One of the most important decisions of the growing Adventist church was taken in 1859.

The words in Philippians 2:5 (NKJV), “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,” should permeate the heart of every business person and any discussion about Christ in the marketplace must consider what it means to do business like Jesus would.

When I was a pastor, I felt very strongly that everywhere a person goes, lives or works can be considered a place for ministry.

The marketplace is a competitive environment that provides opportunity for all, Christian and non-Christian, to compete for market share.

Conventional wisdom is that we go to church on weekends and the rest of the time is ours to make a living; be entertained; take care of home duties and have fun.

It began about 115 years ago when a group of emmigrants in 1898 moved from the Battle Creek Sanitarium to Melbourne, Australia.

Christ’s mandate for His followers to make disciples (Matt. 28:18-20) is a call to us—the Church—to live out the Christian life “in” community, and never in isolation from the people of the world.

To get away from a bear, we don’t have to be the fastest runner in the world; we just have to be faster than the guy behind us.