Stefan highlighted the realities of being in one’s own business and the things that we should keep in mind when we are considering going into business for ourselves.

Piet spoke briefly about the cost of discipleship as illustrated by Jesus in Luke 14:28 “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? (ESV)” Jesus here compares the cost of discipleship to a physical thing – the cost of building a tower. Drawing this out into the physical world of planning and designing and costing the materials and labour, it becomes clear that planning is an important consideration in any project – especially the lifelong “project” of being a disciple.

Having dealt with administrative issues, Callie jumped right on in with a talk considering some of the God-given keys for success in business (without insinuating that God guarantees business success). In partial answer to this topic a few keys were discussed:

Saturday 23 January saw the first of a new series of monthly events happening at 3Ci: the 3Ci Business Forum. The intent of this forum is to engage business people from our community in finding the mind of Christ and the heart of God in business. It is hosted by Callie Swart, one of the elders overseeing our church and he is backed up by a team of others, each of whom is accomplished in business

Saturday 23 January saw the first of a new series of monthly events happening at 3Ci: the 3Ci Business Forum. The intent of this forum is to engage business people from our community in finding the mind of Christ and the heart of God in business. It is hosted by Callie Swart, one of the elders overseeing our church and he is backed up by a team of others, each of whom is accomplished in business