Recently, at the Global CEO Network meeting in Dallas, I met a truly remarkable man. Bill Job moved to China in 1987 to study Mandarin Chinese and in 1988 began Meixia (Mesha) International obtaining a license to produce handicrafts in the Special Economic Zone of Xiamen in Fujian Province. Today with 500 employees, Meixia manufactures studio quality art glass products for markets in the United States and Asia. They are also changing lives and changing their city.
Bill’s company is not only committed to producing quality products, but seeking the “peace and prosperity” of his city by wedding good business, community, social responsibility, and eternal value. Check out Meixia’s website.
Click here to watch a short video of how Meixia combines business and ministry. Then ask yourself why this can’t happen here in the United States in your business.
Categories: Evangelism · Leadership · Workplace Faith
Tagged: Bill Job, GLobal CEO Network, Mexia, Xiamen China
Last week I had the privilege of connecting the Global CEO Network, serious business men and women committed to doing business internationally and carrying the love of Jesus Christ with them. The organization that sponsored the event was EC Group International founded by Tom Sudyk. These men and women gather twice a year to share wisdom, discuss guiding principles, and help each other operationalize their desire to take their business global or begin a new business in another country with a Kingdom agenda.
What marked these individuals as unique in my mind was their tenacious commitment to make a profit both financially and spiritually. Who would have thought these could go together? (Oh, that’s right. God) Their common values: commercial excellence and expressing God’s love through business. If you see your business as your ministry, you need to know about this group. Click here.
What’s interesting about this growing group of Kingdom entrepreneurs is that they have largely taken on this Kingdom Agenda on their own without help of mission agency or church. They just felt called to do what they could for world evangelism using what God gave them: a heart for God and a mind for business. Kind of reminds me on the Early Church, business men and women compelled by the love of Jesus taking the gospel all over the Mediterranean world after they heard it from the Apostles.
Categories: Evangelism · Leadership · Purpose · Workplace Faith
Tagged: Business as Mission, GLobal CEO Network, Kingdom Entrepreneurs, Tom Sudyk
