Meeting Recaps

Ryan Duerk, CEO of Miracle Hill Ministries

1. Everyone has a calling - not just people in ministry.
2. Compartmentalizing your faith will result in a lackluster life.
3. Leadership is stewardship.
4. God controls the outcomes and impact. We control how we live our lives and how we treat others.

Kip Miller, CEO of Eastern Industrial Supply

1. The Bible is full of instruction on how to handle money, business, and interpersonal relations. In fact, we have 2000+ verses to pick from.
2. People are more important than profit. The accumulation of wealth is meaningless if you forsake relationship to obtain and keep it. See Luke 12:13-21.
3. We ought to obey our heavenly boss as unwaveringly as we obey our earthly boss (assuming we are good employees).

Kip also challenged us to do these three things if we want our work lives to have an eternal impact:

1. Wear God on our sleeves at work.
2. See our jobs as a means to help connect others with God.
3. Incorporate a ministry plan into our work lives.

Joey Hines, Managing Partner of Global View Investment Advisors

1. We have a duty to operate with integrity in all things. Some of the pitfalls that keep us from maintaining our integrity are pride, greed, and envy.
2. The key to unlocking our potential is understanding what we are designed for.
3. Ambition is good when directed towards your God-given mission.
4. We all need a Paul (mentor), Barnabas (peer), and Timothy (mentee) in our spiritual walks and leadership journeys.
5. Stress can be managed by picking our battles, sticking to our convictions, and by putting our dependence on God.

Keith Giddens, President of Liquid Combustion Technologies

1. The best model for how to lead is Jesus Christ. If you list all the top traits of a good leader, he has them all.
2. Leadership is not about position, it's about who you are. (ex. Daniel led as a captive)
3. Live a life of principles. Great leaders stand on strong principles.
4. When your boat is in the storm, just keep rowing. The Lord will meet you where you are and help you through the storm. (see John 6)
5. Start every day with the mindset, "I have nothing". As you go about each day, you will discover all the things you have and you will live a grateful life.

Will McCauley, President of Creative Builders

1. People operating in normal business settings often have a greater opportunity to impact others than people in ministry.
2. Faith-based organizations will naturally prioritize relationship.
3. Being a faith-based company does not mean results aren't important. It just means the road to results is narrower.
4. A commitment to doing the right thing will always result in the best outcomes.
5. Problems should be viewed as opportunities to serve.

David Benner, Area President of Focus CFO

-Be a "Marketplace Minister" wherever you are.
-Extend grace, especially to those not extending grace.
-Engage in continual listening prayer and daily scripture reading.
-Be abundance minded, not scarcity minded.
-Inspire and motivate workers by giving them a vision and purpose.
-Do Godly work by implementing these practices displayed by Jacob:

1. Care about your work and do a good job.
2. Don't take advantage of your position.
3. Take personal responsibility for losses.
4. Work hard and don't complain.
5. Never ask for handouts.
6. Partner with God.

John Uprichard, CEO of Find Great People

1. Success is defined by how well we love. Societal measures of success like wealth, fame, and status are meaningless without love.
2. We are what limits love. Our flawed characters and hearts restrict love. Love itself has no boundaries.
3. Our role model for love is Jesus. His ministry taught us that love is not you say, it is what you do.
4. Lean into discomfort. Tell people you love them. Be someone else's Good Samaritan.
5. The P&L metric we should be most concerned with is not profit and loss. It is people and love. How many lives are we positively impacting as leaders?

Mike Chibarro, Battlefield Leadership

1. Your work is your witness - strive for excellence in whatever you do. (Colossians 3:17)
2. Make every encounter count. The little things make a big difference!
3. God has you right where he wants you. Believe that and act on it!
4. Our source of strength is the same as that of Jesus, time in prayer with the Father. Pray to God for what you need.
5. Three big attributes of Christian leaders are integrity, teachability, and holiness.
6. Ask old people valuable questions!

Gary Tompkins, CEO of the Kidder Group

1. No matter the circumstance, know that God has a plan and that He loves you.
2. Every new circumstance is an opportunity to minister to those around us.
3. Our seemingly small actions, like prayers, make big impacts on other people.
4. Don't live for yourself.
5. Let other people into your life and invest in them.
6. Have a "no bad days" mindset.
7. Build bridges as you move about different seasons of your life. You'll be amazed how they get used in the future.

Sammy Riddle, Serial Entrepreneur

1. We must surrender to the fact that God is sovereign and His plan is greater than our plan.
2. Not everything is up to us. We have to give up on the kingdom of one and give in to God's kingdom.
3. We will face trials in this life. God uses these trials to reshape our hearts.
4. When in the dark wilderness, we must lean into scripture, community, transparency, and wise counsel.
5. God has the power to do abundantly more than we could even ask or imagine! Don't lose hope.