Christian Business Leader with Darren Shearer

On this episode, Jeff Haanen and Darren discuss a biblical framework for understanding God's perspective on human value-making and monetary compensation. Jeff Haanen is the CEO and founder of Denver Institute for Faith & Work, an educational nonprofit dedicated to forming men and women to serve God, neighbor, and society through their daily work. He's also the founder of the 5280 Fel...

On this episode, we're joined by Pierce Brantley. Pierce Brantley is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and Christian businessman. He has successfully launched, run, and sold his own company, served as an executive for a top-ten Social PR firm in Dallas and consulted with numerous Fortune 500 companies. He studied Disruptive Business Strategy under the late Clayton Christensen at Harvard Busin...

Paul Sanders is the President and CEO of the Oldham Little Church Foundation (OLCF), a foundation dedicated to helping small Protestant evangelical churches with facilities completion grants. Since the establishment in 1949, the OLCF has granted over $46 million to 16,800 churches across the United States. As an Architect by training, his experience in complex project development and planning has...

On this episode, we're joined by Eric Dunavant. Eric is the founder and CEO of Paradiem. He's the author of the book, What If We've Been Doing It All Wrong, which focuses on how our worldview often interrupts all our financial thinking and behavior. In addition to his writing accolades, Eric has been featured in several national publications and media outlets, including The New York...

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. William Oliver. William holds a master's from MIT and a Doctor of Management from Case Western. He taught in the undergraduate and master's programs at Brandeis, UMass Amherst, Tufts, Gordon College, and UC Irvine. Dr. Oliver has founded four companies and invested as a partner in a venture capital firm. He has consulted to senior leadership of b...

On this episode, Mike Sharrow shares how Christian business owners are responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, including positive stories of what God is doing through His people in the marketplace. Mike is the President and CEO of C12 Group, the nation's largest network of Christian CEOs, business owners, and executives. Before joining C12, Mike owned a healthcare strategy consulting g...

On this episode, we're joined by Mike Sharrow. Mike is the President and CEO of C12 Group, the nation's largest network of Christian CEOs, business owners, and executives. Before joining C12, Mike owned a healthcare strategy consulting group and served as an executive pastor for a church in Texas. Questions explored in this episode: How are Christian-led companies being impacted by COVID...

On this episode, we're joined by Jason Thacker. Jason Thacker serves as Associate Research Fellow at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. His writing on human dignity, ethics, technology, and artificial intelligence...

On this episode, we're joined by Steve Robinson. Steve was the Chief Marketing Officer of Chick-fil-A from 1981 - 2015. Think about how Chickfila has grown during that time. Chickfila makes more money per restaurant than McDonald's, Starbucks and Subway combined. "Eat mor chikin", cows, setting up free-standing stores outside of shopping malls, breakfast, fresh cut flowers on t...

At the Center for Christianity in Business, we have luncheons twice per year where we have a speaker or panel of speakers discuss topics related to integrating biblical values in business. On this episode, you'll have an opportunity to hear from the most recent panel, which consisted of extremely successful Christian women entrepreneurs about their experiences and lessons-learned in the busin...

On this episode, we're joined by Mike Zigarelli. Michael Zigarelli is a Professor of Leadership and Strategy at Messiah College and the former Dean of the Regent University School of Business. Dr. Zigarelli's research in the fields of management, practical theology, and sports ministry has appeared in a number of scholarly journals and magazines, and he is the author of twelve books, inc...

On this episode, we're joined by my good friend and former divinity school professor, Dr. Antipas Harris. He was my pulpit ministry professor at Regent University. Antipas L. Harris is now the President and Dean of Jakes Divinity School and serves on the pastoral staff at the Potter's House in Dallas, TX. Before Bishop TD Jakes appointed him to this role, Harris was the founding dean of...

On this episode, we're joined by Al Erisman. Albert M. (Al) Erisman is the Executive in Residence at the Seattle Pacific University School of Business, Government and Economics, and the past Director for the Center for Integrity in Business at Seattle Pacific University (SPU). He teaches business ethics and business and technology subjects at SPU and also edits Ethix magazine (www.ethix.org)....

On this episode, we're joined by Jeff Thomas. Jeff has over 25 years of experience working at some of the biggest names on Wall Street. He was named to Morgan Stanley's Chairman's Club (top 2% of advisors) in 2008. From 2009 to 2013, Barron's magazine recognized him as "One of Texas' Top Financial Advisors." In 2017, Jeff established Archetype Wealth Partners, LL...

Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples of companies, industries, and communities. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | M...

On this episode, we're joined by Dave Kahle. Dave Kahle is the author of The Good Book on Business, an exploration of the Bible on business. He has been a Bible teacher, elder, house church leader, short-term missionary, and Christian executive roundtable leader. For 30 years, he has been one of the world's leading authorities on sales and sales systems. In that regards, he has spoken in...

On this episode, we're joined by Jason Davis. Jason has spent his entire two-decade career in the music industry and worked with many worldwide stars, including Boyz ll Men, Sugar Ray, P. Diddy, Alabama, Lonestar, Dolly Parton, among many others. He's an entertainment industry executive with a broad range of titles including award winning songwriter, award winning author, independent rec...

On this episode, we're joined by Leah Archibald. Leah Archibald is content development specialist at the Theology of Work Project (TOW). Her devotionals on topics such as "How to Make the Right Decision" and "When to Speak Up at Work" have been completed by more than one million people on the Bible app. Leah takes inspiration from her previous career in marketing for Fortu...

On this episode, we're joined by Grant Botma. Grant is the founder of Stewardship and the leader of its nationally ranked team of top producers. Thanks to a thriving company culture, Grant's team has won numerous awards, including national performance rankings like "Top 1%" and "Top 100." Grant's leadership has also grown Stewardship to be an Inc. 5000 Fastest Gr...

On this episode, we're joined by Peter Demos. Peter is the President and CEO of Demos' Brands and Peter D's Seasonings. He grew up in his parents' restaurants and surrounded by the spirit of serving others. After pursuing a law degree, he turned back to his heart's calling, the hospitality industry. Today Peter is a successful restaurateur offering a lineup of authentic di...

On this episode, we're joined by Carlos Rosales. Carlos has been in business leadership roles for 35 years. He is a facilitator for Convene in the Houston area, whose mission is to connect, equip and inspire Christian CEOs and business owners to grow exceptional businesses and become higher-impact leaders to honor God. He's the author of the new book, 10X for Christ: Discovering Your 10X...

On this episode, we're joined by Denise Daniels and Shannon Vandewarker, authors of the new book, Working in the Presence of God: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Work. Denise Daniels is a Professor of Management at Seattle Pacific University. She earned a Ph. D. in Organizational Behavior from the University of Washington. Denise is the co-Principal Investigator on a $1.5M research project f...

On this episode, we're joined by Art Barter. Art Barter rebuilt the culture of Datron World Communications. He took Datron's traditional power-led model and turned it upside down through the implementation of servant leadership. The result: the small international radio manufacturer grew from a $10 million company to a $200 million company in six years. His experience with Datron's...

On this episode, we're joined by Keith Hertling. Keith is the vice president of leadership, coaching, and culture for Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems. He has worked for the sandwich chain for fifteen years. He began coaching Special Olympians in college and has been teaching and coaching ever since. At age fifteen, he co-founded Popeye's Gym, a haven for athletes, police, firefighte...

On this episode, we're joined by David L. Winters. David is the co-author of the award-winning book, Taking God to Work: The Keys to Ultimate Success, which he wrote with Pastor Steve Reynolds. The focus of his writing includes bringing a Biblical worldview to contemporary problems. His other books include The Accidental Missionary: A Gringo's Love Affair with Peru, Sabbatical of the Min...