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KINGDOM ENTREPRENEURS IDENTIFYING YOUR GOD-GIVEN MARKETPLACE ASSIGNMENT BY DARREN SHEARER
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s marketplace Christians, we are called to help the marketplace to reveal the glory of God, beginning with the industries to which God has called each of us.
You may be wondering,
“To what industry has God called me?” Now that we have clarified the primary purpose of our work in the marketplace, let’s explore three criteria we can use to identify the specific industries to which God has assigned each of us.
18 SEVEN SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2019
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1: IT’S AN INDUSTRY WHOSE MISSION YOU’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. When I was in business school, I attempted to start a website that would be a “one-stop-shop for purchasing fitness services” (i.e. gym memberships, exercise classes, etc.). I lost $5,000 in the process by paying a poorly-vetted and untrustworthy web developer to build the prototype of the website. As soon as I lost that money, I decided to learn how to build the website myself. As I started to list the various fitness service providers on the website, I quickly realized that I wasn’t as passionate about the fitness industry as I thought I was. Or, at least, I didn’t enjoy the industry enough to build a company in it. Although I exercise six
