PowerPod
Welcome to the iWork4Him PowerPod, a 15-minute audio highlight reel featuring our heaviest-hitting segments from each longer radio show.
iWork4Him PowerPod hosts Jim & Martha Brangenberg ask workplace leaders hard questions to discover how people are living out their faith at work. Each 15-minute episode highlights testimonies, authors, ministries, and resources to enable Christians in their work and help them recognize that their workplace IS their mission field.
These episodes are now being re-released on the iWork4Him Podcast!
144. Stuck In A Rut
Are you stuck in a rut? Have you ever wondered, “why do I work?” “how do I increase my cultural influence?” or “what does it mean to be a good leader?” Today’s podcast guest, New Zealander Bryce Taylor, asked these same questions, and they changed everything.
Bryce Taylor was serving as the Discipleship and Leadership Development Pastor to young adults in a Pennsylvania ministry called The Livingroom. There he spent his Tuesday nights discussing challenging faith topics and running a program that developed leadership skills and leadership qualities in youth. Then in 2018, Bryce and his family took a trip to New Zealand where, after some self-evaluation, he began to wonder if his ministry was stuck inside the box.
Tune in to hear the incredible testimony of how God’s purpose and will for the Taylors went from pastoral to agricultural with a mission. Today, Bryce still does ministry, leadership development, discipleship, and coaching… but it looks a little different.
Featured Guest: Bryce Taylor & Don Hoover
Workplace / Ministry: The Pocket Testament League - Business Community Network
131. The Day I met Stanley Tam
Hear the inspiring story of Fellowship of Companies for Christ International (FCCI), a pioneer organization in the Faith and Work Movement. Founded 44 years ago, FCCI asked the question, “what would it look like to apply biblical principles to business, and how would it impact the world for God’s glory?”
Taped on location from D.C. at the Impact Summit, one of FCCI’s founders, Bobby Mitchell, recalls meeting Stanley Tam, the Christ-loving CEO of U.S. Plastic, in May of 1980. At the time, Tam said that his goal was to bring five people to Christ each day, donate two million dollars annually, and plant churches internationally. Today, the business Stanley Tam built has generated more than $140 million towards the work of the Lord. It was this conversation that awoke Mitchell to the kind of Kingdom impact that businesses could have if they collaborated. Imagine thousands of companies like Tam’s, all dedicated to hearing God’s voice and fulfilling God’s purposes!
According to Chad Merrill, the current CEO of FCCI, their vision is to transform the world through Christ, one business owner at a time. They do this by equipping and encouraging business owners to live lives of cultural influence through biblical business practices, generosity, service, and stewardship. Ultimately, FCCI believes that God owns it all, and we are entrusted with resources to further His glory, not ours. It is from this place of stewardship that business owners are finding purpose and fulfillment at work.
To hear Bobby Mitchell’s story and more about what FCCI is doing for faith-led businesses worldwide, listen now.
Featured Guests: Bobby Mitchell & Chad Merrill
Workplace / Ministry: FCCI
125. Measuring success, by looking back
How do YOU measure success in your work? Hear from the Housh’s who own a roofing company that gives all the glory to Christ. Hear about what Arry means when he says they measure success by looking back.
Featured Guests: Arry & Becky Housh
Workplace / Ministry: Arry's Roofing
119. The Most Profitable Job
“The Most Profitable Job” is being re-released on the iWork4Him Podcast platform in October of 2022. To see the full show notes CLICK HERE.
Featured Guest: John DeAngelis & Mike Oppedahl
Workplace/Ministry: DeAngelis Diamond Construction & GIANT Worldwide
114. Someone God Can Use: Overwhelmed and Underqualified - Part II
“Someone God Can Use: Overwhelmed and Underqualified - Part II” is being re-released on the iWork4Him Podcast platform in September of 2022. To see the full show notes CLICK HERE.
Featured Guest: Rick & Holly Betenbough and Casey Brewer
Ministry/Workplace: Kingdom at Work & Betenbough Homes
113. Someone God Can Use: Overwhelmed and Underqualified - Part I
“Someone God Can Use: Overwhelmed and Underqualified - Part I” is being re-released on the iWork4Him Podcast platform in August of 2022. To see the full show notes CLICK HERE.
Featured Guest: Rick & Holly Betenbough and Casey Brewer
Ministry/Workplace: Kingdom at Work & Betenbough Homes
108. Advanced Accountability
“Advanced Accountability” is being re-released on the iWork4Him Podcast platform in July of 2022. To see the full show notes CLICK HERE.
Featured Guest: Phil Struble
Ministry/Workplace: Zebedee & Sons Fishing Company