Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business Darren Shearer: Christian Business | Entrepreneurship | Faith and Work | Leadership

On this episode, Jordan Raynor explains why business matters in eternity and makes a biblical case for why some physical products and services will last in eternity.
Jordan Raynor is a leading voice of the faith and work movement and bestselling author of Redeeming Your Time, Called to Create, and his latest book, The Sacredness of Secular Work. And he’s the host of the Mere Christians Podcast. Through his books, podcasts, and weekly devotionals, he helps millions of Christians in every country connect the gospel to their work.  
Jordan also serves as the executive chairman of Threshold 360. He has been selected as a Google Fellow twice and served in the White House under President George W. Bush. A sixth-generation Floridian, Raynor lives in Tampa with his wife and their three young daughters.
https://www.jordanraynor.com/
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On this episode, Brad Hawkins (Co-Founder and CEO at WideFi) shares how he has partnered with God in growing multiple successful companies and how he has responded to some unique ethical quandaries along the way.   
Brad Hawkins is Co-Founder and CEO at WideFi, which has developed SaferNet, a CyberSafety & Internet Control App. Safernet turns exposed business owners into thriving entrepreneurs who grow their businesses without cybersecurity fears.
He has started and built eight companies, including two event centers that he currently owns and operates in the Denver, Colorado area. He has also started and built an LED light manufacturing company, investment management, financial life coaching, medical wellness company, oxygen delivery company, oil well drilling.   
Prior to his extensive career in technology, Brad earned a business degree from Colorado Christian University and earned a degree in theology from CFNI.
https://www.SaferNet.com/ 
Theology of Business is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God’s will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

On this episode, Janet Ward Black shares the story of how God led her to start tithing on her top-rated law firm’s gross income at a time when the firm’s profit margin was only 1 percent. Ward Black Law is now one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina.
Attorney Janet Ward Black is the principal owner of Ward Black Law located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. The firm’s clients have received settlements of more than $100 million over the last 10 years. The firm represents people injured at work, in accidents, and by dangerous products and environmental hazards across North Carolina.
A graduate of Davidson College cum laude in economics and Duke Law School, Black served as the third woman president of the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers and the fourth woman president of the North Carolina Bar Association. She was the second lawyer in history to serve as president of both organizations.
The program she created while president of the 16,000 member Bar Association, “4 ALL,” has been used as a model in the United States and Canada for providing free legal services to the poor. 
Black is a frequent lawyer educator and motivational speaker. She is a Trustee Emeritus of Hood Theological Seminary and has served on many non-profit boards and on many international mission trips. She received the North Carolina State Bar’s Distinguished Service Award in 2009 and the Charles Murphy Award for Public Service by Duke Law School in 2010. Black has been named in North Carolina Super Lawyers, North Carolina’s Legal Elite and The Best Lawyers in America and her firm has been named as one of the Best Law Firms in America by US News & World Reports since 2010. She is a member of the Women’s Presidents Organization and C12, Christian CEOs and Business Owners’ Group. She was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2016, the highest civilian honor in the state of North Carolina. She received the North Carolina Bar Association Litigation Section’s “Advocate’s Award” for skill, ethics and dedication to clients and the community in 2018. She was named the Community Foundation of Great Greensboro’s Woman of the Year in 2018 and Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” in the Triad by US News & World Report in 2020. Black served as Miss North Carolina 1980. She won a Grand Talent award at the 1980 Miss America pageant.
https://www.wardblacklaw.com/
Theology of Business is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God’s will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

On this episode, Rylee Meek shares a biblical blueprint for building a business based on the biblical Creation account. 
Rylee Meek has built eight companies launching them to 7 and 8 figures within the first year of each, generating 9 figures over the past decade. Utilizing his proven methods and strategies to build lasting relationships and lifetime customers, Rylee has helped thousands of entrepreneurs gain clarity and create massive acceleration in their businesses and brands. 
Through The King's Council, his mission is to disciple Christian entrepreneurs, equipping them with the tools, systems and frameworks necessary to discover, develop & deploy their God given visions into the marketplace, in effort to increase the tithe and initiate radical generosity for the purpose of Kingdom advancement here on earth.
https://www.ryleemeek.com/
https://kingscouncilcommunity.org/
Theology of Business is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God’s will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

On this episode, Mark Plaza shares how he started building his successful granola company while pastoring a church so he could understand and relate to his congregation more effectively as a fellow marketplace Christian. 
Mark Plaza is the founder of Olde Man Granola, which began in 2008 and now has their granola sold in several large grocery retail chains such as Whole Foods and Safeway.  He has served in pastoral ministry for about 20 years and has been a missionary in the Congo and Honduras. He’s currently the pastor of a church in Jefferson City, Missouri while simultaneously serving as Director of Strategy and Development for Olde Man Granola. 
He holds a Doctorate in Ministry from Golden Gate Seminary and teaches a course called “Bible and Business” for Colorado Christian University. 
https://oldemangranola.com/
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On this episode, augmented reality gaming company co-founders Luke and Jennifer Richey share how they’re leveraging artificial intelligence for a Christ-centered purpose.
Luke Richey, a software coding prodigy from a young age, co-founded Gravity Jack, Inc. in 2009, pioneering mobile-based Augmented Reality. With prior success in startups and a strong patent portfolio, he established the company as an industry leader.
Jennifer Richey, hailing from southern California, is a tech futurist and entrepreneur. She entered the tech world in 2002, serving as CFO for Tometa Software, which was acquired in 2007. Later, she played the same role at Play Xpert and played a pivotal role in founding Gravity Jack in 2009.
Together, Luke and Jen, Co-founder and Executive at Gravity Jack, are the visionaries behind the groundbreaking Augmented Reality/Artificial Intelligence video game, "The Wartribe of Binyamin." This game represents a leap forward in both gaming and global impact, and it offers a unique opportunity for investors to share in its equity—a rarity in crowdfunding.
Gravity Jack website: https://www.gravityjack.com/
Wartribe of Binyamin promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggur82LNJyE
Wartribe of Binyamin X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/TheWarTribe
Theology of Business is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God’s will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com