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.

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Workplace ministry is a holistic approach to bringing Christ into our work lives. When we do this all aspects of life and work are impacted. Associates at work become the primary source of building meaningful relationships that can lead to salvation. However, we must go beyond that. We must allow God to show us how to work well, how to gain ideas and strategies to succeed, how to love our fellow workers, how to experience the power of God in a workplace context so that they see a difference in us. That is what changes the world.

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Consider this statement by Doug Sherman, author of Your Work Matters to God. "Our surveys reveal that 90-97 percent of Christians have never heard a sermon relating biblical principles to their work life." Most church members have never been intentionally trained to apply their faith in their work life where they spend 60-70 percent of their waking hours. When a survey is asked of the average congregation, “How many of you have been intentionally trained to apply your faith in your work life, very few hands are raised. Church leaders are often surprised because they feel they are equipping their people. The disconnect is because the teaching they receive is often not relevant to the level of application most Christians desire and need to apply it in their workplaces.

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Jesus was our best model. He spent more than 50 percent of his life as a carpenter. Of 132 public appearances in the New Testament, 122 were in the workplace, of 52 parables He told, 45 had a workplace context. Of 40 divine encounters in the book of Acts, 39 were in the workplace. That is where most ministry took place. It wasn’t in the synagogue. More than 75 percent of the characters in the Bible were working people who did ministry as part of their work. 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.