Here’s a sobering question, “When business people reach out for business and leadership help, how many see the church community as their source of insight and support? While most business people would probably not like to admit this out loud, one of the most significant obstacles we need to overcome is our own insecurity and a sense of being alone. How many leaders have thought, “I don’t feel that I know what I’m doing,” or “I feel so alone?”
Business Forum exists to journey with business people (current and future) through their business by connecting them to purpose.
The Business Forum creates a place where everyone from the top executive to a young professional finding their way in the working world can belong. However, it also connects people to a Kingdom purpose and equips them with tools and resources to help solve practical business challenges. We believe that you can learn a lot about an individual, team, or organisation by what they value. At Business Forum, we desire to honour leaders by seeing four values outworked in all that we do.
Bringing order from chaos and beauty from brokenness for the sake of others.
Each person should hold a high view of the leadership role that the Lord has called them to, not only personal development and interpersonal influence but generational transformation – seeing God’s Kingdom established.
Nurturing real relationships that encourage real change.
While most people would probably not like to admit this out loud, one of the most significant obstacles we need to overcome is our own insecurity and a sense of being alone.
Guiding leaders to greater value by solving problems.
We believe that deep connections is the starting point of business people finding a place of belonging; however, we believe that to see a generational transformation, leaders have to also produce greater value in each sphere of their leadership, including in their organisations.
Serving with humility by sowing in squares and reaping in circles.
While the culture of the world teaches us to search for what we can take, the culture of the Kingdom teaches us to trust for what we can give. We believe that being radically generous is an act of spiritual worship that wars against the culture of the day in people’s hearts.
The worldview we operate with at Business Forum, in a simplistic form, is that there is a larger story at play than many of us realise. This story began with the creation of a beautiful and colourful world, which was disrupted by disastrous loss through humanity’s bad decisions. With the help of a man named Jesus, it is being restored every day to its original intent and purpose.
By setting an individual’s story in this much larger context, each of our lives and leadership finds meaning, purpose, and direction. A story lived with this backdrop has the potential to transform our communities, cities, and nations.
Business Forum seeks to journey with people as they discover the answer to this question.
To help us fulfil the purpose of Business Forum, we have teamed up with a USA-based coaching company called SummitTrek Coaching. In partnership with SummitTrek, we have been able to develop several compelling offerings for local churches to serve their business communities.
Two of the primary offerings that are available to local churches are Business Forum Events and New Generation Leaders (NGL) Journeys
Business Forum Events are a great starting point for local churches to begin serving their business communities. We recommend running the Business Forum Events as a 2.5 hour quarterly meeting (often in the form of a breakfast). Each event focuses on a standalone leadership or business topic and is packaged as easy to roll out Business Forum in-a-box.
More InfoWhile the Business Forum Event is an easy starting point for a local church to begin serving their business community, the New Generation Leaders (NGL) Journey allows for a more in-depth business discipleship expression.The NGL is structured as a potential two-part journey, with the option of a Year 1 and Year 2 curriculum. Each year’s curriculum consists of an eight-month journey that introduces leaders to the fundamentals of good organisational leadership and equips leaders with the tools to order their private worlds - if leaders cannot order their private world, they will not find order in their corporate world.
More InfoBusiness Forum Events are a great starting point for local churches to begin serving their business communities. We recommend running the Business Forum Events as a 2.5 hour quarterly meeting (often in the form of a breakfast). Each event focuses on a standalone leadership or business topic and is packaged as easy to roll out Business Forum in-a-box.
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While the Business Forum Event is an easy starting point for a local church to begin serving their business community, the New Generation Leaders (NGL) Journey allows for a more in-depth business discipleship expression. The NGL is structured as a potential two-part journey, with the option of a Year 1 and Year 2 curriculum. Each year’s curriculum consists of an eight-month journey that introduces leaders to the fundamentals of good organisational leadership and equips leaders with the tools to order their private worlds - if leaders cannot order their private world, they will not find order in their corporate world.
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