Newsletter - Nov 2024
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.Proverbs 4:23
What do you look up to in our culture? What and who do you trust? Who do you model your life on? And what's your goal? It's often the thing you like to talk about most; the thing you spend the most of your money on; the one thing you wouldn't want to live without. Whatever else you may say, that's your real god!
A friend recently commented that the heroes that we look to are what we model. Reflecting on that, I thought that what we do need to do is to love God and recognise what he is calling us to.
Mother Teresa and Princess Diana died around the same time. One, a fairy-tale princess with a tragic death who longed for happiness; she was mourned by millions. The other, an old woman whose death hardly made the news, but whose life also made a massive impact. No one likes to identify with the old, poor and the dying. We prefer to link with wealth, power and position.
I had the privilege of visiting Mother Teresa in Kolkata. One person in the group said to her, I wouldn't do that, not even for $100,000. 'Neither would I,' responded Mother Teresa, 'I do it for Jesus.'
How does your commitment to Christ impact your business, your ministry, your social enterprise? As scripture says, everything flows from what's in your heart.
As we have been looking at Gospel mentoring, its crucial that we understand that we are called to be true followers of Jesus with an intentional heart change that transforms everything we do.
Enjoy this enews. Be challenged and encouraged that God loves you and has a special place for you in his heart. But he is jealous for yours, because all that we give and do springs from our hearts.
Roy Crowne
Gospel Entrepreneurs founder
Equipped and Empowered
Roy was a guest speaker at the International Filling Station's Conference in October. The theme was 'Equipped and Empowered'. Roy's two seminars were on Evangelism and Gospel Entrepreneurs. The event, pictured above and below, was held in Holy Trinity Ripon.
New Podcast Series
Season 5 of the Gospel Entrepreneurs podcasts is coming soon! Listen to them on Spotify.
12th Nov – Psychotherapist, speaker and best-selling author Anna Mathur
19th Nov - Simon Guillebaud, author, speaker and founder of Great Lakes Outreach.
26th Nov - Jody Wainwright, managing director of the family-owned, luxury jewellery brand Boodles
3rd Dec – Lara Fawcett, Trustee for the Archbishop of York Youth Trust; passionate about young people, like her brother Bear Grylls
10th Dec - Matt Parfitt, Founder of Grace Enterprises; transforming lives through supportive employment in sustainable businesses
17th Dec - Gaz Thompson, CEO & Founder of Kingdom Wrestling
40 Acts for Lent
We are thrilled to be working with Stewardship and The Way Studios on the 2025 40 Acts generosity challenge during Lent. Watch the video to find out more.
Stewardship are hosting an online event on 12th November
40acts 2025 - Introducing & Inspiring!
Tuesday 12th November 2024 at 12.30.
Join the Teams meeting
Meeting ID: 383 445 584 298
Passcode: MKLi3H
National Gathering March 2025!
Once a year we spend 24 hours in the Midlands alongside many like-minded gospel entrepreneurs in their 20s, 30s and 40s. There's the chance to listen to some great speakers sharing their experiences and wisdom in businesses and/or church ministry. This is mostly by invitation only. If you are interested in hearing more and would like to attend, or if you know a young entrepreneur who would benefit from a connection with Gospel Entrepreneurs, please get in touch via email admin@revelationtrust.org
Helping Church Planters get ready
Steve Gee, one of our Associates, is now also working part time for Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland as their new Church Planting Preparation Lead. As part of his new role, Steve will be helping church planters from across the UK & Ireland, get everything ready and in place for healthy and successful launches. Alongside this Steve continues to lead the Garden City Vineyard, in Milton Keynes, which since September 2022, has grown from a small team to over 100 adults and children.
Inspiration in Northern Ireland
Roy Crowne and entrepreneur Malcolm Johnston, a partner at Angello, both joined one of the Gospel Entrepreneur sessions run by Azman Khairuddin in Northern Ireland at Journey Church.
'It's been amazing to see so many people attend and enjoy the Gospel Entrepreneurs teaching series,' he said. 'We've all been encouraged to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and inspired to keep our walk with Jesus at the very centre of our vision for ministries, church-planting, businesses and social transformation.
Here's a link to the Facebook reel he posted about the event.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/416068498183865
Video series on mentoring
Please join us in praying for the production of our new video series on mentoring coming out soon! Paul Wilcox, author of Intentional Mentoring: Empowering a Generation One Person at a Time, will be taking part alongside inspirational entrepreneurs.
Your story?Tell us your story. How are you using the Gospel Entrepreneurs video series? Contact Lidia in the office with your news and find out more about the series here.
News Archive
If you miss an enews update you can catch up via the archive here
Connect
If you have received this Gospel Entrepreneurs news update from a friend – you can sign up here to receive it direct to your inbox each month.