In a fresh initiative to explore doing business with God and each other a new gathering of movers and shakers is set to emerge in the marketplace.
Under the banner of Love Black Country (LBC), the new Kingdom Business enterprise is already planning regular get-togethers as is embraces a nothing is inevitable ethos of hope.
The brief is both profound, yet simple, as the project edges into the brave arena of the prophetic: What is God doing; what is he saying.
Promoted as a marketplace “journey”, no-one can envisage the full extent of future influence as the body of Christ becomes radically active outside its church frame.
Acknowledging that “this really is an adventure,” LBC points to the region’s Industrial Revolution trailblazers, who stared, blinking into uncertain futures. They could not curate their tomorrows, no path was lit before them, yet they indelibly marked their age.
For the first time in more than 20 years, Love Black Country is aggressively marketing this creative trajectory of movement and moments.
The strategy primarily embraces business, but other touchpoints of influence in society are welcome.
Emerging plans mark a clear difference between Christians in business and Kingdom business principles.
“We need both,” said Mark Billage of the Kingdom Business steering team.
“The team spent a day seeking God to define a way forward. Kingdom is about hope, being salt and light, transferring the DNA of Heaven into the marketplace, equipping, training and being carriers of the spirit of wisdom and transformation.
“We’re not just about being Christians in business, it’s much more . . . it’s being Christian businesses.
“This is a journey of exploration for people who will dream with us. The biggest hold on business is ‘mammon’ and we are not teaching prosperity. But we do seek to be spiritually intelligent, while not ignoring the practicalities of being in business.”
Mark added: “We want to be inspirational and not acting out of memory – the way God did things before – it’s not the flaky ‘hearing god’ thing every day. It’s about hearing strategies from Heaven and doing it.”
Seven principles will carry the heartbeat of Kingdom Business: Relationship, worship and stewardship, championing, revelation and faith – not fear, generosity and contentment, impact and transformation, love and foundational training.
With a recovering post pandemic economic landscape, LBC believes the ‘rebrand’ of the old Big Breakfast gatherings was inevitable possibilities of God breaking out in the body of Christ beyond church settings were reimagined.
LBC’s network coordinator Tim Fellows said: “With a shift of focus, I believe this is really an adventure, a massively significant move. We have asked ‘what do we see the Lord doing; what do we hear him saying?’
“The prophetic journey is never comfortable, but I understand God is about doing something in our marketplace if we can only hear his strategy and apply it.”
