FCCI Pathway to Purpose Podcast

Great vision, great idea, great plan...but limited resources? Does that describe a situation you're in now or have found yourself in at some point in your business career?
Gideon had limited resources and it wasn't God's plan for him to follow typical methodology in conquering the Midianites. God had a unique plan to leverage limited resources to accomplish exponential returns.
We see that principle throughout scripture. Remember the story about the five loaves and two fish? How about the story of fisherman who had been fishing all night, were exhausted, done for the day when Jesus told them to go back out onto the lake (at a time most would consider the worst for fishing) and they brought in the largest haul of their lives. AND, how about the story of that shepherd boy and his sling.

Limited resources, great faith!

Ken Powell, host of FCCI's Pathway to Purpose podcast pulls a training series from the FCCI archives that features Dr. Bruce Cook. From 1992-1997 Bruce served as President/CEO of Rapha, a national health care organization providing faith-based, inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse treatment programs in 26 hospitals in 22 states. Bruce was also founder and CEO of Leadership Dynamics International, providing management and leadership training programs to over 100,000 participants in Asia, Europe, Africa, U.S., Canada and Latin America. From 1977-79 Bruce served as National Director for Campus Crusade for Christ’s “Here’s Life America” which involved over 300,000 trained volunteers in 200 cities. Bruce has also served on management task forces for AT&T, United Airlines, and Coca Cola.

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"Inspiring people to want to follow Jesus as fervently and joyfully as you are, to be so excited about being a disciple that they're going out and making disciples themselves...that was Jesus' strategy to turn the world upside down."
On this episode, Ken Powell, host of FCCI's Pathway to Purpose podcast is kicking off part one of a message from Dr. Richard Blackaby (President, Blackaby Ministries) on the topic of mentoring next generation leaders. Richard delivers a compelling story from the life of Elijah, as we come face to face with Elijah's struggle to find the motivation and overcome the obstacles to mentor others.
Watch this episode on YouTube HERE.
Here is a link to Rick Fisher's book, "From Generation to Generation, Building a Godly Legacy". Rick serves as the Vice President of Blackaby Ministries International.
Register soon for the FCCI International Conference 2024...Richard Blackaby will be speaking and Rick Fisher will be participating the conference as well.
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We believe that it is when business owners and leaders live in the tension - welcoming both the necessity to plan and the necessity to live by faith...that we will see Kingdom transformation occurring in our businesses.
It's in that tension that we lean into the admonition of James 2 verses 17-18, "so also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself. But someone will say "you have faith and I have works". Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works".
It is quite possible that it is in the daily operation of a business that we can experience the greatest testing of our faith, through our deep dependency on God to accomplish the work that He has planned in advance for us to do - as we are reminded of in Ephesians 2:10
On this episode, Ken Powell host of FCCI's Pathway to Purpose podcast pulls a training series from the FCCI archives that features Dr. Bruce Cook. From 1992-1997 Bruce served as President/CEO of Rapha, a national health care organization providing faith-based, inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse treatment programs in 26 hospitals in 22 states. Bruce was also founder and CEO of Leadership Dynamics International, providing management and leadership training programs to over 100,000 participants in Asia, Europe, Africa, U.S., Canada and Latin America. From 1977-79 Bruce served as National Director for Campus Crusade for Christ’s “Here’s Life America” which involved over 300,000 trained volunteers in 200 cities. Bruce has also served on management task forces for AT&T, United Airlines, and Coca Cola.

Visit the FCCI website to learn more about leadership content, events, conferences, and the free CONNECT app for the Christian business leader community.

How do you expand your productivity as an owner or CEO? Should you hire another executive leader...or is there a better way to get more done and reach greater profitability?
Do you know why you're bored in your role? Or maybe you're stressed in your role and facing burn-out?
Have you clarified if you're a Designer-Developer OR a Developer-Stabilizer? Do you know if you're opportunity oriented, goal oriented, or problem oriented? Do you know how the answers to those questions impact your business, your marriage, your parenting?
These questions and many others will be tackled on this episode in a leadership training series that features Bobb Biehl, an executive mentor who has been consulting senior executives since 1976. Bobb delivered this transformational talk during an FCCI conference.
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You step into the family business to work alongside your father...within a little over a year, he passes away due to heart attack, the factory almost burns to ground, and you're wrestling with trying to understand how your faith intersects with the grind of business life. Sound challenging enough?
On this episode Ken Powell, host of FCCI's Pathway to Purpose podcast pulls a keynote presentation from the FCCI archives that features John Beckett. John D. Beckett grew up in Elyria, Ohio and graduated from M.I.T. in 1960 before working as an engineer in the aerospace industry. In 1963 he joined his father’s small manufacturing business, R.W. Beckett Corp., and became president in 1965 upon the death of his father. The company has grown to become a worldwide leader in producing engineered components for residential and commercial heating.

Along with its affiliates, the company employs some 700 people. Mr. Beckett is a founding board member of The King’s College in New York City, serves on the board of Campus Crusade for Christ, International, and is a director of Graphic Packaging Corporation, a NYSE-listed manufacturing company. He served as the college’s interim chairman from May 2007 to December 2008. His first book, Loving Monday: Succeeding in Business Without Selling Your Soul, was published in 1998, and is now available in fourteen languages. His second book, Mastering Monday: A Practical Guide to Integrating Faith and Work, was released in July 2006. Mr. Beckett received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Spring Arbor University in 2002 and The King’s College in 2008.

He was also named “Christian Businessman of the Year” by the Christian Broadcasting network (1999) and manufacturing “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young (2003). He resides in Elyria, Ohio with his wife of 47 years, Wendy. They have six children and eighteen grandchildren.

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