Ministry
Possibilities for Christian CEOs
(adapted from The 9 - 5 Window by Os Hillman)
(adapted from The 9 - 5 Window by Os Hillman)
- Establish written Biblical values as a priority for your firm.
- Make Christian books, tapes, and videos available on current topics
- Send children of employees to Christian camps. Offer scholarships to community.
- Use Christian motivational speakers at sales and company meetings.
- Have prayer at company meetings.
- Send employees and spouses to Family Life Seminars.
- Use special seasons such as Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, New Years to send cards with Christ-centered message.
- Give away one-year Bibles or other modern translations, paraphrased versions, etc.
- Share personal challenges and views on current events from a biblical, Christ-centered perspective in a newsletter or other format. Biblical but not "preachy."
- Give Children's Bibles, Devotionals, or storybooks to employees for their children and grandchildren.
- Join a Christian accountability group of peers.
- Release some of your profits to support local ministries that are Christ-centered.
- Send your key people to seminars and conferences where they can relate to other Christian business and professional leaders.
- Lead a small group study on Christian values for your employees.
- Do a seekers class.
- Provide educational scholarships for employee's children.
- Provide seminars from a Christian world-view, (For employees, suppliers, etc.)
- Make financial planning from a biblical perspective available to employees.
- Have a supplier appreciation banquet, show you value them as persons. Pay them on time.
- Model application of scripture in business situations. Look for teachable moments to use to illustrate applications.
- Have a Christ-centered Christmas party.
- Recognize biblical fruitfulness in employees.
- Release employees to do ministry on company time.
- Sponsor a Christian radio program.
- Pray daily for employees, customers, suppliers, and competitors and let them know it.
- Send "We are praying for you" cards to customers, suppliers, etc.
- Display tasteful Christian paintings, pictures, scriptures as office decorations
- Have Christian magazines and literature in your reception area.
- Have Christian music on your "hold" button.
- Fly a Christian flag.
- Include testimony and other tracts with invoices and other mailing pieces.
- Create a personal testimony tract and send it to business associates.
- Have a company picnic and share your testimony or have another do so.
- Have a corporate chaplain.
- Purchase a company retreat center and make it available to employees and families.
- Purchase seats at local Christian events. Seminars, concert, etc. and give them to employees, suppliers, customers.
- Provide scholarship to married couples to Marriage Enrichment weekend.
- Give away copies of the Jesus film video.
- Underwrite 2 hours a week of an employee's time that is given to visit local nursing home residents.
- Start a Wednesday (noon) Bible Study
- Start a Weekly Prayer Group(s)
- Men's breakfast Bible study
- Christian music listening and sharing time
- "Experiencing God" classes or TGIF Bible Study on calling
- ''The Mind of Christ" class
- "Raising Boys" class
- Contemplative Prayer study
- "Divorce and Remarriage" class
- Seeker small groups
- Provide TGIF subscription to employees or associates
- Host a Faith and Work E3 program (see marketplace leaders.org) to equip employees to integrate their faith in their work
- Provide day care for your employees.
- Send a note to your mayor and tell him you are praying for him.
- Financially support an inner city ministry.
- Prayer walk around the outside and halls of your workplace
- Host a workplace lunch event. Show a work life ministry video. Provide discussion time.
