About Us
In November 2000 a journey began in the City of London, when a handful of businessmen organised a conference at the Gibson Hall which was to profoundly challenge and change the lives of many people. So powerful was that gathering that A Call to Business was breathed into life by demand, moving forward from one event on a journey that has changed lives and is now blazing its way around the globe.
Business people are blessed with many gifts - risk taking, analytical capacity, vision, drive and the ability to manage many roles among them. However, when these gifts are out of balance and with perspectives that are not Godly, over time we may become burnt out and disillusioned, or at least 'stuck' in a place from which we may need to move on. One of the main objectives of A Call to Business is to see people transitioning from 'survival mode', i.e. how to cope with pressure and daily demands, to 'transformation mode', being able to influence our businesses and those around us for God.
Basic to our message is the desire to see key Biblical principles understood and applied in everyday life, to be open to the Holy Spirit's leading at every moment in any day. We see the Bible's exhortation to "take dominion" as a mandate to build the Kingdom of God here on earth, here and now. We have been building relationships with those in the marketplace who have a faith and hope in Jesus and long to see that faith applied in their lives every day. We have also been building relationship with traditional church leaders who desire to equip and 'send' people into all the spheres of authority. We hold seminars, have workplace groups meeting each week and occasionally larger conferences. We produce films and write articles. We come alongside other business people to help them grow their businesses with a different perspective on wealth creation and Kingdom building.
Many people are receiving their own revelation and applying those insights and principles, seeing their own lives and businesses changed. Fruitfulness would include:
- A strong sense that the working environment is 'church' as believers pray and plan together
- Holy Spirit encounters, seeing staff and clients sensing something so different in behaviours that an openness to the Gospel prevails
- Those who are hard-hearted towards Jesus often moving on
- Business owners, seeing the stark reality of being 'unequally yoked' and breaking ties with the past
- Growing generosity
- Excitement prevailing instead of fear
- Wealth creation with a desire to use the wealth in wholly new ways and not simply to personally add to savings or assets
- A new understanding of security
In addition to our roles in the business arena business people also have a unique perspective of global events. Through international travel and trading we can see events unfolding in the natural that reflect the supernatural. In A Call to Business we spend time visiting other nations, taking the message of servant leadership and non-hierarchical structure to other streams of business, but also bringing practical support in terms of time, money or skills to the emerging world. In particular God has opened an amazing door into Sierra Leone.
This is a fantastically exciting journey, punctuated by resistance and hardship... but we knew that didn't we?!
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City of London A Call to Business now operates out of London's influential financial district, the City - also known as "The Square Mile"....
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