Creating synergy between Marketplace and local church ministries is one of the greatest challenges we have seen in working with churches. There is a lack of understanding of the relationship between the church leader, and the business leader’s need of one another. Many times this resentment grows, and then the spirit of independence comes in as church leaders pressured by financial needs and demands of ministry, tend to be territorial and possessive over the businesses, seeing them as the solution to their ministry. God wants to raise up businesses that prosper, and become the solution to the vision of the kingdom in the church, but we need to understand the true nature of the apostolic mandate of business leaders. God gives them not only the ability to create wealth, but also vision, strategy and boldness to be used to expand the vision of the church and advance the kingdom of God. On the other hand, the business leaders also need the shepherding and love of their spiritual leaders.
They need the love, nurture and training in the spiritual realm like any other member of the church. Their mission and intensity in their marketplace ministry does not usually allow them to have an active role in the daily duties and volunteering in the church activities as others might be. Understanding the synchrony is essential for the growth of the vision and fulfillment of the Lord‘s prayer: “May your kingdom come, May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”. Ken believes that Marketplace ministries will be a key element in advancing this vision of kingdom across denominational lines, and be fundamental in the answer to Jesus’s prayer for us to be one, so the world may believe.