Thursday, October 30, 2008
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Is Your Christian Based Business Ready For A Paradigm Shift?
Copyright © Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle
http://www.christianbusinessinitiatives.com
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It is one of the tragedies of the Christian experience that many Christians have been conditioned to think that starting and owning their own Christian based business will detract them from service and devotion to God.
Somehow, we have allowed the world and Satan to convince us that doing well in business, making money, and dominating the market place with our Christian business opportunity is somehow against good Christian living.
As a matter of fact, until fairly recently, Christians are generally perceived by the world as poor people who are just managing to survive here on earth while waiting for mansions in heaven. The astounding thing about this warped label on Christians is that some Christians also buy into this unfortunate perception by seeing themselves that way.
Somehow, we have allowed ourselves to be backed into a situation where emphasis on starting and owning a thriving and prosperous Christian based business casts doubts on our right standing and service to God. Satan and his demons have fed us lies about money and the purpose of money-making businesses. They have actually succeeded to a large extent in stealing the Word of God from our hearts in the areas of money and business ownership.
When I first became a Pastor, I owned several businesses. Some of the businesses were having problems at the time and I convinced myself to close them all down (6 were still operational when I became a Pastor), rather than finding ways to turn them around. In my new found zeal for God, I somehow allowed myself to be convinced that having so many businesses as a Pastor may allow people to cast doubts on my sincerity in serving God.
In retrospect, I think that was one of the dumbest moves I ever made. Now I know I could have used the resources that the rejuvenated companies could have generated to support the work of the Kingdom. My misguided perspective about Christians and Christian based Business made it easy for me to choose the easy way out of the problem my businesses were facing.
This is the great danger of the Kingdom Citizen faced by not being aware of what God says about him and his business ideas. Our ignorance often allows us to take the easy way out and then blame our poverty on devotion and service to God, rather than facing the realities, and use the wisdom of God revealed in the Bible to overcome our problems.
This wrong perspective about the Kingdom Citizen and the pursuit of a Christian business opportunity is not helped, in many cases, by our Pastors and spiritual teachers.
How often have we seen somebody with great ideas for enterprise discouraged by his pastor who wanted him to serve in Ministry, rather than using the Holy Spirit in him to go out and dominate the business environment and bring glory to God? As soon as somebody gets saved and gets fired up for God we try to divert them to a service in ministry.
It is not uncommon for Pastors to pursue people with great dedication and anointing in their lives and try to ‘drag’ them into formal traditional ministry works like Pastoring, Teaching, and Evangelizing. We anoint and lay hands on people all the time in order to set them apart to preach, teach and evangelize the Word of God in the body of Christ.
However as unbelievers continue to dictate the financial well being of many Christians, the question we must begin to ask is this: When are churches going to start laying hands on people to the business minded Christian with a mandate to specifically establish a Christian based business in his or her respective area of business anointing and dominate that industry for the glory of God? When was the last time your church ordained somebody as a Kingdom Ambassador or Pastor to a particular business area with a specific mandate to be fruitful, multiply, replenish and rule that industry?
The rush has always been to make people ‘priests’ so to speak. However, the Word is very clear that what God desires is for the body of Christ to be a ‘Nation of Priests and Kings’.
While all Christians are essentially ‘Kings’ and ‘Priests’, the priestly side has been over-emphasized to the neglect and under-development of the ‘kingly’ side. The era has come for us to have a deliberate strategy in the church to develop market place ‘kings’ rather than rely on the accidental strategy that some of us will prosper in business. Jesus commanded us to be the ‘Light of the World’ and ‘Salt of the Earth’.
This command is not only about evangelism and good works.
Being the ‘Light of the World’ also means to dominate our environment through spectacular performances in business and enterprise. When we begin to have declared Christian based businesses making impact in the society, people will see our good works and give glory to our father in heaven!
The traditional perspectives about a Christian based business and the Purposes of a Christian business opportunity must Change. The Kingdom Person must stop expecting to accidentally become an entrepreneur.
The bible shows us that God is a ‘Business Man’ with demonstrated interest in the different enterprises. He also gave us directions on how we can make a success of the Christian business opportunities he expects us to develop. He gave us specific instructions to ensure orderliness, peace and prosperity in our businesses, and ultimately the nation. For instance he gave us instructions on employee salaries (Deut 24:15; Jer. 22:13; James 5:4); proper Credit/Banking System among the chosen generation (Exodus 22:25); and Welfare programs to take care of the poor (Leviticus 19:9-10) to mention a few.
To Your Success,
The Wealth Apostle
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Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle, has helped thousands of people start and run a successful Christian Based Business on the internet. To find out how The Wealth Apostle can help you build your own Christian based business website and teach you how to succeed online,
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The Christian Business Opportunity As A Tool For Evangelism
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One of the main purposes of a
Christian based business or
Christian business opportunity is to provide the forum and resources where the gospel of the Kingdom will be shared with people who interact with the business. A Christian based business should exist to declare the gospel and help people to find their way into salvation.
Jesus never intended for us to be passive in any enterprise we find ourselves. Rather we are commanded to be the ‘light of the world’ and the ‘salt of the earth’. God’s presence must be felt and experienced through our businesses and practices. Jesus told his disciples during the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:16, “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
In the midst of all the turmoil going on in the world, sharing the gospel is the only solution to introduce the Light back into the darkness that is presently threatening to engulf the world. We are all called to do the work of evangelists, and God fully intends that everything we get involved in, including our Christian based business opportunities, should be used preach the complete gospel of Jesus Christ, including the gospel of salvation.
Four Ways You Can Share The Gospel At Your Chrisitan based business enterprise.
Evangelist Steve Marr, one of the pre-eminent writers on the imperatives of every Christian business opportunity once identified four key steps to successfully use your Christian based business and workplace for evangelism as follows:
1) Diligence and Excellence
We pursue excellence in all aspects of our Christian based business. When we are diligent and excellent in the way we run our Christian based business, people who associate or work for the business will be open to learn more about where our values come from. When we perform in a sloppy or careless manner, our businesses may actually drive people away from receiving the gospel message.
2) Seizing Opportunities to Share
We must always be ready to seize opportunities to explain and share our faith with our business associates and co-workers in the our christian based business. Apostle Peter enjoined us to “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.”
3) Prayer
By constantly praying and interceding for our associates and colleagues before we approach them with the gospel message. We position ourselves to spread the Message effectively when we pray for God to give us compassion and sensitivity to the problems of those around us. We must also pray for God to open up opportunities for to share the Word with people with meet in business when they are most receptive.
4) Caring
Jesus commanded us to ‘love your neighbor as yourself’. When we use our Christian based business to demonstrate to people that we really care about them, we open their hearts to receive the message of comfort we bring in the gospel message. We can show that we care by bringing treats to share in the office--remembering and blessing co-workers or business associates on their birthdays or that of their children--providing a sympathetic ear to their problems and concerns etc
Some Ways To Effectively Share The Gospel At Your Business without being offensive.
a)Offer to pray for associates or colleagues in need or during difficult situations in their lives.
b)Provide tracts at the office premises or break-rooms
c)Giving Audible Glory to God when good things happen in the business or to associates.
d)Providing Christian CDs or books that is relevant to the situation of your colleagues or Associates.
e)Inviting Associates and Colleagues to Church programs and Services.
Some Scriptural References to consider as you deliberate on how to use your Christian based business as a tool for evangelism include:
1 Peter 2:12 “Live such good lives among the pagans that though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”
Philippians’ 2:15-16 “So that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life.”
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.”
Matthew 28:19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
To Your Success,
About The Author:
Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle, is the owner of
christianbusinessinitiatives.com and has helped thousands of people start and run a successful Christian Based Business on the internet. To find out how The Wealth Apostle can help you build your own Christian based business website and teach you how to succeed online, Visit the site below for details:
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The Wealth Apostle
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One of the first mantrams any new christian-based home
business owner learns is: "the money is in your list".
So, from the onset the internet business newbie is forced to
focus on list building techniques as the ultimate solution
to the success of your christian based business opportunity.
Recently, Michael Rasmussen, one of the internet business
superstars, has put the lie to that old worn out "money is
in your list" cliche with a superb a must-have video course,
"Get More Buyers", that showed that the money is not in the list,
but in the buyers on the list
This new approach to list building is absolutely critical
to the success of your christian based home business opportunity
or even an home based business for that matter
It does not matter what Christian-based business opportunity
you are engaged in, the "Get More Buyers" Video Course will
show you how to grow your list of active buyers and start making
major profits with 10 simple, but astoundingly effective
strategies.
Ever wondered how online marketers can send an email
and see $2,500 or $5,000 or even $25,000 or more flow
right into their bank account?
It probably seems like magic...or a scam. But let me
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once you have the business tool these big-profit
marketers have. And Michael Rasmussen's new "Get More
Buyers" video course shows you how to get it.
This industry game changer course demonstrated that the
money is NOT in the list but rather in the Buyers on the list
It does you no good to have thousands of people on your list
if they are not buying your internet business opportunity.
After demonstrating the futility of just building a list of
people just for, the course gives you 10 proven strategies
to focus on the real important thing about your list- the
buyers on it.
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The secret weapon these marketers have is a mailing
list absolutely stuffed with buyers. What's great
about Michael's course is that he hands you 10
practical strategies for attracting eager buyers.
Actually, he's showing you the way he built his own
list, which is pretty much legendary as a JV profit
powerhouse.
I've reviewed the course myself, and I can say a few
things with confidence...
First, the quality of the course is excellent. This
was obviously professionally done. The audio is near
studio quality, and the presentation he walks through
makes the concepts completely clear. Michael's
previous products were clearly made by somebody who
KNOWS how to make a great product, and this one
continues the tradition.
Rasmussen gives us an overview of the most common
list-building mistakes people make when they're just
starting out online with their christian based internet
business opportnity. This certainly explained some of
my own struggles—it's not just "fluff" material.
For example, he tells you how to create your own
profit-pulling marketing "funnel", even if you're
starting from scratch. He also tells you the root
cause of the two major challenges most people
face...but then he goes one better. He tells you
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He walks through 10 strategies for stuffing your list
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* The "miracle" price that can get you buyers almost
immediately if you're selling your own product
* How to increase the profit you make on each sale by
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effort
* How to "attract" buyers from other marketers, and
actually have them thank you for it!
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List-building books and courses for christian based home
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of the best I've ever seen. There's no tired old advice that
doesn't work today. He's giving you real strategies that he uses
himself, and that helped him create a list that
routinely brings in five and six figures when he sends
an email.
If you want results like that for your Christian based
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Your business profits will be very happy you did!
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
The Truth Every Christian-Based Business Owner Must Understand
@ The Wealth Apostle
www.christianbusinessinitiatives.com
The business battle-filed of the business world is filled with people who started a christian based business or who invested in a christian business opportunity with nothing momre than a prayer and a hope.
In my many travels around the world teaching and motivating christian based businesses, I have met several people who assured me that they heard the voice of God (often confirmed by other christians) before they started a particular christian-based business opportunity but yet are bewildered that the business collapsed within a few months. They seemed to beleive that just becuase God spoke to them about starting a business, then the business is guaranteed to succeed as long as they remained holy and prayerful about it.
Well, if you are one of the people under that illusion, I assure that it takes a little bit more than prayer and fasting and holiness to sustain a business in a competive world. it does not matter whether it is a christian business opportunity is or how you received the call to start it, if you do not follow sound business principles and strategies, your prayers and fasting, and indeed that of your pastor, may not be enough to prevent your business from going belly up.
God is a planner. The whole creation sequence of the world is a classic study in preparation and doing stuff in the right order. First light was separated from darkness, them land was separated from water, then came the other things like plants and finally the animlas before God introduced the star and ruler of His creation - Man.
While it is true that God did promise the Israelties and by extension all Chrisitans that wherever they step they shall possess, He expects us to plan for your success even after hearing his audible voice. We saw this in one of the most popular stories of the old testament found in Number chapter 13 when God told Moses to send out spies ot spy out the promised land prior to the israelite invasion. Now, the question we should ask is, why would God, the omnipresent and omnipotent creator of the universe (which included the promised land) would need people to go and spy out the land to find out if the land is fruitful or if it was well defended?
Of course God knew the condition of the promised land and how fruitful and fortified the land was. He obviously does not need the information! He could have given Moses the full report of the land if He wanted. So, why ask Moses to send the best leaders from every tribe to go and find out this information? I believe the idea was to teach them that there can never be possession without preparation. Nobody is going to give you the 'promised land' without aggressive some aggressive effort on your part. The Israelites fought wars for decades to possess their promised land (and they are still fighting!), even though God had explicitly promised it to them thousands of years ago.
You cannot win in any christian based business, indeed in any business for that matter, if you have no idea how to deal with marketplace issues like production, marketing, sales and finance. You are bound to fail if you go into the business battle with just your prayers and your 'annointing'. Even David had to get stones from the river to fight Goliath. Gideon had to sift his fighting force down to the best prepared of the lot. David's wars were cleverly planned out in advance before battle was ever joined.
To succeed in your chosen christian business opportunity, you must be prepared to do the proper research to indentify the key success indicators in your industry. You must research and master the tools of your particular christian business opportunity. You must ask yourself, and answer, critical questions such as: what tools do I need? How much do I need to budget for this business to start and to market it every month? How do I process my orders? How do I get customers for my business? Where is the finance for my business coming from? What products do the market really want? etc.
Now, of course I am not saying prayer or fasting is irrelevant. Far from it. Just as you cannot succeed with prayers alone, you also cannot succeed without enough prayers for as long as you call your business opportunity a christian based business. By identifying your business as a christian business opportunity, you are automatically inviting the forces of evil and the cohorts of the master destroyer to target you and your christrian based business. So, you need constant prayers and fasting and vigilance otherwise the evil forces will bury you in the marketplace. Remember, as a christian, you do wrestle against flesh and blood, and in spiritual warfare nothing is off limits to the devil, especially your business. So, you must pray. You must fast, and you must be spiritually vigilant.
However, after winning the spiritual battle, you must understand you still have to ocmpete on the physical level and if you dont have the right business plan or business strategy, you will get buried even as you fast and pray yourself to death.
Be sure to vist my blog The Kingdompreneur Arena Blog regualarly for tips, information and suggestions on how to continue to be competitive in an increasingly competive business world.
Until then, I say the whole world has been given to you as your inheritance, so go ahead and take it!
To The Top,
The Wealth Apostle
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on how to indentify and maximize different christian-based
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