 villages
around the world,
consisting of 30 to 100 families each, raising coffee. His farmers are
Catholic, Hindu, and Muslim. Now, if you do the math, he’s touching the
lives
of about 10,000 people on the farming end. You have to add the
distribution
system folks and all the coffee drinkers like me who get blessed, too.
See the
leverage one entrepreneur can have in the Kingdom? When you buy coffee
from
Jeff, you’re helping him reach the next 10,000 people with the good
news,
economically and spiritually. It’s a ministry that is self-sustaining
because
there is a profit. Can others do the
same thing? They already
are. Business plans
always have a purpose statement. The one thing I learned in Warsaw is
that
business people who don’t know the Lord are naturally hungry to connect
with
their larger purpose in life, their destiny.
In a business conference,we told them about the
Kingdom and the
opportunity to be involved and leverage their business for ministry,
and they
jumped all over it. Our goal was to help Christians get a vision for
business.
We were surprised when 40 people got saved. God is connecting hearts
with
purpose. In the business realm, that extends to connecting companies
with their
calling. It’s a very exciting season and it’s filled with the promise
of
prosperity and ministry. I think you
will enjoy learning more about Jeff in the
interview and you may also
enjoy his coffee by ordering it here. PS: the video version of this newsletter is also available.
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