Leadership

We Need Entrepreneurs, Not More Fishermen

One of the most important and versatile skills that can be learned today is how to be an entrepreneur. This does not necessarily mean starting your own business, but it could mean employing entrepreneurial practices like empathy, experimentation, creativity, and reflection in day-to-day life. This is especially true in modern day churches. As more people are being brought to God and the church is constantly expanding, we need these types of entrepreneurial leaders in the church to guide the people and navigate our community towards God. We need entrepreneurs, not more fishermen.

Fishermen, as described in the Bible, were people specifically chosen by Jesus to lead non-believers to the Word of God. Also known as “fishers of men,” these were mainly Jesus’s disciples and apostles. Nowadays, almost anyone can go out from a church and lead more people to the Gospel, but what happens when new believers reach the church? What kinds of questions do they have? What do they want to know? How can we continue a path that will lead them to God?

The simple answer is entrepreneurs. More specifically, leaders that will use biblical and entrepreneurial practices in the church. The church needs these leaders, because without them, the church community would have nowhere to go. It is as important for new believers as it is for seasoned Christians to have a place to discuss the Bible, ask questions, and gain more information about the Savior. If the church gains more entrepreneurial leaders, these people will be able to bring empathy, experimentation, boldness, creativity, and reflection into the church and guide our community to a better understanding of the Gospel.

We can use the church to live out our faith, and not just as a gathering of people once a week, but as a true community of believers. The church needs leaders today more than ever! In the middle of a pandemic, with scarce signs of hope anywhere, we can raise up entrepreneurial leaders to guide new believers and lead the church to brighter future.

Do we need fishermen? Yes.

But the gift of biblical entrepreneurship is something that the church is missing today.

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