Christian Business  Resources

As a service to Christian business people, Spann & Associates maintains an Internet list of resources for Minnesota business leaders seeking Christian-Oriented business services. 

Brief descriptions of each service are provided after the lists.  Please notify Mary Lou Spann 763-755-5959 of other resources that might be included here. This list is periodically updated. The last update was January 2011.

Disclaimer: Spann & Associates has not conducted an evaluation of any service in this list. Persons desiring service from these providers must conduct their own investigation of services' competency or relevance to your particular situation.

List of Christian-Oriented Services for

Business People

• CBMC (Connecting Business & the Marketplace to Christ

• CBMC  Forum

• CBWF (Christian Business Women's Fellowship)

• Christ@Work, Fellowship of Companies for Christ, International

• Christian Chamber of Commerce

• Christian Community Fair

• Christian Network Team

• College course:  Christian Faith and the Management Professions: An Entrepreneurial Perspective, University of St.Thomas

• Fellowship of Christian Business & Professional Women

• Greater St. Paul Prayer Breakfast

• Harvest Evangelism

• Here's Life Inner City

• Hope For The City

• Julian Group

• Legacy Growth Partners

• Lessons From Leaders

• Minnesota Prayer Breakfast  

• Navigators Metro Mission

• Priority Associates

• Search Ministries  

• Seeing Things Whole   

• Servant Leaders' Support, Inc.  

• Spann & Associates

• Twin Cities Christian Business Directory

• Twin Cities Christian Foundation

• Workplace Coach Institute

Brief Description of Christian-Oriented Services For Business People

CBMC (Connecting Business & the Marketplace to Christ)

Contact Tom Whitney, 612-866-1994, www.northland.cbmc.com. Mission is the evangelism and discipleship of business and professional men and women. Has one-on-one discipleship tool (Operation Timothy), weekly prayer teams, training workshops, outreach luncheons, seminars, and regional and national conferences. 

CBMC Forum

Contact Don Hoffert, 612-298-7858,

www.cbmcforums.com, dhoffert@cbmc.com.  Christian business owners and presidents participate in monthly meetings to solve difficult business issues, and assist each other in making the right decisions that will ultimately glorify God through their lives and businesses. 

CBWF (Christian Business Women's Fellowship)

Contact Polly Olson, 952-446-6947,

olsonpolly@gmail.com, www.cbwfmn.org,  Presents Christian- Oriented Speakers at monthly luncheons at Edina Country Club.

Christ@Work,  Fellowship of Companies for Christ International

Contact (local) Phil Hansen, 763-571-9708, phil.hansen@gmail.com or (national organization)  Doug Hunter, 770-685-6000, www.fcci.org.  Mission is to equip owners and CEOs to operate businesses and conduct personal lives according to Biblical principles. Has one-on-one programs, group meetings, executive advisory groups and local, regional and national conferences. Christian Leadership Training Meeting held every Friday morning 7 - 8:30 a.m. at the Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park, MN. 

Christian Chamber of Commerce - Minnesota

Website shows events in Minneapolis and Burnsville at  www.usccc-mn.org

Christian Community Fair

Contact Rich Branham, 763-670-5051,

TCCFAIR@aol.com, www.christianfair.com. ASK Events - non-profit events. Annual gathering of Christian ministries and businesses, along with family-friendly organizations from throughout our community. The 2010 Fair was the Fifth Annual Event which included 162 booths and 10,000 people attending.

Christian Network Team

Contact Kenneth L. Johnson, 651-776-6171

or www.christiannetworkteams.org, cntmn@juno.com. To bring Christian business owners together to provide Biblical training on issues relating to common interests, and to provide encouragement and accountability through sharing of experiences and openness with each other. Monthly 3 hour meetings divided equally into three sections: 1) Devotions, 2)  Host member presentation/update on his business,  3) Members briefly share the events of the past month, requests for prayer are shared, and the group prays for the requests.  Every other month, there is also an outside presenter.  Contribution-based member service. 

College course:  Christian Faith and the Management Professions: An Entrepreneurial Perspective, University of St. Thomas 

Contact the John M. Morrison Center for Entrepreneurship, University of St. Thomas, 651-962-4400.

The purpose of the course is to find out what it means to be a "good" entrepreneur.  It explores how an entrepreneur can contribute to the common good in his or her work, how entrepreneurship can be a Christian vocation, and methods that will lead to sharing of wealth within an enterprise in light of the social teachings of the church. 

Mission-Driven Business Education Curriculum can be found at
www.stthomas.edu/cathstudies/cst/curriculum/BusCurrmaterial.html

Fellowship of Christian Business & Professional Women

Contact 952-252-8096,

www.intrinxec.com/fcbpw.html.  Presentations held at The Woman's Club of Minneapolis.

Greater St. Paul Prayer Breakfast

Contact Mike Smith, mike@redeeminglovechurch.com.  A very large annual prayer breakfast held in November each year with representation from all industries, city, state and local governments, the judiciary, education, media and entertainment.

Harvest Evangelism

Contact Rick Heeren,  www.harvestevan.org. www.TransformOurWorld.org, Promotes Prayer Evangelism, City Reaching, and Marketplace Transformation.

Here's Life Inner City (Compassionate Urban Ministry of Campus Crusade For Christ)

Contact John Sather, 612-338-0999 

or john.sather@ccci.org.   Links business people with urban ministries and with ethnic business people for the cause of Christ among the poor. 

Hope For The City

Contact Jordana Kraabel, 952-897-7799  www.hopeforthecities.org.  Mission: Bridge the gap between the church and business community while reaching out to those in need.  Hope for the City receives donations from the business sector, and redistributes these goods through non-profit organizations to the working poor and homeless. 

Julian Group

Contact Larry Julian at 763-404-2688

or www.godismyceo.com. Coaching, consulting and monthly meetings for Christian Business Owners and Presidents.

Legacy Growth Partners

Contact Steve Olson, CPA at 952-484-1087, solson@legacygrowth.com  www.legacygrowth.com. Business Development Strategies for Owners and Presidents.

Lessons From Leaders, Harry Atwood Lecture Series, Northwestern College Business Department.

Call 651-631-5151

(ticket office) or www.nwc.edu\tickets. Periodic breakfast presentations by well-known successful Christian business leaders.

Minnesota Prayer Breakfast

Contact  www.minnesotaprayer.org. The Minnesota Prayer Breakfast began in 1961 and is patterned after the National Prayer Breakfast held annually in Washington DC.  The Minnesota Prayer Breakfast is planned by a committee of volunteer lay persons representing a cross-section of community life and religious beliefs. The location of the breakfast alternates between Minneapolis and St. Paul.  The breakfast is held in the spring of the year. A non-profit project.  

Navigators Metro Mission

Contact Joe Komarek, 612-310-7764,

jkomarek@q.com, or www.navigators.org\us\staff\komarek.  Transforming the Marketplace One Life at a Time in the suburbs west of the Minneapolis area.

Priority Associates

Contact Ron Soderquist at 612-730-7037

or ron@servantleadership.com.  www.Priorityassociates.org.  Mission is the evangelism and discipleship of business and professional men and women  through Bible Studies and mentoring opportunities  held throughout the Twin Cities area.  Also trips to Haiti and other overseas locations offer great vision and training opportunities.  

Search Ministries

Contact Jeff Siemon, 952-929-0628

or www.searchmn.org.  Mission is to be a catalyst in lifestyle evangelism and discipleship.  Seekers and faithful followers from the business and professional communities are served through seminars, workshops, event outreaches, small group training and leadership development. Tools and resource materials are geared to assist one's effort in reaching their network with the Gospel in a redemptive, gentle and respectful manner. 

Seeing Things Whole

Contact the Lifelong Learning Center office at 651-641-3444

or www.SeeingThingsWhole.org. An Action Research Program for instilling spiritual values into the workplace, currently not open to new participant companies.  Luther Seminary, through its Lifelong Learning Center, presents periodic workshops on spiritual values in the workplace.

Servant Leaders' Support, Inc.

Contact Richard and Mary Coleman, 612-823-6822,

Ext 3651(Richard), Ext 3653 (Mary), richard@slsupport.org. Sponsors monthly meetings which present panels rich in gender, denominational, vocational and ethnic diversity. Hear and meet other male and female leaders of parish ministries, nonprofits, businesses and government.

Spann & Associates

Contact Mary Lou Spann, Ph.D., 763-755-5959

or mlspann@spannassoc.com, www.spannassoc.com.  A management consulting firm providing coaching, consulting, team building, and  problem solving to recognize the potential in individuals, teams and organizations. Expert in the Hartman Value Profile.

Twin Cities Christian Business Directory

Contact  Brittany Keener  763-746-2468,

at Minnesota Christian Chronicle, or officemanager@mcchronicle.com, www.mcchronicle.com. A business directory of Christian businesses in the Twin Cities. Paid advertisements, free distribution. The Minnesota Christian Chronicle prints out a calendar of Christian group events at www.mcchronicle.com/Pages/Calendar.html.

Twin Cities Christian Foundation

Contact Sandy at 612-288-2228

or visit www.tccfoundation.org.  A non-profit Christian Foundation bridging the gap between Christian charities in Minnesota and successful individuals who wish to 'give back and make a significant difference in their community.' Offers Foundation Services and Community Engagement services.

Workplace Coach Institute

Contact Nancy Branton, 651-459-0528, nancy@workplacecoachinstitute.com.  Offers Christian and secular coaching, consulting, talent and leadership training. The firm is dedicated to bringing a system of humanity and humanness back into the global workplace.