I would highly recommend this book for any Christian that is serious about fulfilling their calling by leveraging their career to impact the world for eternity. The authors are Steve Rundle and Tom Steffen who pack a lot of great information about the biblical justification for their approach and several actual examples that fit their definition of success.
The core conviction they have is that every Christian is already in full time ministry and the spreading of the gospel should not be delegated exclusively to a small team of ordained missionaries. They also believe that there should be no dichotomy between the sacred and the secular when it comes to using our career as a platform to accomplish ministry.
This is not some clandestine strategy to use business platforms as a way of getting into closed countries but rather a convictional approach to start legitimate businesses that make a profit and then help their local communities. It is also a very holistic approach to missions that avoids both extremes of a social gospel on one end of the spectrum and counting decisions on the other.
This approach avoids all the negative aspects of redemption and lift that eventually removes new believers from their immediate community where they can be the most effective in reaching new people. There is an acknowledgement that some companies may make profits to provide the necessary funding for other front line ministries.
They believe that “by establishing authentic businesses that employ local workers among the least-reached peoples of the world, they contribute to the economic health of the immediate community and also provide avenues for both physical and spiritual ministry.” This really is about making a profit so that you can really make a difference.
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