This is THE book for any Christian businessperson who wants more than fluff when it comes to the issue of resolving the connections between faith and work. This is also the book for any clergyman who is serious about serving his flock and advancing the Gospel through the single most signficant venue in the world: the workplace. Anchored to The Bible and illustrated by real experience, this book is all-meat. I have personally purchased many copies for colleagues and friends. I have spend 25 years studying this subject and serving in the global marketplace and I cannot recommend this book too highly. If you have not read this book, you are not read-in. [...]
This book offers a new platform for people who care about the future of the developing world. Ken Eldred spells out why business is the solution for many of the developing world's ailments. Not just business, but Godly and truly Christian business, which will help transform those cultural attitudes and values that represent both barriers to economic growth and chains to poverty.
Time-proven concepts like honesty, integrity, and fair dealings are vital to business success in a free market economy. There are cultures and attitudes-both in the developing world and in the West-that are real hindrances to economic success. The author makes the case for those business people with deeply-held values and "renewed minds" taking the initiative in changing those cultural beliefs-at the individual, company, and industry level. Eldred presents examples where Christian business people inspired by their personal faith are doing just that, even in some of the most underdeveloped parts of the world. He also reviews the history of business people pursuing spiritual and economic transformation around the globe.
I am a venture capitalist who's always looking for ways business can help change lives. Yes, as the author presents quite convincingly, business itself has redeeming value when it deals honestly and provides useful goods and services for one's fellow man. However, the concept of "Kingdom business" presented in this book goes a step further by considering the spiritual transformation that business people with a personal faith can promote. Eldred describes three different "Kingdom business" approaches ranging from developing microenterprises to establishing larger ventures, each most suitable for a different stage in an economy's development. After traveling and working with ministers and business people in more than 50 countries, I believe this book is a Godsend for those trying to make a difference. Very compelling and inspiring!