Work

As the workplace struggles with modern-day temptation, how do we as Christian workplace leaders show compassion and grace while boldly bringing sin into the light? "Today's Workplace Plagues" provides insight into the today's modern "plagues" as well as workplace practices and available resources that can help to restore wholeness and healing. 

Today's Workplace Plagues

The word "brand" from a business standpoint refers to the identity of a company or organization. To be branded means to be marked with an official sign that indicates your identity. Have you been branded with the Holy Spirit? In this plan, David Villa discusses the importance of knowing your identity, and wearing it proudly. A brand is noticed by everyone around you. What does your brand say about you?

Branded

It may be called "getting 'fired', 'let go', or 'downsized'", but no matter what the terminology, it all means the same thing: God has something better in store. During this transitional time, look to his Word, and remember that he is in control when what's ahead looks uncertain.

Job Loss

Since the vision of Unconventional Business Network is one million business leaders modeling biblical principles in their workplace, the authority and reliability of the Bible are foundational to UBN. What do you think about the inerrancy of the Bible? What kind of doubts have been present in your life about its foundation? In this plan, we will explore ways in which you can reflect on and unpack its origin.

The Reliability of the Bible

Although you were excited about work before, everything’s different now. The pleasure has worn off. Opportunities pass you by. Bad bosses make it worse. And your paycheck doesn’t go quite as far as you want. Worse yet, it seems you’re stuck with this for life. Is that really God’s plan? Doesn’t He want better? This 4-day study digs in to the Bible to answer those questions and more.  

Stuck in Your Job? …What About God’s Plan?

Mentorship is important. Follow along as author Maina Mwaura examines what makes a good mentor and how mentorship helps people grow in their walk with Christ by looking at his own experience being mentored and the impact of Howard Hendricks, a teacher who mentored some of your favorite bible teachers and preachers. 

Why Mentorship Is Important: Lessons From the Influential Mentor

Most would agree that planning is an important process to be used in our workplaces, but one that is often condensed or sometimes ignored. This 7-part series will examine how Nehemiah harnessed the discipline of planning to successfully rebuild Jerusalem’s walls. His practical and wise seven-step process is one that we can use today.

Planning Like Nehemiah 

Is it possible for our faith to influence how we invest? And if so, what would that look like? There’s a movement of devoted followers of Jesus who have come to see that our faith informs everything except our investing. That needs to change. So, whether you’re a retail or institutional investor—a rich your ruler or a widow with her mite—it’s time to fuse your faith with your investment strategy... 

What is a Faith Driven Investor?

God was the first entrepreneur. He brought something out of nothing. He established order out of chaos. He created for the good of others. In this 3 day plan, you will see how God reveals His creative and entrepreneurial character throughout Scripture, validating our desire to create and giving us a theological foundation that deems the creation of new businesses, non-profits, and other cultural goods as service to the world.