Research resources from and for missional Christian leaders
Global Workplace Forum 2019
Research and Work
What is Work? Work is a mixture of someone undertaking some activity on behalf of themselves or others in order that an objective can be achieved, usually for some (financial) benefit. ... What is Strategy? A strategy is a plan of action designed to...
Stopping Child Abuse One Workplace at a Time
Children are being sexually abused everywhere around the world. These acts of violence continue to have a ripple effect into near every area of a child’s life and future. In this session, Pranitha Timothy sheds light on how Christians are the key to...
Succeeding at Work while Remaining Faithful (Daniel 1)
In this Scripture devotional, Steve Osei-Mensah unpacks Daniel 1 to provide principles in the tension between success in the workplace and faithfulness to God, using the example of Daniel’s 70-year career of civil service. For more information go to...
Technology in the Workplace
Cain and Abel perhaps used neolithic tools for farming and herding. From Genesis 4:21-22 we know that Yubal invented musical instruments while Tubal-Cain forged implements of copper and iron. Technology has been an integral part of human...
The Biblical Antidote to Burnout
It is apparent in Scripture that all humanity is created to work. In this session, Bishop Glenn Davies shares that work is part of God's design for our lives, but so is rest. If we are to work for the glory of God, then we must also rest for his...
The Cost of Depression at Work
Mental health affects the workplace, and the workplace affects mental health. Brad Smith and Gladys Mwiti speak about the suffering, economics, and justice of this two-way relationship between mental health and workplace, and the need for the church...
The Dark Side of the Workplace
Craig Greenfield describes the need for careful awareness and examination about our blind spots toward injustices in business and the workplace. He interviews Edielyn Beltran, a former domestic worker from the Philippines to Qatar, about her recent...
The Mission Field Moving into Your Neighborhood
TV Thomas, Joy Tira, and Sam George spotlight the mass movement of people across the globe and its significance for both the workplace and the spread of the gospel. Migration is a force that cannot be ignored nor avoided, including its moving of...
The Wealth of the Poor: Women and the Savings Movement in Africa
This paper explores biblical principles of wealth, poverty, and power in view of World Relief’s emerging Savings for Life economic development programs in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Principles: Wealth, Poverty, and PowerPractice: African...
Unleashing Love, Righteousness, and Justice at the Workplace
Andy Mills helps reframe our understanding of the ways that work is deeply spiritual and significant. When Christians engage in the workplace these ways, God unleashes them in love, righteousness, and justice for real impact. For more information go...
Wealth Creation: Biblical Views and Perspectives
‘Remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth’ (Deut 8:18). The Bible talks about wealth in three ways; one is bad and two are good. Hoarding of wealth is condemned. Sharing of wealth is encouraged. Creation...
When Women are Empowered, Entire Communities are Transformed
enny Yang speaks on women around the world, the inequalities and injustices endured, such as 104 economies with laws preventing women from working in specific jobs, 59 economies with no laws on sexual harassment in the workplace, and 18 economies...
When Your Boss Throws You into the Furnace (Daniel 3)
In this exposition of Daniel 3, Rosalee Velloso Ewell teaches on how to respond to bosses and colleagues when facing times of trial and opposition. We are challenged to consider Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego’s examples of faith, surrender, and...
Witnessing at a Multinational Oil Company
John Ng’ang’a shares several humorous yet deeply profound stories of his encounters with colleagues about Jesus Christ as he worked his way up a multinational oil company ladder. For more information go to Witnessing at a Multinational Oil Company...
Witnessing in the Workplace
In this case study, Richard Higginson and Kina Robertshaw present three Christian business leaders in the United Kingdom who are gospel witnesses, each in a different way—by standing firm to their principles, serving their employees, and directly...
Work in the Home
The workplace called ‘home’ where many women, a few men, and many more paid domestic workers work is often overlooked. This not only covers caring for young children, but also family members who are sick, disabled, or elderly. In this session,...
Workplace: Where Wall Street and the Word Collide
David Miller reflects on the late John Stott’s teaching of ‘balanced, biblical Christianity’ and challenges believers to bring their whole self to work. For more information go to Workplace: Where Wall Street and the Word Collide on the Lausanne...