The only way I can describe this interview as a ‘Next Level’ experience. You will love this episode!

We are here today with Chief Pastoral Officer of Movement Mortgage and Sovereign’s Capital, Stephen Phalen. Follow along as we discuss the journey of Movement Mortgage from start up to top 10 status in the industry. 

Can redemptive companies operate at a large scale? Movement Mortgage went from a handful of faith driven visionaries to 5000 employees. The impressive part is that they scaled the the Kingdom distinctives alongside the financial growth of the company. In addition to excelling in their industry, Movement Mortgage is igniting a mentoring movement to help awaken the Church in the business community. 

If you have struggled with hope in this season of darkness you will be ignited with faith as you hear the powerful testimony of what can happen when a company is 100% intentional about advancing the Kingdom. 

Check out these highlights:

• 3000 employees voluntarily participated in the company’s internal discipleship program 
• Movement Mentoring is a movement of God’s love taking place through Christ-centered mentoring in companies, churches and neighborhoods all over America!
• Providing free Movement Mentoring programs and guidance for any and all companies
• 450 salvations among employees
• Grab the Key! Industry leading, Black and Hispanic home ownership program
• Normalizing social transformation 
• Mission trips for non believers?
• Extreme commitment to employee wellbeing 
• Championing a giving culture by paying charities where employees choose to volunteer
• Scaling ‘Love’ in a large corporation
• Prioritizing interpersonal relationships as the key to employee loyalty and retention
• Sovereign’s Capital is leading the way in Faith Driven Investing and raising up impactful Kingdom companies around the world. 

Learn more: 

https://movement.com

https://movementmentoring.live

https://sovereignscapital.com 

Join me in this perspective bending interview with Michael El Daba, who is joining us from the amazing country of Egypt!

Highlights include:

• We all have a seat at the table
• Changing the world through micro finance
• 99% pay back their loans?
• Muslim tithe money??
• Marketplace solutions are the way forward
• How Christians show their Kingdom distinctive when large amounts of money are involved
• Adjusting our perspective on the ‘10/40 window’
• What the Middle East (and the world) needs

Michael is a civil engineer who uses his engineering background and management training in his current role as a Christian mission leader and Community Development Professional.

He was appointed Lausanne Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa and coordinates the ministry of Lausanne in 20 countries in the region.

Born and raised in Egypt, he worked in many fields including Oil & Gas, Microfinance, Construction and Mining. Since 2012 he has been working with CEOSS, one of the largest development organizations in Egypt. 

He also just founded “Naslink”, a crowd lending platform that aims to transform giving into lending in Egypt.

Naslink.co

We are here today with Rev. Dr. Rafik Wagdy Barsoum. He is the founder of a ministry called ‘Message to All Nations’. 

It is great to have Dr. Rafik back on the program!

I believe Dr. Rafik functions as a modern day 'man of Issachar'.

1 Chronicles 12:32 mentions ‘The Men of Issachar’ … these were men who ‘understood the times and new what to do’.

Follow along as we discuss the Missio Dei [Mission of God] that Dr. Rafik and his organization find themselves in the midst of in the Middle East and around the world. Message to All Nations is wisely advancing the Kingdom of God through Media and online platforms including their now established online 'Church of the Nations'.

Highlights include:

• The Mission of God in the Middle East

• Old and New Wineskins

• How Digital Church is Working!!

• Assessment about what God is doing in this season

• Hopeful trends in the Middle East

• How can a western, Christian professional relate to the Missio Dei in the Middle East?

This interview will fill you with Hope and Courage!

Today we have the opportunity to talk with Sam Russell, the founder of The Buttered Biscuit. Also joining us we have the director of operations, Hunter Kissinger.

The Buttered Biscuit is a rare example of a company that was founded as a Kingdom Driven Enterprise that is actually very successful financially and is equally successful at the business of the Kingdom.

When the concept of a faith based company comes up even believers are hard pressed to describe what that would look like. Well the Buttered Biscuit will give you a real picture of what is possible.

I dive into the story of The Buttered Biscuit and discover an example of how a company can be excellent and operate in alignment with the interests of the Kingdom. 

This is a fully authentic and raw discussion that will fill you with hope that things can be different and give you the courage to be the one to bring change. 

Highlights Include:

• People over Profit!
• How do you love your employees better and yet protect the company?
• The hardest thing is telling the truth and creating a safe space for that to happen
• “It’s the people that make us want to Risk it for the Biscuit!”
• “Restaurants are not for the faint of heart!”
• Solving loneliness and solving hunger
• Excellent practical advise for aspiring entrepreneurs!

Today we have missions thought leader and author Dr. Larry Sharp on the program. 

Larry served in mission leadership in Brazil for over twenty years, followed by another twenty years as VP of operations at Crossworld.

During that time, he founded IBEC Ventures, a Business as Mission consulting group, which has taken him to dozens of countries. 

In addition to teaching and writing, he is the author of The Greatest Missionary Generation. 

Recently Larry has written a powerful new book titled Missions Disrupted.

This book takes an inspired look at the state of Christian missions and where missions is heading… particularly from PROFESSIONAL MISSIONARIES to MISSIONAL PROFESSIONALS.

Join us as we dive into the reformation that is happening around 'Missio Dei' - The Mission of God!

Highlights include:

• The end of the anomaly of modern missions
• Capturing the moment.. A new season for missions
• What is Missio Dei?
• Why IBEC Ventures?
• Disruptive Innovation Theory and the future of missions
• The Sea Change in missiology
• How to Activate ALL believers into the Missio Dei
• Guidance for Pastors wrestling with Missio Dei

What a journey this has been for Matt and Jessica Brown!

Eight years of work including two years on the ground establishing their sustainable, market-driven clean water company Uganda! The finish line is in site for the Matt and Jessica as their company is established and generating revenue.

"This is the first time I've ever had clean water in my life!"

After many startup challenges they have prayerfully been guided by the Lord with wisdom on how to provide an economically appropriate clean water service that is profitable and sustainable in one of the poorest regions on earth.

You will be inspired by this update. Matt shares profound insights into how you thrive and balance work & life in the midst of any overwhelming entrepreneurial effort.

One secret? It's all about establishing your heavenly Identity before you dive in.

Follow along as Matt shares his journey of bringing heaven down to earth and manifesting the love of God for people through clean water.

Learn more about Matt and Jessica's organization at: www.LiliesintheField.org

Today we have the opportunity to hear from Ronald Jones. He is the Managing Director of the International Business Institute at Messiah University in Pennsylvania. 

Ron has a fascinating history in Marketplace Mission and specifically in the context of Ukraine and the Middle East. He had been teaching redemptive entrepreneurship in Ukraine until the onset of the recent war. Now he is back in the US and heading up the International Business Institute at Messiah University.

If you want to know how a blue collar, American businessman can make a tremendous impact for the Kingdom both locally and overseas, then you will love this interview.

Ron is the real deal.

Highlights include:

• Are you doing REAL ministry as a business person?
• Six years of BAM in the Middle East
• 2 years training Ukrainians in redemptive entrepreneurship
• How business can and should transform a broken world
• How business can support an ecosystem of ministry options
• Miracles in the Middle East
• Issues and solutions around inadequate Gospel modeling with new churches in countries that produces sacred / secular divides.

We are back after the holidays and I am so excited to jump into this new year with all of you. Thank you so much for following the program over the last couple years. It’s been an incredible adventure exploring the hope filled designs of the Kingdom of God and helping you recover the dignity and mission of your vocation.

As we move forward into this new year I wanted to remind us all that no matter what business we are in, what career field, or calling... We are all ultimately called to co-labor with our father God in the family business. The business of the Kingdom.

The business of the Kingdom is all about HOPE and REDEMPTION. We all of have a standing order to redeem the people, places and spaces that God has given us responsibility for. 

Let’s go into this new year confident and inspired about the Kingdom of God and lean into our redemptive role in the Mission of God.

BIG HIGHLIGHT:

In this episode you will hear the powerful and inspiring story of Heather Lacy and how God used her successful business in Thailand to employ many young women who had no other options in life other than the working in a brothel.

Heather's story is a leading example of the Business of Redemption!

Wow. Did you ever feel like a 2nd class citizen in the Kingdom of God? Have you been told that your vocation is in the way of doing something spiritual or meaningful? You have to check this episode out.

I give a quick listen of my talk in the Marketplace Mission Track at the NWA For The Nations and I go on to explore the historical reasons in Church History regarding how 97% of the Body of Christ came to feel like they are sitting out the game. 

Oh, and I also share an open letter of repentance to believers who are called to work.

Nearly 800 people from many churches, backgrounds and organizations gathered for this event. I was privilaged to head up the Marketplace Mission Track as the Metron Manager Project. The track was a HUGE HIT! Hundreds of university students and Christian professionals participated. 

14 practitioners and thought leaders from around the world shared their approaches regarding how to Advance the Kingdom of God through vocation.Andrew Scott, the co-founder of Scatter Global and president ofOperation Mobilization kicked off our theology of work driven emphasis the first night and delivered a powerful perspective on marketplace mission. The emphasis on a redemptive framework and leaning into our God-given design led to a liberating response to the Great Commission!

Thank you to all who prayed, gave and served in this event. It was a milestone event in our journey to help the Body of Christ recover the dignity and missionof vocation!

Today we have the opportunity to talk with a good friend of mine, Randy Welsch.

Randy is a non-stop entrepreneur, leadership expert and highly experienced in the ways of Kingdom Enterprise. 

He is also a co-founder of an amazingly successful company called ‘Jibu’. 

Jibu as 154 established franchise locations in 8 countries and 14,000 Viable Franchise locations emerging! 

More at: www.Jibuco.com

Jibu is a for-profit social enterprise that prioritizes impact in communities. Their hybrid approach stimulates responsible economic growth and independence. Through local entrepreneurship they produce safe drinking water as well as supply other essential products like LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) and fortified porridge and sell them at affordable prices in the communities they serve.

Jibu capitalizes and equips emerging market entrepreneurs to create affordable access to drinking water and other necessities. 

From Ordained Minister, professor at the Air Force academy, Space Industry Entrepreneur and Kingdom Enterprise pioneer… Randy has covered a LOT of terrain in his career. 

Follow along as I interview Randy about his highly successful and profitable Kingdom business model that is transforming poor urban areas in Africa and beyond. The key to redemptive business is to Make Money and Make Impact without compromising either. 

Highlights Include:

• There are Marketplace Solutions for poverty 
• Handouts are not God’s solution for poverty
• Equity vs. Donations
• Business is more than ‘Sustainable’
• 3 startups and 3 failures
• 10 viable locations expanded to 14000!
• Focusing on the transformational ecosystem … not just a product
• A highly evolved, upside down, franchise model
• Jibu has a 98% Franchisee success rate!
• How you vet a potential franchisee
• For Profit or Non Profit?
• The difference between BAM and ‘Business IS Mission’
• Generational impact
• Don’t apologize for making money
• What a redemptive framework actually is
• Solid advice for redemptive entrepreneurs 
• We have to become the people around us without compromising our values and beliefs
• What it really mean for a spiritual leader to equip the Saints