Kingdom, Commerce & Calling
Update on Birmingham conference
This website gives details of a 'Kingdom, Commerce & Calling' event we held in Birmingham in October 2011 which was very well received. Delegates said they found it inspiring, challenging and useful. We are considering repeating this in Birmingham and/or elsewhere in 2012. Meanwhile details of this first event are below.
Presentations from the conference
Thanks to everyone that attended the conference. Do make sure you follow up on the opportunities that were presented - if you need any more information from any of the organisations please get in touch with them now. If you have any suggestions, comments or feedback we'd love to hear it.
If you couldn't make it, or were there and want to remind yourself what you saw, please find the speakers' slides below:
- Andrew Richardson's slides
- Chris Mabey's slides
- Jerry Marshall's (TBN) slides
- Phil Jackman's (AWI) slides
- Mike Hill's (CBDA) slides (coming soon)
God doesn’t want 10% on your profit and loss account. He wants 100% of your balance sheet. He wants to co- labour with you and the desires of your heart to use all your assets – skills, resources, creativity – for kingdom purposes.
Work is not just a venue for evangelism and a source of funding, it’s much more than that. Work is what God did right at the start: creating something new, good, beautiful, exciting and fit for (Kingdom) purpose.
This evening is designed to help business and professional people explore where God may be calling them and to look at several opportunities
for involvement in the UK or overseas, which could be alongside or dovetail with existing work commitments.
For some it may bring risk and adventure. For many it will bring a fresh sense of fulfilment and significance. If you sense God nudging you in a fresh direction, please join us.
Main Speakers
Andrew Richardson
Andrew Richardson joined Metalrax plc in 2007 as Group Chief Executive. Previously the Divisional Chief Executive of Water Management at Halma PLC, Andrew started his career with Rover Group and has worked with companies including Webasto Roof Systems, Automotive Products, and Mars confectionary. He is a Chartered Engineer and Engineering graduate of Cambridge University.
Christopher Mabey
Christopher Mabey began his career amidst industrial strife at Longbridge, and by the late 80s was heading up management development for Rank Xerox. He is now Professor of HRM at Birmingham Business School. In 2009 he hosted a major international conference on ‘Leadership in Crisis’ and in 2011 launched a new MBA module drawing principles of moral authority from the Hebrew wisdom tradition and the Sermon on the Mount.
Brought to you by
Aagpe Workplace Initiative
Agapé Workplace Initiative comes alongside business men and women in their place of work to help people live with creativity, forgiveness, spiritual discipline, focus and integrity, to apply Biblical principles to organisational culture.
Transformational Business Network
Transformational Business Network is a Christian-based network of business and professional people who use their skills and resources to bring financially sustainable solutions to global poverty.
Christian Business Development Agency
The Christian Business Development Agency offers business development opportunities to help elevate persecuted Christians out of poverty.
SCHEDULE
| 5:30pm | Buffet |
| 6:30pm | Andrew Richardson |
| 6:50pm | Chris Mabey |
| 7:20pm | Jerry Marshall Transformational Business Network |
| 7:35pm | Mike Hill Christian Business Development Agency |
| 7:50pm | Phil Jackman Aagpe Workplace Initiative |
| 8:15pm |
Networking & Next Steps
Opportunity to interact with the speakers and business people from TBN, CBDA and AWI as you explore how you might use your own business or professional skills and networks for the advancement of God's kingdom. Whether you are a business person, an entrepreneur, a teacher, a lawyer, a financier or a health professional, we would like to help you consider how to connect business and mission more effectively in your own life context. |