Thursday, September 04, 2008

Excertp from "Today God Is First" by Os Hillman

"We've spent too much time equipping our businesspeople to do our ministries rather than equipping them to do the ministry God has called them to in the workplace," said a third-world pastor to a large group of businesspeople.

Over 70 percent of our time is spent in the workplace, yet our training and teaching focuses on areas where we spend much less time. The workplace is the greatest mission field of our day, yet we do not train businesspeople how to effectively integrate their faith into their workplace. The wall between Sunday and Monday still exists. Most businesspeople do not understand that all of life is spiritual, not just life on Sunday. . . .

. . .We are entering a new era in the Church when businesspeople are seen as a remnant of the Body of Christ who need to be mobilized and trained for the work of the ministry to their own mission field-the marketplace.

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