Comments on: Managing by the (Good Book)

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:46:39 +0000

Stellar or not are we saying that these guys wouldn’t be practicing this if they didn’t have a group? I truly beleive people like this have good intentions but…
Ultimately you can’t use the bible to run your company. But you can live a life faithful to God. Running a company according to the bible and practing your faith are not one in the same. What if God told you to give all your companies belongings to the poor? Capitalism often runs in opposition to loving your neighbor as yourself? Ultimately CEOs are responsible for maximizing profit. No? Look at Ford always pushing this mentality of buying American cars… then fire 100,000 people and move operations over seas. What would be the Christian thing to do? Leave operations here then let the company go under? If you truly wanted to run your company like Jesus you would realize that he literaly doesn’t care about that except for the people and that he is craving their devotion.

By: David G. Johnson

David G. Johnson — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:45:25 +0000

Jon, thanks for drawing our attention to this story. Having bumped into some of the wonderful folks from C12 (it was founded here in my city), I can tell you that they are a stellar organization. Blessings!

By: eChaplain » Blog Archive » Managing With Faith

eChaplain » Blog Archive » Managing With Faith — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:43:29 +0000

[...] Jon, the Baptist (yes, that’s what he calls himself) pointed out an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal recently about executives who are relying upon overtly Biblical principles to manage.Â I located a free (no subscription to WSJ required) copy of the story here.Â WSJ’s Phred Dvorak does a nice job of covering the bases, including a favorable mention of C12, which is an organization of Christian CEOs and business owners that originally had its start in the Sarasota, Florida area. [...]