The Time Has Come

"For years, Christians involved in business thought their only usefulness was at church. Leaders now say most ministry will soon be happening on the job."

This quote from an article in Charisma Magazine June 2003 comes from Ken Walker. Four and a half years later we are seeing this become more and more a reality. Walker's article goes on to say the following:

"This movement is going to a much higher level," says Marshall, who devotes one week a month to starting advice centers in Houston. "But, we're still at the front edge of this. It's an ongoing thing of people stepping out to do things."

Still, the move is pronounced enough that Ed Silvoso--one of the leaders of the renowned Argentinean revival and a banker and hospital administrator before he became an evangelist--has redirected his ministry toward the marketplace.

His new focus includes a book titled Anointed for Business. Silvoso credits the inspiration for writing it to a divine revelation that his theology was incomplete--because it failed to apply Scripture to the workplace."

Applying Scripture to the marketplace (or workplace) isn't new to us. Back in the '80's in Brazil, we encountered a whole new variety of businessmen/pastors. It was a new breed.

I believe we still have much to learn from leaders such as Ed Silvoso and many others. One such person is Tim Darnell who has brought new meaning to the concept of marketplace ministry through the Christ centered company he founded several years ago - Advantage Conferences.