Episode 3: Exploring Business as a Ministry with Mike Sharrow

Summary

In this episode, Robert Bortins interviews Mike Sharrow, president and CEO of the C12 Group. C12 is a national platform where thousands of Christian CEOs and business owners learn and pursue building “great businesses for a greater purpose” together. In this conversation, Robert and Mike discuss BaaM (Business as a Ministry) and what it means to be a Christian in business.

“We serve 3,200 people. We don’t serve all the people. But that’s 3,200 CEOs and leaders of businesses, let alone vice-presidents and presidents and directors and managers… I just think if we can redeem the normalness of living this way [applying Business as a Ministry], it can change our lives, it can change our families, and it can change worlds.”

Mike Sharrow

Topics

• Intro to Mike Sharrow, BaaM, and the C12 Group [0:49]
• Mike’s journey to CEO of C12 [1:53]
• What it means that C12 is the largest network of CEO peer-advisory groups [4:56]
• An explanation of BaaM (Business as a Ministry) [7:22]
• BaaM is a biblical concept [10:06]
• BaaM applying to non-profit and for-profit organizations [13:24]
• Spiritual Value Added and the number of salvations through C12 [16:22]
• All types of work are for Jesus [19:10]
• BaaM for non-business owners or small business owners [21:29]
• Where people can learn about the C12 Group [25:08]
• Farewell to Mike [27:14]
• Ad: Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution [27:28]
• Classical Tools Recap [28:05]
• Current Events Discussion: The Russia-Ukraine War [29:23]
• Ad: Senators of Rome and Exploring the Heavens with Uncle Paul [32:40]
• Crypto with Will: The characteristics of currency [33:04]
• Outro [37:49]

Mentions

• C12
• The Challenge Program | Classical Conversations
• Trinity International University
• Colossians 3:23 | Bible Gateway
• What is SaaS? Software as a Service | Microsoft Azure
• Spotify
• Netflix
• TOMS
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Amazon
• “Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.” | Charles Spurgeon | Goodreads
• R. G. LeTourneau | Wikipedia
• David Green | Wikipedia
• Hobby Lobby
• Buck Jacobs, Founder of C12
• Alice in Wonderland
• IRS
• Economic Value Added (EVA) Definition | Investopedia
• EBITDA: Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization Definition | Investopedia
• Measuring the Impact of Your Business as a Ministry | C12
• Corporate Chaplains of America
• Matthew 28:16-20 | Bible Gateway
• C12 Business Forums | YouTube
• Star Wars: A New Hope
• Russia-Ukraine War | Associated Press News
• What is NATO? | NATO
• Bitcoin
• Ethereum
• Satoshi Definition | Investopedia