Session 6 Church Mountain 7M Culture Shaping MasterClass

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Session 6

Religion and the Church
Religion Based on Lies
• Religious spirit
• Radical Islam
• Kill in the name of Allah
Church in America
• Role of Christianity
• Equipping leaders
• Opportunity of shepherds

Equipping the Church
in the Workplace
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Session 6
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Pastor Testimony
Pastor Fred Hartley, Lilburn Alliance, Atlanta, GA

Equipping the Church
in the Workplace
Os Hillman

Let’s face it.
Pastoring
isn’t easy!

In some ways, I, too, am a
pastor (to the workplace).
Congregation size: 150,000
Location: 104 countries
Frequency of sermon: one per day
Length of sermons: 2 minutes, 400
words
What I do with disgruntled members:
1 click and they are gone

“How can a businessman
have such wisdom?”
- pastor

What if the spiritual climate
of your local church could
radically change by just
making some simple changes
in how you related to the
average church member?

Not taught in seminary
“I teach students who spend $40,000
To learn a language that no one understands.”
Dr. Eddie Gibbs
Fuller Seminary Professor

What is the Church
in the Workplace?

Ekklesia
Was not a religious institution, but was first developed as a ruling assembly
of citizens in the Grecian democracy to govern its city-states.
General public in Jesus’ day understood ekklesia to mean both the secular
institution and the government systems it represented.

Ekklesia (church)
• The Christian Church is the assembly or
association of followers of Jesus Christ.
The Greek term ἐκκλησία, which in its
appearances in the New Testament is
usually translated as "church", means
"assembly".

Ekklesia is a people movement designed to operate
24/7 in the marketplace for the purpose of having an
impact on everybody and everything.

Size of the Church in the Workplace

Market Size
Believers in the
workplace
30 million small businesses
30% are believers.

Session 6 Church Mountain 7M Culture Shaping MasterClass

History Workplace Ministry
CBMC
1930
Marketplace
Leaders
1997
Executive
Ministries
1960s
ICWM
1998
FGBMFI
1951
C12
1992
ICCC
1985
CMDL
1991
Pinnacle
Forum
1995
Workplace
Ministry
Workplace
Ministry
Evangelism
Theology
of work
HCAW
2001
7
Mtns
Spirituality
@Work
1997
Social
Transformation
Half Time
1995
Church-based
Ministry
7 Mountains
Strategy
Ed Silvoso, Billy Graham,
Henry Blackaby, Peter Wagner
FCCI
1977

“The Two Types of Churches”
Peter Wagner
Nuclear Church
Unique rulebook
Extended Church
Unique rulebook
1 2
Extended Church
Unique rulebook

Scattered vs Gathered Church
The gathered church comes together, especially on the Lord’s
Day, for corporate worship and instruction, and to enjoy the
communion of the saints. It is organized and led by its officers
and ministers, and is called to preach the gospel, baptize, and
make disciples.
The scattered church is the body of believers any time they
are not gathered together in a singular place, which is
undoubtedly most of the time.

• Carpenter and Rabbi until age 30
Disciples had heard about this rabbi. “He
was different” - Superstar reputation
• Recruited 12 from the workplace for a
worldwide movement

Jesus & Paul modeled
work life ministry.
• New Testament – Of 132 public
appearance in NT, 122 in the
marketplace
• Of 52 parables Jesus told, 45 had a
workplace context. Of 40 miracles in
the book of Acts, 39 were in the
marketplace.

“So he reasoned in the
synagogue with the Jews and
the God-fearing Greeks, as
well as in the marketplace day
by day with those who
happened to be there.”
- Acts 17:17-18
Paul’s example
…In the marketplace daily

Jesus was more “qualified” to be a
carpenter than the Son of God by
the religious leaders.

“54% of Jesus’ reported teaching
ministry arose out of issues posed
by others” in the scope of daily life
experience. – Lewis and Lewis, LICC
– Source: London Institute Contemporary Christianity

Work in its different forms is mentioned more than 800 times in the
Bible, more than all the words used to express worship, music, praise,
and singing combined.

More than 50% of his life as a
carpenter.
“His doing nothing ‘wonderful’ (his
first 30-years) was in itself a kind of
wonder.”
-- Saint Bonaventure

Why Jesus Worked
To Bring Glory to the Father on Earth
John 17:3-4
“I have brought you glory on earth by
completing the work you gave me to do.”

Henry Blackaby on Role
of Local Church

Key Issues/Barriers
• Sacred/Secular
• Equality in Calling
• Defining Ministry
• Local Church as
An Equipper

Problem: We Have Unbiblical View of Work and Ministry
Church leaders often fail to see work as a holy calling.
Church leadership has spent lots of its
energy equipping us to do their ministry,
instead of our ministry in the workplace.

So what really happened
in that
garden?
“Cursed is the ground”
Gen 3:17
Lost
dominion
Joy to
Toil
Thorns

Understanding God’s
View of Work
How did work get
such a bad rap!?

300 AD
“Catholic Distortion”
Sacred vs secular
1200 AD
“Protestant Distortion”
Work = vocation vs a Calling
Net?
• 2nd class citizens
• Work is less spiritual
• Money is evil
• Workers viewed for $
by clergy vs calling

Key Fallacy
Hierarchy of spiritual calling.
Pastor
Missionary
Evangelist
Church Worker
Vocational Ministry Worker
Stay-at-home mom
Plumber
CEO/Executive
Scum of the earth…
Ad Agency Executive
Whatever you do,
work at it with all
your heart, as
working for the
Lord, not for men,
since you know
that you will
receive an
inheritance from
the Lord as a
reward. It is the
Lord Christ you
are serving.
Col 3:23-24
Lawyer!

WORK
Meet
human
needs
Work is
worship
“Avodah”
“Ministry”
equates to
“Service”
“diakonia”
Work IS Ministry

Give $
Dt 8:18
WORK
Meet
human
needs
Work is
worship
“Avodah”
Platform
Influence -
societal
transformation
“Ministry”
equates to
“Service”
“diakonia”
Work IS Ministry Work TO Minister
Col 3:23-25
And whatever you do,
do it heartily,
as to the Lord and not to men,
knowing that from the Lord
you will receive the reward
of the inheritance;
for you serve the Lord Christ.
Care
for
Poor
Lev 19:9-10

“Don’t you know that you
yourselves are God’s
temple and that God’s Spirit
dwells in your midst?”
1 Cor. 3:16

Called to “the ministry?”
“Usually a person should keep
on with the work he was doing
when God called him.”
I Cor. 7: 20 LB
WE are the ministry!

Where do:
a MAJORITY of men and women
spend a MAJORITY of their time
interacting with a MAJORITY of the
lost world?
• At church?
• In the neighborhoods?
• This is true only of the
workplace!

“We are convinced that England will never be converted
until the laity use the opportunities daily afforded by
their various professions, crafts and occupations.”
Towards the Conversion of England (1945)

Realize we have failed to equip
believers to fulfill their calling
in the marketplace.
• 90% have not been trained to apply
Biblical faith in their work life.
–Doug Sherman, Your Work Matters to God
• 47% say preaching is irrelevant to daily
life.
–London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
• 80% dissatisfied with their jobs,
• 50% among executives.
- Wall Street Journal
“Church leaders often
teach us to
do their ministry
instead of our
ministry” (in the
workplace).
– Dr. Myles Munroe

84% of Christian 18 to 29-year-olds admit that they
have no idea how the Bible applies to their field or
professional interests.
---Barna Group,June, 2012.

19%
Disengaged
(unhappy and
spreading their
discontent)
3 Types of Worker
U.S Working population study
of 1 million people by Gallup
26%
Engaged
(loyal and
productive)
55%
Not Engaged
(just putting
in time)

How to Overcome Fears &
Misconceptions between
Church Leaders &
Workplace Leaders

What happens if you …
Validate that every
member has a
calling that is
spiritual and is as
important as the
pastor’s?
How important was each of the disciple’s role?

”I was called up front to the church to
commission me as the teacher for the
school age children for the year. Later I
wondered why I have never been
recognized for teaching kids five days a
week as a ministry.”
School Teacher

Fears & Misconceptions of Church Leadership
Fear
• Less volunteerism
• Less giving
• Might leave church
• Diminished role
• Less loyalty
Truth
• Volunteerism increases
• More giving
• Becomes a “Competitive
Advantage”
• More connected
• Competitive advantage

Problem?
• Average church member feels inferior
spiritually
• 90% do not feel trained or validated that their
work is a spiritual calling
• Majority of Christians live as “orphans”
instead of sons and daughters

&
Priest
King
…and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father,
to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. – Rev 1:6

The King and
Priest Partnership
Sheep vs Horses

Marketplace Pastors
Leaders
• ‘I’m only here to write a
check.”
• Intimidated by their Bible
knowledge
• We have nothing in common
• View things through spiritual
lens only
• Money focus vs Kingdom
• Intimidated by their business
success
• Failure to validate
marketplace call
• See workplace leaders as
mere financial supporter of
church’s mission
Perceptions/Walls

“When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon,
Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God,
because the oxen stumbled. The LORD's anger
burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act;
therefore God struck him down and he died there
beside the ark of God.” - 2 Sam 6:6-7
It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the
LORD our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him
about how to do it in the prescribed way." 1 Chron 15:13-14
“For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal
is not based on knowledge.” Romans 10:2
David – Bringing God’s Presence into the City

Two Pillars of the TemplePriest
Jakin
It establishes.
Businessman/King
Kinsman Redeemer
Boaz
In it is strength.
The pillar to the south he named Jakin
and the one to the north Boaz. 1 Kings 7:21-22

The Local Church:
From Cruise Liner to
Aircraft Carrier

Result?
Cruise Liner? Aircraft Carrier?
90% of church members say
they do not feel they are
equipped to live out their faith
at work.

“The Church of Jesus looks
more like a luxury cruise liner
instead of a an aircraft carrier
designed to equip and
commission an army.”
Doug Spada, WorkLife Ministries
prepare God's people for works of service.
h 4:11

The local church should be a Holy Spirit
“killer sheep” training camp established to
train men and women to destroy the works of
Satan.

Building the Church
in the Workplace
5 Gifts/Offices
It was he who gave
some to be
apostles,
prophets,
evangelists,
pastors,
teachers…
… to prepare God's
people for works
of service…
Eph 4:11-13
Disciples all from the workplace

…built on the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself
as the chief cornerstone. -- Eph. 2:20
Apostle Prophet
Pastor Teacher Evangelist
Mature Church
Kingdom of God Established in the City
Jesus Jesus

…built on the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself
as the chief cornerstone. -- Eph. 2:20
Apostle
Entreprenuer/CEO
Prophet
CFO,CEO?
Pastor
Customer
Service/HR/CEO
Teacher
Corporate Trainer
Evangelist
Outside Sales
Mature Church, Inc.
Kingdom of God Established in the City
Jesus Jesus

1975
Bill Bright, Campus Crusade
Loren Cunningham, YWAM

No other institution brings together
those who work in the 7 cultural mountains
weekly than the local church.

“The ministry is for all who are
called to share in Christ’s life,
but the pastorate is for those
who possess the peculiar gift of
being able to help other men
and women to practice any
ministry to which they have
been called.”
Elton Trueblood

“We must train the marketplace leader” -
Blackaby

1857 Jeremiah Lanphier
Wall Street, NYC
6 people
2 million salvations

Blackaby on how God uses Business Leaders

2 Modern-day Businesses
Impacting Culture
Gay Agenda Corp $
for abortions
ObamaCare

What Is Workplace Ministry?
• An evangelism strategy to executives?
• Method of raising money for the local
church?
• Another word for men’s ministry?
• A job placement ministry?
• Another ministry for the local church?
?

What Is Workplace
Ministry?
Workplace ministry is an
intentional focus of equipping
men and women in all spheres
of work and society to
understand and experience
their work and life as a holy
calling from God. It’s not a
separate program in the local
church, it is part of the DNA of
the church.

To be on mission requires that
lay Christians be discipled by
their churches to do three
things:
(1) be a verbal witness to their
friends and colleagues;
(2) serve the needs of their
neighbors, and especially
the poor, whether they
believe as we do or not;
(3) integrate their faith with
their work and engage
culture through their
vocations.
Dr Tim Keller,
Faith and Work Bible

Henry Blackaby –
Mentoring Key Influencers
“I’ve never seen
the activity of
God more in the
marketplace
than right now.
God is up to
something.”

Why church-based
work life ministry fails

2. Failure to make
“work is ministry”
part of the DNA of
the church
Cannot be
just another
program

Let’s face it,
pastors are pulled
in a hundred
directions
Children’s Ministry
Seniors
Community Impact
Evangelism
Visitation
Missions
Adult Sunday School
Youth
Ministry

Power of Language
Power of Words
“Workplace”
“Marketplace”

24 Action Steps to You Can
Do without Starting a Program

1. Establish a team of intercessors to pray for
workplace believers, businesses, and pray for God to
establish a ministry to workplace believers in your church.

2. Present real-life examples of workplace
transformation—to inspire personal application in
different types of workplace environments.

3. Preach sermons related
to workplace applications.

4. Conduct a survey among
those in the church that asks this
question: “How might our church
help you apply your biblical faith
in the context of your daily work
life?” Provide five specific things
the church could do.

5. Start an ongoing workplace
ministry/ outreach that mobilizes your
entire congregation into the workplace.
“Every member a minister!”

6. Preach a series of
messages on the
priesthood of all
believers in the context
of work.
Preach on the five-fold ministry
in Ephesians 4 and how these
gifts and offices are found in the
workplace.

7. Remove formal titles of church staff that would
tend to place them spiritually above members in the
church. Reinforce the concept that each person’s call
is equal in the sight of God. (This does not mean
church leaders are not the spiritual leaders and
shepherds.)

8. Avoid addressing or favoring only
those in “business” or those with
influence. Equip and train the whole workforce
for ministry in the workplace. Including mothers,
students, executives, construction workers, and
professionals. Use term “workplace” vs “business”.

9. Affirm workplace believers that their call is
equal to a vocational ministry call in its spiritual
importance.

10. Understand the problem that often separates
workplace believers from church leaders. This
will help you see the heart of a workplace believer.

11. Affirm workplace believers through church
commissioning services focused on the church
recognizing and confirming their calling (vocation) in a
formal way. Labor Day weekend sermon.

12. There are hundreds of workplace ministries
“that can be a resource for your local church.

13. Provide discipleship
opportunities for your people.
TodayGodIsFirst.com

14. Begin a small-group
ministry in the workplace.

Faith&Work Book Resources
www.tgifbookstore.com
15. Read books on the movement and
make them available through your church
bookstore. See TGIFBookstore.com

16. Place a workplace emphasis on your
missions or outreach budget in order to
focus your church in this area. You can also
support workplace ministries of your choice.

17. Invite guest speakers to speak on faith and
work issues to introduce your congregation to the
movement and their unique calling to their vocations.

18. Visit a workplace leader in his/her place of
business. Get an idea of the challenges they face
every day in their work life.

19. Form a
workplace
committee that
meets with the
pastor once a
month to discuss
sermon ideas that
can be taught on
Sunday mornings
that relate to the
average worker.

20. Teach a theology of work to your young
people so they do not have to relearn God’s view
of work.

21. Allow one person each week to stand up and share a brief testimony
on how they experienced God’s presence in their workplace that week. Or,
record a weekly 2 minute video testimony that is played in the service a
few times a month.

• 22. Start a workplace Prayer, Care Share
Love2020 campaign. Learn more at
www.Love2020.com/workplace
• Labor Day Initiative

23. Host a workshop at your local church. .i.e.,
– Change Agent Workshop
– Joseph Calling workshop

24. Involve workplace leaders in a community
transformation initiative.

City Transformation “Trinity”
Local
Church
Leaders
Intercessors
Marketplace
(workplace leaders)
Acts of
Service -
Solve Problems
Mega-church
pastors/
Fortune 500/
Governor/
Mayor

Key Success Factors
1. Pastor must endorse
2. Must be part of the DNA of the church
– not just another program
3. Appoint a champion inside the church
4. Sustainability

Tools to Equip
the Church in
the
Workplace

Bibles on Faith and Work
1996 2016

• Foreword by Peter
Wagner
• Facts on movement
• Sermon ideas
• Biographies
• 4 Church case studies
• Church –based ministry
models
• Scriptures on work
• Bibliography of all
books, websites,
ministries
TGIFBookstore.com

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