Faith in the Workplace
One of the greatest opportunities afforded to followers of Jesus Christ in America is the ability to live out our faith in the workplace. At least 140 million Americans regularly enter the workplace.
What it Means to Live Out Your Faith in the Workplace
Living out your faith in the workplace involves integrating your faith in Christ into every decision of your life, including the workplace. Taking your faith into the workplace also means you seek to please God in your decision making rather than other people.
One cannot conduct oneself in a manner that is inconsistent with their faith, nor can they can they make decisions that are opposite of the convictions of their faith in Christ.
Integrating faith into the workplace is the greatest need in the life of every American worker.
How to Integrate Your Faith into the Workplace
I want to share four ways you can integrate your faith into the workplace.
1. Know what you believe
It is so important to know what you believe in order to integrate your faith into each segment of your life. Knowing what you believe entails many things, but it includes reading the Bible daily and being involved weekly in a local church. It also means you are teachable and ready to learn about your faith.
You cannot and will not advance your faith into the workplace if you do not know what you believe.
2. Preserve your personal testimony
Forwarding your faith in Christ effectively will not occur if you have led others to question your beliefs or something you have done has caused you to lose your personal testimony. Infidelity to your spouse, insensitivity to others, unethical practices in your decision making, slothfulness in your work, and operating your life inconsistently can all lead to the loss of your personal testimony.
Always operate your life above reproach, make ethical decisions in your practices, work diligently, and live your personal life consistently.
3. Operate within your work parameters
Living out your faith in the workplace is not pounding it loudly and proudly through every text, email, or conversation in the workplace. If you do, this is probably outside of the parameters of your workplace.
Living out your faith with your attitude, practices, and conversations with courage is a great privilege extended to us in America—the privilege of religious liberty. Not one of us should ever be forced into doing something that violates what we believe because of our faith in Christ.
Thankfully, it is rare in our nation that the overreach of the workplace or the government itself brings a restraint upon our faith in the workplace. If it ever does, then stand with conviction and courage, but also with compassion.
4. Incorporate your faith everywhere
Incorporating your faith in every segment of your life leads to becoming whole. This negates any compartmentalization of your faith, but integrates it into each area of your life. This includes your workplace.
Integrate your faith into your workplace today.
Now is the Time to Lead,
Ronnie W. Floyd
Senior Pastor, Cross Church
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This Week at Cross Church | Looking Toward Easter
Back-to-Back Full Weeks
After spending Sunday with our Cross Church Family, I was privileged to speak four times to 40 pastors who are part of the Southern Baptists of Virginia. I spent some time in Washington, DC, attending a Board of Directors meeting with the Family Research Council and will complete my time today on the radio program, “The Washington Watch” with Tony Perkins. I am thankful for the privilege and blessing to represent Cross Church and our Lord in these ways.
Preparation Never Ceases
Even while traveling, preparation never ceases, and I am getting ready for April 9-16 here at Cross Church. Passion Week kicks off on Sunday morning, and it will be special through the preaching of God’s Word and Communion with God’s people. We have services each day of the week during Passion Week, and 15 services on Easter Weekend. Prayer is needed in this season, not just for me, but for Pastor Nick and our other pastors who lead and speak at our services.
Inviting Others is Critical for These Upcoming Days
We’ve spent weeks praying for our neighbors in Northwest Arkansas. Now is the time to begin inviting others to join us at Cross Church for Easter. Invite co-workers, friends, and family to join you for our Passion Week lunches, Good Friday evening service, and one of our Easter Weekend services. You can pick up invite cards at one of our campuses, place one of our yard signs in your yard, and even use social media or e-vites to invite others to join you. You will find shareable social media graphics and e-vites here.
Passion Week Lunches Monday – Thursday
Monday, April 10 through Thursday, April 13, we will continue teaching the series we begin on Palm Sunday, 6 Leadership Lessons We Learn from Jesus in the Last 6 Days of His Life. Our Passion Week Lunches will be held at the Pinnacle Hills campus at 11:50 a.m. You can find out more information and buy tickets here.
Friday Evening Service
On Friday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m., we will gather at our Springdale campus for Reflections on the Death of Jesus Christ. Our Good Friday service is always special. I will be speaking on Jesus’ sacrificial leadership, and we will experience worship with our combined choirs and the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA). We are praying it will be a powerful worship experience. You can find more information here.
Easter Weekend
We have 15 services to choose from on Easter Weekend. Find the service that works best for you and your family. You will not want to miss what we pray God will do at Cross Church during Easter Weekend.
Saturday, April 15
- Springdale– 4:00 p.m.
- Pinnacle Hills– 5:30 p.m.
- Fayetteville– 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 16
- Springdale– 9:15 & 10:55 a.m.
- Pinnacle Hills– 9:15 & 10:55 a.m.
- Fayetteville– 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.
- Fayetteville East– 10:30 a.m.
- Neosho– 9:00, 10:45 a.m.
- Español (Springdale)– 10:55 a.m.
Share, invite, and come to Passion Week and Easter Weekend!
Now is the Time to Lead
Ronnie W. Floyd
Dr. Ronnie Floyd is the President & CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.