Pursuing Business as a Marketplace Christian with Garth Jestley #120

Today on the Follower of One podcast, Mike Henry sits down with Garth Jestley. Over the course of his business career, Garth Jestley has held many senior leadership positions in investment management, venture capital, corporate banking, international project financing, private debt placement, and investment banking. Garth is currently Vice Chairman of Middlefield Group and Special Advisor to the senior management team. He also serves on the national board of directors of Teen Challenge Canada based in London Ontario and the board of Catch The Fire Church in Toronto.  Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of Crossroads Christian Communications in Burlington Ontario. Garth and his wife Mary are involved in various church leadership roles, including ministering and speaking in Canada and around the world. Garth is also the author of the book “More Than Your Business Card: a wake-up call for leaders desiring to follow Jesus in the marketplace.” They place a high priority on family and, in particular, enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren. In this episode, Mike and Garth talk about exploring the relevance of Faith and God in employees’ professional and personal lives, provoking our role as Marketplace Christians, pursuing business as a Marketplace Christian, focusing on the present to pursue Jesus, challenging people to integrate our faith into the workplace, and the importance of confidence in your faith.

Outline of the Episode

1:27 – About Garth Jestley 2:39 – Exploring the relevance of Faith and God in employees’ professional and personal lives 7:26 – Provoking our role as Marketplace Christians 9:22 – Pursuing business as a marketplace Christian 14:33 – Focusing on the present to pursue Jesus 15:42 – Challenging people to integrate our faith into the workplace 18:01 – The importance of confidence in your faith 23:55 – Changing our victim mentality to a Holy perspective 28:07 – Living in a way to make Jesus known 32:42 – Being called to lead exchanged lives

 

Exploring the relevance of Faith and God in employees’ professional and personal lives

Once we accept Christ, God is always with us. He is involved in everything we do, so why wouldn’t we look into ways to make Him known in our professional and personal lives? When we accepted Jesus, our lives changed, and we are called to live in such a way where the people around us notice that we are different. 

 

Pursuing business as a Marketplace Christian

In today’s world, it seems like business is getting less and less popular. But, Business is perfect for those who are pursuing the Marketplace Christian lifestyle, because the business world is built around personal relationships. We have a unique opportunity to build relationships around us and share the Gospel with our coworkers. 

 

The importance of confidence in your faith

As we pursue the Lord in everything we do, questions are going to be brought up by non-believers. We need to be prepared to defend our faith throughout all conversations. We do this by spending time in His word to gain a greater understanding of the Lord. 

 

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