The Genesis of Business with a Mission is in Genesis
Work and business are deeply divine and deeply human. Doing business reflects who God is, and who we are. God is the Creator, full of creativity. He created good things for himself and others.
God said: “Let us create”! The triune God created in community for community, including Adam and Eve. We are created in
God’s image, and thus we are also creative, and created to create, also in
business – good products and services. We are to do business in community, and for community.
Genesis tells us that God did quality control at the end of each creation / production day, and found the products good. God created in the physical arena, and was never ashamed of using his creativity power to create the sun and the moon, and fish and bananas.
Thus, we can and should proudly create tangible products and real services, and like God do quality control. We should strive for excellence in business. For God and for people, for the common good.
Investing is essential to fully accomplish the purpose of business. Not just money, but also allocating things like time, prayer, skills and connections.
Like Adam and Eve in the garden, sowing one seed to reap twenty, businesses requires putting in various resources with the expectation of a return. Not just a financial return, but also a return, a positive impact, on multiple bottom-lines for multiple stakeholders.
Investments allow businesses to grow, innovate, and continually serve the common good by developing better products and services.
Work, creativity, value added processes, investments, profit, ROI, product development, quality control, and serving the common good – business fundamentals – are all found in the first chapters of the Bible.
The genesis of business with a mission is in Genesis.
