3 must-haves when dreaming big
Don’t forget these when you find yourself doing something great.
Christian candidates show mixed results in primaries
Several conservative Christians running for major offices during last week’s primaries in several states posted mixed results. Virginia evangelical pastor Ryan McAdams posted the lone victory, although South Carolina gubernatorial candidate John Warren advanced to a runoff. A resident of rural Charles City County, Virginia, McAdams won the Republican Party’s nomination for the 4th congressional district with a landslide 73-27 percent margin over his opponent. However, Bishop E.W. Jackson placed a distant third in the state’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate. A former Democrat who switched parties in the 1980s, Jackson is the pastor of Exodus Faith Ministries in Chesapeake, [...]
Christian conservatives fare poorly in Alabama primary
Although they collectively polled more than 108,000 votes in the Alabama Republican gubernatorial primary, a pair of Christians conservatives hoping to unseat incumbent Kay Ivey still ran far behind the governor. Ivey, who replaced a scandal-plagued former governor last year, drew 56 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff. In his first-ever political campaign, evangelist Scott Dawson finished third with 13 percent of the vote. Businessman Bill Hightower, a state senator since 2013, only attracted 5 percent in finishing fourth. That a newcomer to politics was able to tally nearly three times the vote of a sitting legislator may [...]
Longtime Thomas Nelson Publishers executive dies
A Lebanese immigrant who moved to the U.S. at the age of 19 with only $600 in savings and went on to lead a prominent evangelical publisher died June 1 at 88. As the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, Sam Moore published internationally-recognized authors like Jerry Falwell, Zig Ziglar, Max Lucado, Charles Stanley, and Billy Graham. Moore launched his business career in 1958 by establishing National Book Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee. Three years later he founded Royal Publishing through the help of partners like Jack Massey, cofounder of Hospital Corporation of America. In the late 1960s, New York-based Thomas Nelson [...]
What is essential for true leadership?
There are many ideas about how to lead. However, this is the primary one.
CrossFit executive fired for what company saw as anti-LGBT expression
Two days after the Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling, the CrossFit training chain fired an executive for comments supporting an Indianapolis gym owner who canceled an LGBT event. According to news reports in several publications, CrossFit Infiltrate coaches organized a special workout to celebrate Pride Month without permission of owner Brandon Lowe. Russell Berger, chief knowledge officer, tweeted a message in which he encouraged Lowe to stand by his convictions. “The intolerance of the LGBTQ ideology toward any alternative views is mind-blowing,” Berger said in a since-deleted comment. “The lack of tolerance for disagreement, which has been replaced with bullying [...]
Supreme Court bakeshop ruling doesn’t settle division
A pair of opinion polls released the week the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of a Denver-area bakeshop owner to refuse to create a cake for a same-sex wedding show how this issue continues to divide the American public. In a Reuters/Ipsos poll released the day of the June 5 ruling, 72 percent of the respondents said businesses should not have the right to discriminate against same-sex customers. That was much higher than the 57 percent in a Morning Consult poll who disagreed with businesses refusing to serve customers who identify as LGBT. However, the same poll (released the [...]
What is your workplace mentality?
People tend to assimilate to the characteristics of those they spend the most time with.
Commentator says grocery chain can learn from Chick-fil-A
After Publix faced protests recently from activists angered by its support of a pro-NRA Florida gubernatorial candidate, a communications specialist suggested the supermarket chain could learn valuable lessons from Chick-fil-A. Writing for the Florida Politics website, Rebecca McLaughlin of Strategic Digital Services outlined three rules Publix can learn from the chicken chain’s deflection of protests of its traditional marriage stance: Never apologize for your position. She pointed out that Chick-fil-A keeps growing because of this. Never say what your company does NOT do. McLaughlin said by clarifying it doesn’t support NRA, Publix reinforced the idea of a link. Don’t respond [...]
Inter-denominational school participating in business initiative
A Catholic university whose students come from various faiths is participating in a business initiative designed to boost minority-owned businesses in Memphis, Tennessee. Christian Brothers University is a lead partner in “The 800 Initiative,” along with FedEx, Epicenter, and Start Co. The initiative derives its name from a study that found about 800 of the city’s minority businesses were stuck in beginning phases. FedEx has committed $1 million to the effort over the next four years. Christian Brothers University’s role will be to increase accessibility to professional training to help individuals succeed in business. With just over 1,400 students, [...]
Purpose and faith in the workplace
What does God think about our work?
How Jesus built a thriving culture
Creating a thriving company culture is essential. Why not look to an expert who built a culture that outlived him.
Warning signs no leader should ignore
Here are four warning signs every leader should address when they see them.
How do you respond when you’re hated?
What happens when those in your circle of influence hate what you represent? Craig Groeschel, Founding and Senior Pastor of Life.Church shares how he responded to someone who hated pastors.
Former pastor now congressional candidate
One of the lesser-known victors in the nation’s spring’s primary season is a former pastor who served as president of the North Carolina Baptist Convention from 2011-13. In the May 8 Republican primary for the 9th Congressional District, Mark Harris upset a three-term incumbent, Rep. Robert Pittenger. Harris will face Democrat Dan McCready in the November election. A political science major at Appalachian State University, Harris had planned to attend law school before sensing God calling him to the ministry. He then earned a master’s and doctoral degrees from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Harris was pastor of Center Grove Baptist [...]
Baylor missionaries include business slant
Baylor University is sending a record number of mission teams (19) to 11 different countries and two U.S. sites this summer. Nearly 300 students, faculty, staff and alumni will be involved, with several teams focusing on business-oriented activities: • Accounting students will help develop a strategic plan for an ancient farmhouse donated to One Church Brighton. A group in London will conduct an internal audit of a coffee house and train local nonprofits on best accounting practices. • Nine students pursuing careers in veterinary medicine and two leaders of Baylor’s Pre-Veterinary Medical Association will serve at an animal rescue organization [...]
Can a business deny service to a gay couple?
That a recent panel discussion was even held at an Ivy League school on Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission shows what a far-reaching impact the Supreme Court case will make on society. Princeton University’s Daily Princetonian reported that five philosophers debated where to draw the line between religious liberty and discrimination. It examined whether a bakery owner in Colorado had the right to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, or as business serving the public he can’t discriminate. Ryan Anderson, who co-authored a book in 2004 defending traditional marriage, said the bakery case is [...]
Casting a long shadow
Although Christian businessman Ed McAteer died in 2004, his name resurfaced last week in connection with the relocation of the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Writing for Baptist News Global, former journalist Mark Wingfield said McAteer helped plant important seeds from the 1970s through ‘90s. Many evangelicals have never heard of McAteer. Yet, the “reality is that Donald Trump would not be president today, the Moral Majority would not have existed, and the U.S. Embassy would not be in Jerusalem today,” wrote Wingfield, now associate pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas. McAteer was a longtime member of [...]
Do you desire to be rich?
Is the aspiration to be rich against biblical teaching?
Transgender issues worth watching
Business owners trying to stay up with regulations regarding civil and LGBT rights need to keep an eye on developments in Washington, D.C. Gay rights organizations are protesting attempts by the Trump administration to rewrite a federal rule barring discrimination in health care based on “gender identity.” The rule goes back to the Obama administration. Last December, a federal judge in Texas said the rule went too far by concluding discrimination on the basis of gender identity is sex discrimination—forbidden by civil rights laws. Instead of appealing the ruling, the Trump administration is rewriting the rule, which applies to health [...]
