Kingdom Entrepreneur

Ray Young
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Kingdom Entrepreneur is for Christian business owners and leaders who know they were made for more; more purpose, clarity, and impact. Hosted by Ray Young, entrepreneur, leadership coach, and follower of Jesus, this podcast blends biblical leadership with real strategy to help you scale, lead teams, steward money, and build a business that reflects God’s heart. His Kingdom. Your calling.

  1. 4d ago

    I Chased Success for 11 Years, Then Everything Changed

    What happens when success, money, leadership, and ambition still leave you broken on the inside? In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Andrew Swofford shares the hard business and life lessons that completely changed the way he sees success, Christian entrepreneurship, leadership, marriage, identity, and faith. After years of chasing financial success, Andrew reached a point where he believed he could lose his marriage, his career, and his family. What happened next transformed the way he understood God, work, business, and his identity as a son. Andrew also shares the story behind 518 Energy, why Ecclesiastes 5:18 shapes the company’s identity, and how he moved from corporate America into entrepreneurship. This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, and anyone trying to understand how faith and business can work together without building your own kingdom instead of God’s. Highlights: → You’ll hear why Andrew believes you don’t need a perfect business plan before taking action, how becoming comfortable hearing “no” made him a stronger salesperson and entrepreneur, why character and integrity can matter more than experience when hiring, and how surrounding yourself with people who carry strengths you don’t have can transform your leadership. → You’ll also discover Andrew’s “distribution center” approach to stewardship, receiving what God gives without holding tightly to it, and why asking “Who am I in this situation?” can sometimes be more powerful than constantly asking, “What should I do?” → Most importantly, Andrew explains why knowing information about Jesus is different from actually knowing Him, and why that distinction became one of the most expensive lessons of his life. Learn more about Ray Young -  Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. Sep 10

    God May Be Calling You Out of Ministry, and Into Business

    What if leaving church ministry doesn’t mean leaving your calling? For many Christians, ministry and vocational church work become so closely connected that stepping into business can feel like stepping away from God’s purpose. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Mark Hadley shares his journey from youth ministry and senior church leadership into entrepreneurship, and how he discovered that serving God in business isn’t a lesser calling. Mark explains how he navigated fear, financial uncertainty, identity shifts, and the challenge of starting again with little marketplace credibility. He also shares how his years in pastoral ministry prepared him to become a better consultant, listener, problem solver, and business owner. If you’re a Christian entrepreneur, pastor considering a career transition, ministry leader exploring business, or believer trying to understand what kingdom entrepreneurship actually looks like, this conversation will help you rethink the relationship between faith, work, calling, stewardship, business, and ministry. Highlights: → You’ll learn how to separate your calling from your paycheck and recognize that ministry can happen far beyond the walls of a church. Mark explains why the skills developed in pastoral ministry can translate surprisingly well into entrepreneurship, especially listening, problem solving, leadership, and serving people through difficult situations. → You’ll also hear how to discern whether a business opportunity aligns with your kingdom identity, why entrepreneurs need the discipline to keep showing up before results appear, and how to resist compromising your values when financial pressure increases. → Mark shares a practical perspective on stewardship, viewing your time, talent, treasure, influence, and business success as resources God can use. He also explains why Sabbath remains one of the most important disciplines in his life as an entrepreneur and how rest reminds him that the success of his business does not depend entirely on him. → Finally, if you’re considering leaving vocational ministry, Mark offers encouragement for navigating the fear of starting something new without abandoning the faith, community, and spiritual identity that shaped you. Learn more about Ray Young -  Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Sep 3

    Not Every Good Opportunity Is Your Calling

    How do you know whether a business opportunity is actually from God, or simply a good idea you’re capable of pursuing? For Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders, that question can determine whether you spend the next season walking in your calling or carrying a weight God never asked you to pick up. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Josh Allen shares how faith transformed the way he approaches entrepreneurship, leadership, business decisions, money, risk, failure, success, and opportunity. After experiencing business failure, debt, regulatory pressure, entrepreneurial pivots, real estate investing, private lending, title companies, and energy ventures, Josh discovered that following Jesus in business requires more than simply asking whether an opportunity can make money. It requires discernment, surrender, peace, patience, wise counsel, financial wisdom, and the willingness to say no. Josh explains how he evaluates new opportunities, why entrepreneurs must consider their “return on hassle,” how creating quiet space helps him hear God, why leadership requires carrying peace during financial pressure, and why the true scoreboard of spiritual maturity may look very different from revenue, growth, or achievement. If you’re trying to build a business while faithfully following God, this conversation will challenge how you define both calling and success. Highlights: → You’ll learn how to distinguish between a profitable business opportunity and an assignment God is actually calling you to pursue, and why having the talent, money, relationships, or resources to do something doesn’t automatically mean you should do it. → Josh explains his “return on hassle” framework for evaluating the real weight of an opportunity, including the financial cost, people responsibility, emotional burden, time commitment, and capacity it will take away from everything else God has entrusted to you. → You’ll also hear how intentional silence, early-morning prayer, Scripture, surrender, and becoming neutral about the outcome can help Christian entrepreneurs make better decisions instead of repeatedly forcing closed doors open. → Finally, Josh shares a radically different leadership scoreboard built around the fruit of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and the atmosphere you create around other people, and explains why success ultimately means far more than money, influence, or business growth. Learn more about Ray Young -  Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Aug 27

    Your Business Might Be the Ministry God Gave You

    What if the business God has given you is also one of the greatest ministry opportunities you will ever have? In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray sits down with Doug Oakes, owner of Can Do Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, to explore what happens when Christian entrepreneurship, faith, leadership, business growth, and Kingdom purpose come together. Doug's journey didn't follow a straight line. He moved from traditional church ministry into leadership in the California oil fields before eventually purchasing and growing a plumbing and HVAC company. Along the way, God used every season to teach him about people, culture, stewardship, faith, and what it really means to lead. You'll hear why Doug literally wrote his own obituary to create a vision for his future, how business ownership challenged his faith through payroll and financial uncertainty, why he refuses to build a company that succeeds while its employees struggle, and how Christian business owners can treat their workplace as a mission field. If you're a Christian entrepreneur, business owner, marketplace leader, or aspiring entrepreneur trying to integrate your faith with the way you lead, grow, hire, serve customers, and make money, this conversation will challenge the way you see your calling. Highlights: → You'll discover how writing your future life story can clarify the decisions you need to make today and help you separate the signals that move your calling forward from the noise constantly competing for your attention. → Doug explains why Christian leadership and company culture require both grace and truth, including how he coaches employees, handles difficult performance conversations, and creates an environment where people have a genuine opportunity to succeed. → You'll also hear why competing on the lowest price can become a race to the bottom, how stronger pricing allowed Doug to invest more deeply in his employees and customers, and why trust, service, integrity, and culture can become powerful competitive advantages for a growing home-service business. → Finally, Doug shares lessons from buying an existing company, improving ineffective marketing, surrounding himself with experienced business owners, joining mastermind communities, and building a business around a purpose much bigger than simply making money. Learn more about Ray Young -  Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Aug 20

    Successful but Exhausted? How to Live a Vibrant Life

    Success can look impressive on the outside while leaving you exhausted, disconnected, and unsure of who you are becoming. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, leadership coach and speaker Kiki Clarke shares how Christian leaders, business owners, and high achievers can move from burnout to clarity, purpose, and a truly vibrant life. Kiki explains why identity in Christ is the foundation of healthy leadership, how faith can produce what she calls supernatural productivity, and why your worth must come before your performance. She also opens up about leaving a secure 20-year corporate career, stepping into coaching and speaking, developing leaders through DISC, serving people inside prison units, and trusting God when the normal business roadmap no longer applied. You will hear practical insights on defeating insecurity, building stronger teams through better communication, checking in with employees beyond goals and performance, and creating an atmosphere that shifts the room instead of letting the room shift you. This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, executives, coaches, and purpose-driven leaders who want success without sacrificing their health, relationships, faith, or calling. If you feel successful but drained, productive but unfulfilled, or called to more but afraid to move, this episode will help you lead from identity, courage, alignment, and love. What You’ll Learn: → Why successful leaders can appear confident and accomplished while privately struggling with burnout, insecurity, imposter syndrome, and questions about their worth. → How understanding your identity in Christ helps you lead with greater authority, courage, clarity, and freedom from the need for constant affirmation. → Why healthy team communication requires understanding different personalities through tools such as DISC, and allowing people to contribute without forcing them to think or work exactly like you. → How a simple weekly personal check-in can deepen trust, improve workplace relationships, and show employees that they matter beyond their goals, mistakes, and performance. Learn more about Ray Young -  Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Aug 13

    Why Your Faith Should Never Be Separate From Your Business

    What does it really look like to put God first in business when you’re dealing with employees, competition, failure, growth, difficult decisions, and the daily pressure to succeed? In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Scott Hicks shares how his faith in Jesus has shaped his journey from farming to building and operating successful car wash businesses. This conversation goes beyond simply calling yourself a Christian entrepreneur. Scott explains why your relationship with Christ cannot be separated from the way you lead your company, treat customers, develop employees, respond to failure, or define success. If you’re a Christian entrepreneur, business owner, leader, or marketplace minister trying to build a kingdom business without compromising your faith, this episode is for you. You’ll hear practical lessons on biblical business principles, servant leadership, company culture, customer service, integrity, prayer in business, handling setbacks, competing against larger companies, empowering employees, and trusting God when plans don’t work out. Scott also reveals why relationships may be one of the greatest opportunities God gives business owners, and why true success is about far more than revenue, locations, or growth. Highlights: → You’ll discover why separating your faith from your business creates a false divide and how Matthew 6:33 can reshape the way a Christian entrepreneur approaches leadership and decision-making. → Scott explains how failure, setbacks, and unexpected circumstances can become part of God’s larger purpose, and why Romans 8:28 has become foundational to the way he approaches business challenges. → You’ll learn practical ways to create a strong company culture through customer service, relationships, employee development, consistency, integrity, → prayer, and leading by example instead of simply talking about Christian values. → You’ll also hear how a small business can compete against national brands by refusing to race to the bottom, continually improving the customer experience, building community trust, and focusing on relationships bigger competitors may overlook. Learn more about Ray Young -  Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Aug 6

    You Don’t Need More Strategy, You Need More Clarity

    You do not need another complicated leadership system. You may simply need enough quiet to hear God clearly, make the next right decision, and lead your people with greater confidence. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, leadership consultant Kerri Thompson explains how overwhelmed leaders can create clarity in the middle of business chaos. She shares why successful leaders often carry too many decisions, how obedience can matter more than security, and what it looks like to prepare responsibly when God calls you into a new season. This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, executives, business owners, and team leaders who are dealing with burnout, difficult conversations, organizational conflict, decision fatigue, or uncertainty about their calling. You will learn how emotional intelligence builds trust, why healthy companies do not avoid conflict, and how servant leadership changes the culture of an organization. What You’ll Learn: → Clarity before execution: Why even the best strategy can fail when responsibilities, communication, and next steps are unclear. → Faithful entrepreneurship: How Kerri prepared to leave a secure executive career without confusing obedience with carelessness. → Healthy conflict: How to check your story, regulate your emotions, ask better questions, involve the right people, and rebuild trust. → Sustainable leadership: Why delegation, active listening, boundaries, rest, and quiet time with God help leaders escape overwhelm. Learn more about Ray Young -  Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Jul 30

    Your Business Is Ministry, Even Outside the Church

    Your business can become one of your greatest opportunities for ministry. What does it really mean to build a business that honors God? In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Jonathan shares how he moved from corporate leadership to pastoral ministry and eventually into real estate, without abandoning his calling. This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, real estate professionals, and anyone struggling to connect their Sunday faith with their Monday work. Jonathan explains why your calling is not determined by the title on your desk, the organization that pays you, or whether you work inside a church building. You’ll discover how servant leadership, biblical business principles, personal responsibility, integrity, family priorities, and genuine relationships can create lasting influence. Jonathan also shares why he sometimes encourages clients to buy less house, how relationship-based business creates trust, and why success should never come at the expense of your marriage or family. Your workplace can become a mission field. Your business decisions can reflect the character of Christ. Even ordinary tools, houses, basketballs, coffee conversations, volunteering, and acts of service, can help people experience the kingdom of God. What You’ll Learn: → You’ll learn how to integrate faith and business without becoming forceful or inauthentic. Jonathan explains how Christian entrepreneurs can lead through kindness, forgiveness, integrity, and service instead of relying only on authority or sales tactics. → You’ll hear the four core values guiding his family and real estate business: following God’s Word, taking personal responsibility, pursuing personal and relational growth, and practicing selfless ambition. → You’ll also discover why servant leadership requires putting a client’s long-term well-being ahead of your immediate commission, how relationship-based marketing creates genuine trust, and why the home should strengthen a family rather than place it under unnecessary financial pressure. → Finally, Jonathan shares lessons about overcoming disappointment, walking with God through uncertain seasons, developing future leaders, protecting your marriage, and building a spiritual legacy that continues through the people you serve. Learn more about Ray Young -  Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Kingdom Entrepreneur is for Christian business owners and leaders who know they were made for more; more purpose, clarity, and impact. Hosted by Ray Young, entrepreneur, leadership coach, and follower of Jesus, this podcast blends biblical leadership with real strategy to help you scale, lead teams, steward money, and build a business that reflects God’s heart. His Kingdom. Your calling.

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  • Creator
    Ray Young
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Ray Young
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    Kingdom Entrepreneur

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