The Metron Manager Project

Do you feel that the world around you has become incredibly charged with Chaos, Conflict and Fear? Do you wonder if there is any path towards redemption for the people, places and spaces you are called to steward?

Christian banker, Mark Carter, shares his incredible testimonies and pointed wisdom in this raw and authentic episode.

Mark points out that the CHAOS is REAL... and shares his real experiences of bringing peace that PREACHES the GOSPEL into all the areas where we live, work and play.

You will find hope in this interview and get a taste of what scripture means in 1st Thessalonians 1:5 'for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction'.

Beautiful Lives Boutique - Interview with Executive Director Jessica Uranga

Do you ever wonder if redemptive business is even possible? Has anyone actually done this?

Beautiful Lives Boutique is a true case study in how you can impact a community and advance the Kingdom and make a real profit as a company! 

Executive director, Jessica Uranga, shares an in-depth look into this transformational organization and details their impact and model. You will be incredibly encouraged by this interview and inspired in your journey to recover the dignity and mission of your vocation.

I find this organization to be a rare example of a high functioning, profitable company that is intentionally built to advance the Kingdom of God. They are a great example of successful Business on Mission and are built from the ground up as a great commission company.

I always want to highlight how On Mission vocation is possible. People are actually doing it. Both in a corporate sense and on a personal level. It is important that we see this as do-able and that practical, profitable and purposeful business is a reality.

Highlights:

• What it takes to run a redemptive enterprise
• What are the 3 pillers, or 'bottom lines' in the company?
• Practical guidance for intentionality and out-sized Kingdom impact in a retail entity
• What is the X factor?
• How Dignity is imparted to women through a Thrift Boutique! 
• The challenge of conducting a profitable business as a non profit 
• Mindset challenges of 'ministry people' trying to do 'retail' 
• The need for Hybrid models 
• Who do you need to be and what would you need to do to launch a company like this?
• What are the leadership challenges faced in this effort?
• How to have a ministry model that works in a top brick and mortar shop
• Jessica's journey and why she values this opportunity 
• The best things take time, stay in something for the long-haul

Well among the many unique people I have had the chance to talk with on this program, today you will meet one of the top 5!

Follow along as I interview global business coach, Jonathan Fokker. 

Jonathan runs a coaching company in the Netherlands called ‘RevenueCoach’.

RevenueCoach helps businesses worldwide grow by helping them attract a continuous flow of leads and clients. They have generated more than 15 millions views on LinkedIn, thousands of leads and served around 950 clients in 5 years using a process of social selling and inbound marketing via LinkedIn. His company has successfully replicated this process for their clients.

Jonathan is also the International Business Director for All Nations. He trains and coaches church planters among the unreached in Africa, Asia and the Middle East to start and grow new businesses to bring economic, social and spiritual change in their communities.

Are you called to your vocation and would love to utilize your profession to advance the Kingdom? Jonathan unpacks the highly successful model he has developed and shares incredibly practical knowledge and experience that will inform and equip you!

Highlights Include:

• His personal journey into successful redemptive entrepreneurship
• 4 million views of 1 post on LinkedIn!
• The realities of Kingdom business models in Europe
• How successful business can produce holistic missional impact
• Thought leadership in the Digital Space
• How to manage risk as a redemptive entrepreneur
• The top things that go wrong for startups in unreached areas
• The real outcomes and bottom-lines you are looking for
• The crucial role of CQ (cultural intelligence)

Jonathan will be calling in by Zoom to share in our Marketplace Mission track at the upcoming NWA for the Nations missions conference on October 22. If you are able to join me at this event I think it will be really beneficial. I’ll be heading up the marketplace track and helping Christian professionals recover the dignity and mission of their vocation throughout this conference. 

Register at: www.Global-Outfitters.org/conference

Today is a BIG day on the program. Follow along as I talk with Nathan Allen about the upcoming mission conference in Northwest Arkansas called NWA for the Nations.

The best way to talk about such a significant event is to hear directly from the person in charge. Well, we have the privilege of having Nathan Allen here today and he is that person! 

Nathan is the Global Outfitters director and New Heights Church Missions pastor here in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He is also the person behind the annual NWA for the Nations mission conference. 

We discuss the heavy emphasis on Marketplace Missions and how the role of the Metron Manager Project in facilitating that aspect of the conference. You will also hear Nathan's journey and the back-story of the NWA For The Nations conference. It's come along way from free pizza and mission talks for some college kids to being one of the nations premier mission conferences!

I hope you are inspired and I hope we see you at the event on October 21-22!

Conference and Registration Info:

https://www.global-outfitters.org/conference

Ok, so this is an episode that I have wanted to do for a long time. I recently had an opportunity to train an amazing group of Christian businessmen from Northern Colorado and the content of this live talk ended up being exactly what I wanted to share with you all.

Follow along as I share my background and how the Metron Manager Project came about. In this episode I widely cover the key points of missionized theology of work and how your Vocation is actually OCCUPATION in the Kingdom of God.

We cover this key question 'How do I move the Kingdom Needle in my sphere, my metron?' and many other wonderings that I hear voiced from Christians on a regular basis.

We also take a deep dive in Spiritual Authority. What it is. How it works. Why it matters. What you are supposed to do with it.

My aim is that this episode will equip and empower you to manage your Metron and effectively advance the Kingdom of God through your vocation!

Learn More about the Metron Manager Project and our brand new corporate training and equipping program called 'The Ways of Work' at www.MetronManager.com

Success! Big update on the drilling process.

Today we are back in Africa with Matt Brown! This is the 2nd season of our series called Uganda Startup. We are following the journey of Matt and Jessica Brown as they stand up a clean water company in remote Uganda. 

Follow along as Matt shares a highly encouraging update on their company and their journey as a family. Matt shares a deep and personal perspective on what it takes to see a startup through in a very complex and cross cultural environment. There are some Gold Nuggets in this discussion that will benefit any redemptive entrepreneur.

Highlights:

• Update on the clean water business
• The drilling was successful!
• Huge Win - Drinkable Water
• Analyzing a market in a remote market context
• What does Sustainability really look like 
• Viable? Sustainable? 
• The impact of culture on meeting needs and providing services
• The crucial element of local leaders
• The 4 Keys to identity and hire the right person to be the local face of the company
• How do you normalize and prioritize as an expat family?
• Cultivating spiritual community
• The crucial element of adaptability
• The Bible says ‘the horse is prepared for the day of battle but the victory belongs to the Lord’ 
• Be ready to do it the hard way but adapt as the Lord adjusts our plan
• Advice: You just don’t know what it’s going to take - be adaptable and don't hold things too tightly 
• Future outlook of the project and family travel plans

Today we have an amazing opportunity to talk with the President & CEO of Workmatters, David Roth.

Why Workmatters? Take a deep dive into the history and tremendous current impact of 'Workmatters'!

David gives us an in-depth look into his journey from high-flying career positions in marketing, software and as a senior VP at JB Hunt... all the way to taking on the leadership of Workmatters.

You will resonate with this authentic and personal discussion as we cover not only the road that got David and Workmatters to this moment in time but also what Workmatters is doing to strategically partner with God in the workplace.

Highlights include:

• The origin story of Workmatters
• David's personal journey that led him to Workmatters
• How God can redeem our mistakes
• How to know when God is pulling on our calling
• How do you hear God in huge seasons of change
• What transformation looks like in Workmatters alumni
• What is the Glue that holds Workmatters together?
• How we deal with uncertainty
• Why conferences and community are important to a movement
• A deep dive into the upcoming Workmatters conference guest speakers and content
• David shares his insight into what God is doing right now and why it matters

Today we have a the opportunity to talk with Catherine Gates, the author of The Confidence Cornerstone: A Woman's Guide to Fearless Leadership.

Catherine is a leader and a true Kingdom influencer. She is a writer, public speaker, teacher, coach and Executive Director of the organization called ‘Women in the Marketplace’.

Follow along as Catherine describes her journey from the software industry to champion of women in leadership and the marketplace. 

If you are a women wrestling with your purpose, identity and what God thinks about your work you will be inspired by this discussion. Conversely, if you are a man and wondering how to understand the challenges women face in their vocations and what it means to empower them in the way that God intends, you will be challenged and equipped through this discussion. 

Highlights Include:

• All about Women in the Marketplace
• Weeding out the BS (Belief Systems) that get in the way
• Spiritual secrets for success in the marketplace
• Titles and identity?
• Are women 20% less valuable than men?
• Helping women understand they are not alone in their challenges in the workplace
• Helping women discover that their work matters to God
• Every Mother is a working woman
• Community is the secret to success 
• How to find and build community
• Balancing the seasons of life and calling with work, family and traditional ministry 
• 3 KEY points of guidance for men leading women
• The challenge of remote work and loss of community 
• It doesn’t all depend on you
• Structural weaknesses in society regarding relationship and community
• The issue of isolation
• The 2 missing things

Links:

Boldly Conference:  https://www.boldlyconference.com

Woman in the Marketplace: https://www.womeninmarketplace.net

Catherine Gates:  https://catherinegates.com

Today we have an opportunity to talk with a man of many talents. Paul Golf is deeply committed to the Kingdom of God and is a CHAMPION of HOPE in this broken world. In fact, Paul and his wife, Grace, founded a ministry called Champions of Hope. He is an Academic, Author, Researcher, Linguist and Spiritual Leader who is equipping believers to see the world through the lens of HOPE and discover spiritual solutions for every challenge. 

He is the co-author of the book The Coming Chinese Church. In addition he is a program director of translation studies at Bristol University and a research associate with Oxford House Research. 

Paul shares his incredible understanding and life experience around Finding Jesus in Places that HE is not Supposed to Be and learning to depend on real-time wisdom from the Holy Spirit for effective decision making. 

Paul strives to inspire hope and remove fear … and the impact is powerful.

In this interview Paul and I resonate around the concepts hope and how we discover heavenly solutions for ‘secular’ issues in the world. Paul shares deep understanding on the Biblical roots of HOPE and how it functions as a generator for Faith and Love.

Did you know that we are promised access to the Wisdom of God? 

Ephesians 3:10 says, “His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms.”

By Design every ‘natural’ problem has a ‘spiritually’ informed solution!

Paul walks us through how a naturally supernatural life style of accessing Wisdom and Guidance from the Holy Spirit makes the impossible possible and enables you to actually manage your Metron.

Check out more about Paul’s work and ministry at:

https://www.patreon.com/remakingtheworld

http://championsofhope.co.uk

https://www.oxfordhouseresearch.com

Take Action in the Times That Matter - Part 2 - Albania Camp POW, Mafia Plots and Kairos Miracles

Highlights include:

• The Keys to success in the midst of extreme risk and darkness
• What do you do in the season of darkness?
• God does not want us to be risk averse
• Camp POW [prisoner of war]
• Miracles in the middle of misery
• What do you do when everything goes wrong?
• Mafia kidnapping plot
• Miracle delivery of food
• Staying Loyal to God
• Staying ALL IN for the Kingdom of God
• You cannot manage your Metron without the favor of the Lord - How do you get that?

Have you ever considered that God may intend for us to take on the hardest jobs in the darkest environments instead of the best jobs in the brightest environments? 

Is there anything wrong with the best jobs in good places? No, but God gets tremendous representation when we put ourselves in a position where HE can demonstrate HIS power through us and bring beauty out of ashes. I would suggest that this is MISSION in the marketplace.

Follow along as I share on the biblical concept of Kairos and what it means to act on Kingdom moments in the darkest environments. 

Kairos is an ancient Greek word meaning 'the right, critical, or opportune moment' and is used 86 times in the New Testament.

“Kairos” refers to a moment in time where we can change things.

In part 2 of this series I share a crucial perspective on Kairos and co-laboring with God and how we must embrace RISK. Why? Because Risk leads to Reliance and Reliance leads to Dependance! 

I share the second part of a wild personal testimony that was part of a Kairos season God directed me to act on.