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You Can Grow Your Business Into Bankruptcy

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 1 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Can a business be growing and still be financially unhealthy? And how should a Christian entrepreneur balance faith, money, risk, debt, leadership, and family without treating business and ministry as two completely separate worlds?

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, banker and executive pastor Jonathan Hill shares lessons from nearly 20 years in commercial banking, church leadership, financial stewardship, and personal growth. Jonathan explains why Christian business owners cannot rely on revenue alone, why cash flow and accurate financial statements matter, how debt can become either a useful tool or dangerous risk, and why faith should never become an excuse to ignore financial wisdom.

We also explore biblical stewardship, Christian entrepreneurship, leadership, business relationships, emotional intelligence, mentoring, integrity, wealth, business growth, and the difference between appearing successful and actually building a healthy life.

If you’re a Christian entrepreneur, business owner, leader, or professional trying to build something successful without sacrificing your faith, family, finances, or integrity, this conversation will challenge how you define both business success and personal wealth.

What You’ll Learn:

→ You’ll discover why growth and financial health are not the same thing and how rapid expansion can actually create serious cash-flow problems.

→ Jonathan explains the financial numbers entrepreneurs should watch, including cash, expenses, balance sheets, profit-and-loss statements, bank reconciliations, and financial trends.

→ You’ll hear how to distinguish faith from financial foolishness, including the role of prayer, Scripture, wise counsel, accurate numbers, and understanding the risk behind debt.

→ You’ll also learn why relationships outperform transactions, why integrity begins with the people closest to you, and how Christian entrepreneurs can treat the marketplace itself as an opportunity for ministry.

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It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

What if the key to building a successful business isn’t loving your product, but learning how to lead people, solve problems, build relationships, and steward what you’ve been given?

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Casey Doyle shares the leadership principles behind carrying forward a third-generation family business that began in 1947. Casey explains why flooring itself isn’t what motivates him, the people, relationships, teams, and opportunities the business creates are what matter most. From moving out of education and coaching into the family business to navigating difficult seasons, expanding into new ventures, developing employees, managing risk, and balancing work with faith and family, Casey offers practical lessons for entrepreneurs and business leaders at every stage.

You’ll also hear why he believes entrepreneurs should stop obsessing over finding their passion and instead “find a problem and get to work,” why character matters more than competence when hiring, how the right business partners can create more horsepower, and why Christian entrepreneurship begins with replacing an ownership mentality with a stewardship mentality.

Highlights:

→ Casey explains how his years as a teacher and coach taught him to build teams, motivate people, handle wins and losses, and create a company culture where employees stay.

→ You’ll discover how Casey approaches family business leadership, including working with a brother whose strengths are almost the exact opposite of his own and why those differences make the company stronger.

→ Casey shares the four priorities that guide his time, God, his wife, his children, and everything else competing for his attention, and why getting that order wrong eventually affects the business.

→ You’ll hear his philosophy of relationship equity, partnerships, calculated risk, stewardship, hard work, and becoming memorable enough that people think about you even when you aren’t in the room.

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I Chased Success for 11 Years, Then Everything Changed

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

What happens when success, money, leadership, and ambition still leave you broken on the inside?

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Andrew Swofford shares the hard business and life lessons that completely changed the way he sees success, Christian entrepreneurship, leadership, marriage, identity, and faith. After years of chasing financial success, Andrew reached a point where he believed he could lose his marriage, his career, and his family. What happened next transformed the way he understood God, work, business, and his identity as a son.

Andrew also shares the story behind 518 Energy, why Ecclesiastes 5:18 shapes the company’s identity, and how he moved from corporate America into entrepreneurship. This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, and anyone trying to understand how faith and business can work together without building your own kingdom instead of God’s.

Highlights:

→ You’ll hear why Andrew believes you don’t need a perfect business plan before taking action, how becoming comfortable hearing “no” made him a stronger salesperson and entrepreneur, why character and integrity can matter more than experience when hiring, and how surrounding yourself with people who carry strengths you don’t have can transform your leadership.

→ You’ll also discover Andrew’s “distribution center” approach to stewardship, receiving what God gives without holding tightly to it, and why asking “Who am I in this situation?” can sometimes be more powerful than constantly asking, “What should I do?”

→ Most importantly, Andrew explains why knowing information about Jesus is different from actually knowing Him, and why that distinction became one of the most expensive lessons of his life.

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God May Be Calling You Out of Ministry, and Into Business

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

What if leaving church ministry doesn’t mean leaving your calling?

For many Christians, ministry and vocational church work become so closely connected that stepping into business can feel like stepping away from God’s purpose. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Mark Hadley shares his journey from youth ministry and senior church leadership into entrepreneurship, and how he discovered that serving God in business isn’t a lesser calling.

Mark explains how he navigated fear, financial uncertainty, identity shifts, and the challenge of starting again with little marketplace credibility. He also shares how his years in pastoral ministry prepared him to become a better consultant, listener, problem solver, and business owner.

If you’re a Christian entrepreneur, pastor considering a career transition, ministry leader exploring business, or believer trying to understand what kingdom entrepreneurship actually looks like, this conversation will help you rethink the relationship between faith, work, calling, stewardship, business, and ministry.

Highlights:

→ You’ll learn how to separate your calling from your paycheck and recognize that ministry can happen far beyond the walls of a church. Mark explains why the skills developed in pastoral ministry can translate surprisingly well into entrepreneurship, especially listening, problem solving, leadership, and serving people through difficult situations.

→ You’ll also hear how to discern whether a business opportunity aligns with your kingdom identity, why entrepreneurs need the discipline to keep showing up before results appear, and how to resist compromising your values when financial pressure increases.

→ Mark shares a practical perspective on stewardship, viewing your time, talent, treasure, influence, and business success as resources God can use. He also explains why Sabbath remains one of the most important disciplines in his life as an entrepreneur and how rest reminds him that the success of his business does not depend entirely on him.

→ Finally, if you’re considering leaving vocational ministry, Mark offers encouragement for navigating the fear of starting something new without abandoning the faith, community, and spiritual identity that shaped you.

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Not Every Good Opportunity Is Your Calling

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

How do you know whether a business opportunity is actually from God, or simply a good idea you’re capable of pursuing? For Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders, that question can determine whether you spend the next season walking in your calling or carrying a weight God never asked you to pick up.

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Josh Allen shares how faith transformed the way he approaches entrepreneurship, leadership, business decisions, money, risk, failure, success, and opportunity. After experiencing business failure, debt, regulatory pressure, entrepreneurial pivots, real estate investing, private lending, title companies, and energy ventures, Josh discovered that following Jesus in business requires more than simply asking whether an opportunity can make money.

It requires discernment, surrender, peace, patience, wise counsel, financial wisdom, and the willingness to say no.

Josh explains how he evaluates new opportunities, why entrepreneurs must consider their “return on hassle,” how creating quiet space helps him hear God, why leadership requires carrying peace during financial pressure, and why the true scoreboard of spiritual maturity may look very different from revenue, growth, or achievement.

If you’re trying to build a business while faithfully following God, this conversation will challenge how you define both calling and success.

Highlights:

→ You’ll learn how to distinguish between a profitable business opportunity and an assignment God is actually calling you to pursue, and why having the talent, money, relationships, or resources to do something doesn’t automatically mean you should do it.

→ Josh explains his “return on hassle” framework for evaluating the real weight of an opportunity, including the financial cost, people responsibility, emotional burden, time commitment, and capacity it will take away from everything else God has entrusted to you.

→ You’ll also hear how intentional silence, early-morning prayer, Scripture, surrender, and becoming neutral about the outcome can help Christian entrepreneurs make better decisions instead of repeatedly forcing closed doors open.

→ Finally, Josh shares a radically different leadership scoreboard built around the fruit of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and the atmosphere you create around other people, and explains why success ultimately means far more than money, influence, or business growth.

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Your Business Might Be the Ministry God Gave You

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

What if the business God has given you is also one of the greatest ministry opportunities you will ever have?

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray sits down with Doug Oakes, owner of Can Do Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, to explore what happens when Christian entrepreneurship, faith, leadership, business growth, and Kingdom purpose come together.

Doug's journey didn't follow a straight line. He moved from traditional church ministry into leadership in the California oil fields before eventually purchasing and growing a plumbing and HVAC company. Along the way, God used every season to teach him about people, culture, stewardship, faith, and what it really means to lead.

You'll hear why Doug literally wrote his own obituary to create a vision for his future, how business ownership challenged his faith through payroll and financial uncertainty, why he refuses to build a company that succeeds while its employees struggle, and how Christian business owners can treat their workplace as a mission field.

If you're a Christian entrepreneur, business owner, marketplace leader, or aspiring entrepreneur trying to integrate your faith with the way you lead, grow, hire, serve customers, and make money, this conversation will challenge the way you see your calling.

Highlights:

→ You'll discover how writing your future life story can clarify the decisions you need to make today and help you separate the signals that move your calling forward from the noise constantly competing for your attention.

→ Doug explains why Christian leadership and company culture require both grace and truth, including how he coaches employees, handles difficult performance conversations, and creates an environment where people have a genuine opportunity to succeed.

→ You'll also hear why competing on the lowest price can become a race to the bottom, how stronger pricing allowed Doug to invest more deeply in his employees and customers, and why trust, service, integrity, and culture can become powerful competitive advantages for a growing home-service business.

→ Finally, Doug shares lessons from buying an existing company, improving ineffective marketing, surrounding himself with experienced business owners, joining mastermind communities, and building a business around a purpose much bigger than simply making money.

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Successful but Exhausted? How to Live a Vibrant Life

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Success can look impressive on the outside while leaving you exhausted, disconnected, and unsure of who you are becoming. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, leadership coach and speaker Kiki Clarke shares how Christian leaders, business owners, and high achievers can move from burnout to clarity, purpose, and a truly vibrant life.

Kiki explains why identity in Christ is the foundation of healthy leadership, how faith can produce what she calls supernatural productivity, and why your worth must come before your performance. She also opens up about leaving a secure 20-year corporate career, stepping into coaching and speaking, developing leaders through DISC, serving people inside prison units, and trusting God when the normal business roadmap no longer applied.

You will hear practical insights on defeating insecurity, building stronger teams through better communication, checking in with employees beyond goals and performance, and creating an atmosphere that shifts the room instead of letting the room shift you. This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, executives, coaches, and purpose-driven leaders who want success without sacrificing their health, relationships, faith, or calling. If you feel successful but drained, productive but unfulfilled, or called to more but afraid to move, this episode will help you lead from identity, courage, alignment, and love.

What You’ll Learn:

→ Why successful leaders can appear confident and accomplished while privately struggling with burnout, insecurity, imposter syndrome, and questions about their worth.

→ How understanding your identity in Christ helps you lead with greater authority, courage, clarity, and freedom from the need for constant affirmation.

→ Why healthy team communication requires understanding different personalities through tools such as DISC, and allowing people to contribute without forcing them to think or work exactly like you.

→ How a simple weekly personal check-in can deepen trust, improve workplace relationships, and show employees that they matter beyond their goals, mistakes, and performance.

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Why Your Faith Should Never Be Separate From Your Business

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

What does it really look like to put God first in business when you’re dealing with employees, competition, failure, growth, difficult decisions, and the daily pressure to succeed?

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Scott Hicks shares how his faith in Jesus has shaped his journey from farming to building and operating successful car wash businesses. This conversation goes beyond simply calling yourself a Christian entrepreneur. Scott explains why your relationship with Christ cannot be separated from the way you lead your company, treat customers, develop employees, respond to failure, or define success.

If you’re a Christian entrepreneur, business owner, leader, or marketplace minister trying to build a kingdom business without compromising your faith, this episode is for you. You’ll hear practical lessons on biblical business principles, servant leadership, company culture, customer service, integrity, prayer in business, handling setbacks, competing against larger companies, empowering employees, and trusting God when plans don’t work out.

Scott also reveals why relationships may be one of the greatest opportunities God gives business owners, and why true success is about far more than revenue, locations, or growth.

Highlights:

→ You’ll discover why separating your faith from your business creates a false divide and how Matthew 6:33 can reshape the way a Christian entrepreneur approaches leadership and decision-making.

→ Scott explains how failure, setbacks, and unexpected circumstances can become part of God’s larger purpose, and why Romans 8:28 has become foundational to the way he approaches business challenges.

→ You’ll learn practical ways to create a strong company culture through customer service, relationships, employee development, consistency, integrity, → prayer, and leading by example instead of simply talking about Christian values.

→ You’ll also hear how a small business can compete against national brands by refusing to race to the bottom, continually improving the customer experience, building community trust, and focusing on relationships bigger competitors may overlook.

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You Don’t Need More Strategy, You Need More Clarity

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 6 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

You do not need another complicated leadership system. You may simply need enough quiet to hear God clearly, make the next right decision, and lead your people with greater confidence.

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, leadership consultant Kerri Thompson explains how overwhelmed leaders can create clarity in the middle of business chaos. She shares why successful leaders often carry too many decisions, how obedience can matter more than security, and what it looks like to prepare responsibly when God calls you into a new season.

This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, executives, business owners, and team leaders who are dealing with burnout, difficult conversations, organizational conflict, decision fatigue, or uncertainty about their calling. You will learn how emotional intelligence builds trust, why healthy companies do not avoid conflict, and how servant leadership changes the culture of an organization.

What You’ll Learn:

→ Clarity before execution: Why even the best strategy can fail when responsibilities, communication, and next steps are unclear.

→ Faithful entrepreneurship: How Kerri prepared to leave a secure executive career without confusing obedience with carelessness.

→ Healthy conflict: How to check your story, regulate your emotions, ask better questions, involve the right people, and rebuild trust.

→ Sustainable leadership: Why delegation, active listening, boundaries, rest, and quiet time with God help leaders escape overwhelm.

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Your Business Is Ministry, Even Outside the Church

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Your business can become one of your greatest opportunities for ministry.

What does it really mean to build a business that honors God? In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Jonathan shares how he moved from corporate leadership to pastoral ministry and eventually into real estate, without abandoning his calling.

This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, real estate professionals, and anyone struggling to connect their Sunday faith with their Monday work. Jonathan explains why your calling is not determined by the title on your desk, the organization that pays you, or whether you work inside a church building.

You’ll discover how servant leadership, biblical business principles, personal responsibility, integrity, family priorities, and genuine relationships can create lasting influence. Jonathan also shares why he sometimes encourages clients to buy less house, how relationship-based business creates trust, and why success should never come at the expense of your marriage or family.

Your workplace can become a mission field. Your business decisions can reflect the character of Christ. Even ordinary tools, houses, basketballs, coffee conversations, volunteering, and acts of service, can help people experience the kingdom of God.

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→ You’ll learn how to integrate faith and business without becoming forceful or inauthentic. Jonathan explains how Christian entrepreneurs can lead through kindness, forgiveness, integrity, and service instead of relying only on authority or sales tactics.

→ You’ll hear the four core values guiding his family and real estate business: following God’s Word, taking personal responsibility, pursuing personal and relational growth, and practicing selfless ambition.

→ You’ll also discover why servant leadership requires putting a client’s long-term well-being ahead of your immediate commission, how relationship-based marketing creates genuine trust, and why the home should strengthen a family rather than place it under unnecessary financial pressure.

→ Finally, Jonathan shares lessons about overcoming disappointment, walking with God through uncertain seasons, developing future leaders, protecting your marriage, and building a spiritual legacy that continues through the people you serve.

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The LLC Mistake That Can Destroy Your Legal Protection

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000

You can spend decades building a profitable business and still lose everything because of one lawsuit, one poorly written operating agreement, or one legal decision you did not know you were making. Forming an LLC is not always enough. Your company must be structured, operated, documented, and protected correctly if you want its liability shield to hold up when it matters most.

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray Young talks with business and estate-planning attorney Keith Shelton about LLC asset protection, business legal structures, operating agreements, piercing the corporate veil, succession planning, commercial liability, and the legal mistakes that quietly expose owners and their families. Keith explains why business owners should place a legal entity between themselves and the public, why he prefers manager-managed LLCs, how commingling personal and company money can weaken legal protection, and why documenting important business decisions matters.

This conversation is for entrepreneurs, family-business owners, contractors, real-estate investors, and kingdom-minded leaders who want to become better stewards of what God has entrusted to them. Learn how proactive legal planning can help protect your business, your assets, your family, and the legacy you are working to build.

This episode is for educational purposes and does not constitute legal advice.

What You’ll Learn:

→ Why simply filing an LLC may not provide the protection you expect

→ How operating agreements, manager authority, distributions, meeting minutes, and consent resolutions can affect your liability shield

→ Which behaviors, such as mixing personal and business funds, can increase the risk of piercing the corporate veil

→ How asset-protection planning, succession planning, insurance, and a 90-day legal health checkup can help you protect and eventually transfer the value of your business.

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If Your Business Needs You, You Built a Job

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 9 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Are you building a business that creates freedom, develops leaders, and leaves a legacy, or have you built a job that cannot survive without you?

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray continues the Builder’s Blueprint series with the fifth pillar of building a successful company: legacy and multiplication. Many entrepreneurs focus on growth, revenue, systems, and success, but few intentionally prepare their business to outlive them. If your company depends completely on your personality, your decisions, and your daily presence, then your impact has a ceiling. But when you develop people, document values, delegate responsibility, and build leaders before you need them, your business can multiply far beyond you.

This episode is for Christian business owners, founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who believe their company is a God-given responsibility. You’ll learn how to build a business God’s way, lead with faithfulness, create a leadership pipeline, and measure success not only by dollars earned but by lives changed.

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→ You’ll learn why a business built around one person has a limited future, while a business that develops leaders has a multiplying future.

→ You’ll discover the difference between success and legacy, and why your greatest accomplishment may not be the company you build but the leaders you develop.

→ You’ll hear practical leadership lessons from Moses and Joshua, Elijah and Elisha, Jesus and the disciples, and Paul and Timothy.

→ You’ll walk away with a simple exercise to identify your five most influential team members and begin intentional development conversations this week.

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Build People, Not Just Projects: Leadership That Lasts

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 2 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Leadership can look successful on the outside while feeling heavy on the inside.

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, JT Shelton, President of Development at 7B Building and Development, shares how God shaped his journey from working in the oilfield to real estate, commercial development, and executive leadership. This conversation is for Christian business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, real estate professionals, and leaders who feel the weight of big decisions, team responsibility, integrity, and faith at work. JT opens up about fear of failure, high-stakes decisions, leading people well, telling the truth before pressure builds, and learning to bring God into everyday business moments.

If you have ever wondered how faith and work come together, how to lead with integrity, or how to stop carrying leadership pressure alone, this episode will encourage you. You will hear practical wisdom on Christian leadership, faith-based business, people development, prayer in the workplace, kingdom entrepreneurship, and what it means to build more than projects. Real leadership is not just about deals, titles, or growth. It is about becoming the kind of person God can use to multiply value in others.

Highlights:

→ How JT moved from oilfield work and real estate into commercial development leadership, and how each season prepared him for greater responsibility.

→ Why success changed from personal achievement and public perception to providing for family, supporting a team, and developing people.

→ How faith helps Christian leaders handle fear, anxiety, pressure, and high-stakes business decisions involving people’s livelihoods.

→ Why truth, vulnerability, integrity, and prayer are foundational principles for leadership that builds trust and honors God.

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Start Your Business Before You Feel Ready

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Thinking about starting a business, side hustle, or purpose-driven brand but waiting until you feel ready?

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur with Ray Young, Josh Clearman shares how he turned a hunting hobby into Buckwood Calls, a handmade game call business that grew through faith, word of mouth, social media, and personal customer relationships.

Josh started while working full time in ministry, making deer grunts, turkey calls, and custom hunting calls by hand. What began as a creative hobby quickly became a growing business that reached hunters across more than 30 states and even Canada. But growth came with real challenges: stress, self-doubt, time pressure, boundaries, and the question every Christian entrepreneur must ask: Is this business still honoring God?

This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, side hustlers, makers, small business owners, and anyone wondering how to start a business without having all the answers. You’ll hear practical lessons on faith-based entrepreneurship, handmade business growth, customer service, social media growth, purpose, calling, and building something that serves God and people.

Highlights:

→ You’ll learn how Josh turned a love for hunting, woodworking, and handmade game calls into a real small business without starting with a perfect plan.

→ You’ll hear why fast business growth can create stress, anxiety, and burnout when you do not have clear boundaries and purpose.

→ You’ll discover how faith shapes risk-taking, decision-making, customer service, and the willingness to keep going when the outcome is uncertain.

→ You’ll see why personal relationships, word of mouth, generosity, and taking responsibility can become a major competitive advantage for small business owners.

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The 5 Systems Every Sustainable Business Needs

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000

If your revenue doubled tomorrow, would your business become stronger, or would it expose every weak system you have? Many entrepreneurs think they need more sales, more growth, or more hustle, but the real problem is often sustainability. A business that only works when the owner is working is not freedom. It is a trap.

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, we break down Pillar Four of the Builders Blueprint System: sustainability and stewardship. You’ll learn why growth without systems creates pressure, why pressure creates burnout, and why profitable businesses are not always sustainable businesses. This is for business owners, founders, entrepreneurs, and Kingdom-minded leaders who want to build a company that can grow without consuming their life, family, team, or faith.

If you feel like every decision depends on you, every problem comes back to you, and every vacation feels impossible, this conversation will help you see what needs to change. We’ll talk about leadership systems, communication systems, operational systems, financial systems, and people development systems that create margin, multiply leadership, and make scalable growth possible.

Highlights:

→You’ll learn why owner dependency is the enemy of sustainability and why a business that cannot function without you is fragile, even if revenue is growing.

→You’ll discover the difference between profitability and sustainability, and why many entrepreneurs quietly burn out while running companies that look successful from the outside.

→You’ll hear the biblical case for systems through Moses and Jethro in Exodus 18, including why delegation, leadership structure, and empowered teams are forms of stewardship.

→You’ll walk through five foundational business systems every entrepreneur needs: leadership, communication, operations, finance, and people development.

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Stop Managing People, Start Making Them Matter

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Most people think leadership happens on stage, under the bright lights, or when everyone is watching. But real leadership often happens behind the scenes, in the daily conversations, quiet encouragement, hard coaching, small acts of care, and the way you make people feel like they matter.

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray sits down with longtime football coach and recruiter Kent Jackson to talk about faith-driven leadership, building winning teams, developing people, and creating a culture where coaches, athletes, employees, and young professionals can grow. After 33 years of coaching high school football and track, Coach Jackson brings powerful lessons on love, trust, communication, character, initiative, adversity, and servant leadership.

This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, coaches, business owners, team leaders, recruiters, and anyone who wants to lead people better. You’ll hear why great leadership is not just about strategy, systems, or results, it is about relationships. Coach Jackson shares how to coach hard without talking down to people, why appreciation matters, how faith shapes leadership, and why every person on the team needs to know they matter.

Highlights:

→ You’ll learn why the best leaders build relationships before they try to correct, challenge, or push people toward higher standards.

→ Coach Jackson shares how 33 years of coaching taught him to hire people smarter than himself, delegate well, set clear expectations, and build winning teams through character and initiative.

→ You’ll hear why leaders must communicate appreciation often, praise in public, correct in private, and make every person in the organization feel important.

→ This episode also explores how faith, prayer, love, humility, and the example of Jesus shape the way leaders evaluate people, build teams, and lead through adversity.

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The Leadership Penalty Every Christian Leader Must Face

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 4 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000

The Leadership Penalty Every Christian Leader Must Face

Christian leadership is easy to talk about when life is calm, but what happens when every decision is criticized, every word is watched, and the pressure never lets up? In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Russell Thomason shares what it looks like to live out a biblical worldview inside Washington, D.C., while serving alongside Congressman Jody Arrington.

This conversation is for Christian business owners, entrepreneurs, public leaders, ministry leaders, and professionals who want to follow Jesus in high-pressure environments without compromising their convictions. Russell talks about faith in politics, trust in leadership, handling criticism, communicating with humility, and why real kingdom leadership often costs more than people expect.

You’ll hear how Christian leaders can stay spiritually grounded, build trust with their teams, lead with calm strength, and make decisions through Scripture instead of fear, pride, or public approval. If you’ve ever wondered how to honor God in business, government, leadership, or public service when the pressure is constant, this episode will challenge and encourage you to lead the kingdom way.

What You’ll Learn / Highlights

Russell shares why pressure does not have to destroy your faith, and how trials can actually strengthen Christian leadership when you stay rooted in Scripture and prayer.

You’ll learn how to handle criticism with calmness, communicate clearly under pressure, and avoid making leadership about your own personal offense or glory.

This episode also explores why trust and loyalty are essential in leadership, especially when serving a team, a business, a community, or a public office where many people depend on your decisions.

Russell also explains how a biblical worldview shapes decisions, relationships, policy conversations, and the way Christian leaders treat people who may not share their faith.

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Why Your Business Won’t Grow Until You Let Go

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 28 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Feeling stuck in business, leadership, or life?

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray sits down with Jonathan Harrelson, founder of Empire Ag, to talk about what it really takes to grow a business without losing your faith, your family, your health, or your purpose. Jonathan shares powerful lessons from agriculture, entrepreneurship, leadership development, and faith-based business growth. From betting the farm to building systems, hiring the right people, surviving major financial loss, and learning how to let go as a leader, this conversation is packed with wisdom for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, farmers, ranchers, and leaders who want to scale with integrity.

If you’ve been doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results, this episode will challenge you to change how you lead, how you think, how you trust God, and how you build. You’ll learn why growth demands surrender, why pressure exposes leadership gaps, and why real success means becoming the kind of person who can handle what God is building through you.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

→ Why many entrepreneurs stay stuck because they refuse to let go

→ How faith shapes better business decisions under pressure

→ Why systems and processes matter before your company can truly scale

→ How physical, mental, and spiritual health affect leadership, profitability, and family life

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Stop Separating Your Faith From Your Business

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 21 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000

What does it really mean to follow God as a Christian entrepreneur, business owner, or marketplace leader? In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur with Ray Young, Keith Toogood shares how God used football failure, business pressure, financial famine, and closed doors to teach him deeper dependence, obedience, and kingdom purpose.

If you’ve ever wondered how to bring faith into your business without being pushy, how to hear God in business decisions, or how to keep trusting God when your business feels like it’s falling apart, this conversation will challenge and encourage you. Keith shares his journey from playing football at Texas Tech to building businesses, launching Boom: Business Operating on Mission, and learning that marketplace ministry is not just for pastors or church staff. It is for every believer willing to steward their calling, their company, their resources, and their influence for the Kingdom of God.

This episode is for Christian entrepreneurs, business leaders, founders, builders, and anyone who wants to stop separating faith from work and start living with eternal impact.

Highlights:

→ Keith shares how a missed kick at Texas Tech exposed people-pleasing and helped him learn identity, humility, and dependence on God.

→ You’ll hear why hard seasons in business can become spiritual training grounds, especially when success, money, or plans do not work out the way you expected.

→ This conversation explains why business is ministry, how Christian leaders can bring faith into the marketplace with wisdom and gentleness, and why God may use business people to advance His Kingdom.

→ Keith also talks about prayer, hearing from God, testing decisions against Scripture, finding mentors, and staying faithful even when the results are slow or unseen.

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From Doctor to CEO: How to Lead Without Burning Out

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 14 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Most doctors are trained to be excellent clinicians but not necessarily great leaders, business owners, or CEOs. In this episode, Ryan sits down with Ray Young, founder and CEO of Covenant Leadership Group, to unpack why leadership is often the real bottleneck in business growth, physician entrepreneurship, team performance, and financial freedom.

If you’re a doctor, business owner, healthcare leader, entrepreneur, or investor trying to stop wearing every hat, this conversation gives you a practical blueprint for building better systems, hiring stronger people, creating financial margin, and leading teams with clarity. Ray shares lessons from nearly four decades in business, real estate investing, leadership coaching, and entrepreneurship, including why most business problems are leadership problems in disguise.

You’ll learn how to move from operator to architect, why doctors need financial independence to advocate for patients and make better decisions, and how clear expectations, job scorecards, training systems, and one-degree corrections can transform the way your organization runs.

Highlights:

→ You’ll learn why leadership matters more than strategy when it comes to execution, growth, and culture, especially inside medical practices and entrepreneurial organizations.

→ Ray explains how doctors can stop being the person who wears every hat by creating systems, standard operating procedures, dashboards, and clear expectations that allow the business to run without constant hand-holding.

→ The conversation breaks down how financial freedom gives physicians the ability to make better career, business, and patient-care decisions without being trapped by lifestyle creep or dependence on the system.

→ You’ll also hear practical leadership frameworks for hiring better, training your team, correcting problems early, and building a company where people know exactly what winning looks like.

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Faith Over Fear: How to Take the Next Big Leap

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Fri, 8 May 2026 11:34:00 +0000

Fear can keep even the strongest Christian business owners, entrepreneurs, and leaders stuck in places God may be calling them to leave. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Matt Payton, founder and CEO of Great Days Leadership and co-author of The Core: Eight Principles for Building Strong, Authentic Leadership, shares how to lead with faith, courage, humility, and purpose.

If you’ve ever wrestled with a major career decision, felt burned out in leadership, struggled with self-doubt, or wondered how to build a business that truly serves people God’s way, this conversation is for you. Matt shares his journey from Christian higher education to entrepreneurship, the fear of taking a big leap, the leadership lessons found in Esther, and why working for the good of people must come before ego, power, or position. You’ll hear practical wisdom on faith over fear, servant leadership, biblical leadership principles, purpose-driven business, Christian entrepreneurship, and how to discover your calling in work and life.

You’ll learn:

→ How to recognize when fear is driving your decisions

→ Why leaders must embrace the truth before they can move forward

→ How ego can quietly destroy leadership

→ Why showing up for people is one of the most powerful leadership habits

→ The meaning behind “two great days” in your life and how your gifts, strengths, and calling are meant to serve something bigger than yourself

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How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Business

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000

If your business depends on you for every decision, every problem, and every next step, you may not own a business yet, you may own a bottleneck. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray Young breaks down why so many business owners feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and unable to step away from their company without everything slowing down or falling apart.

This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, and kingdom-minded builders who know their business is a calling from God, but feel trapped by constant responsibility. You’ll learn why weak structure limits growth, why leadership capacity determines your ceiling, and how to stop creating a team that depends on you for everything. Ray explains how to build ownership, accountability, decision-making clarity, and leadership structure so your business can scale without burning you out.

If you want to grow your business, develop leaders, delegate with confidence, and build a company that can move forward without you carrying every detail, this episode will help you rethink how you lead.

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→ How to recognize when you’ve become the bottleneck in your business and why growth can break you if your leadership structure is weak.

→ A simple way to help your team bring solutions instead of problems.

→ How to define ownership so people stop guessing, and how to evaluate your time so you can focus on the highest-value work only you should be doing.

→ How to develop leaders with clear outcomes, decision-making parameters, and accountability that creates capacity instead of dependency.

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How to Succeed in Business Without Selling Your Soul

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Success in business does not have to come at the cost of your faith, your integrity, or your family. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray sits down with Clark to talk about a better way to lead, sell, and serve. They unpack how kingdom business is not built on transactions alone, but on trust, humility, listening, and genuine relationships.

If you have ever felt pressure to hit goals, close deals, or perform in a way that conflicts with your values, this conversation will challenge and encourage you. This episode is for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, sales professionals, and anyone who wants to honor God in the marketplace while still building something meaningful. You will hear practical wisdom on faith in business, biblical leadership, kingdom leadership, business development, workplace ministry, servant leadership, and how to build long-term business relationships that actually last.

If you are trying to grow your career, lead your team well, and stay grounded in Christ, this conversation will help you rethink what success really means and how to pursue it in a healthier, more faithful way.

You’ll learn:

→ Why the best business relationships begin with listening instead of pitching

→ How to build trust internally with your team and externally with clients

→ Why servant leadership creates stronger culture and longer-term success

→ How to stay faithful when business pressure pushes you toward compromise.

→ Insights on leadership, humility, teamwork, discipleship in the marketplace, ministry through business, and why faith and work should never be separated.

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How Faith Transformed My Leadership and Business

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000

What does it really take to go from employee to business owner, and why do so many people underestimate it?

In this powerful conversation, Chad Hinthorn, CEO of a growing construction company, shares the truth behind entrepreneurship, leadership, and faith. From taking a leap of faith to buy a company… to feeling the weight of hundreds of employees depending on his decisions… to realizing that success itself can pull you away from what matters most, this episode goes deeper than most business content.

If you’ve ever thought about starting a business, stepping into leadership, or trying to balance faith, family, and success… this is for you.

You’ll hear the lessons no one teaches you about ownership, the mindset shifts required to lead well, and how faith can completely transform how you make decisions, treat people, and define success.

This isn’t theory, it’s real-world leadership, hard-earned lessons, and a perspective that could change how you approach your career, your business, and your calling.

What You’ll Learn:

You’ll learn why becoming a business owner brings a level of pressure most people never anticipate and how that responsibility changes the way you think about decisions. Chad breaks down the critical difference between being an employee and truly taking ownership, and why that mindset matters more than talent.

He also shares the hiring principles that built his company culture, including the traits every great team member must have, and how leaders can unintentionally hold people back by not developing them.

The conversation dives into leadership growth, including the moment many leaders realize their team’s problems reflect their own leadership gaps, and what to do about it.

Finally, you’ll hear a powerful perspective on faith in business, how success can quietly pull you off track, and what it looks like to realign your leadership with purpose, humility, and obedience.

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How to Build a Business That Runs Without You

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Most entrepreneurs start a business for freedom, income, and impact, but many end up building something that depends completely on them. In this episode, retired chiropractor, former clinic owner, and business coach Dr. Kelly Henry shares what it really takes to build a business that can run without you, scale with the right team, and eventually be sold at the right time.

If you are a business owner, entrepreneur, coach, or leader who wants more time freedom, a stronger team, better systems, and a business that creates both profit and purpose, this conversation will give you a practical roadmap. You will hear how Kelly built and scaled multiple chiropractic clinics, how he knew his business had become truly valuable, why customer service became the foundation of growth, and how leadership, coaching, systems, and letting go of control helped him create something sellable.

This is for entrepreneurs who want to grow a scalable business, improve leadership, build a company with an exit in mind, and stop being the bottleneck in their own success. If you have ever wondered how to scale your business, build a team you trust, create a sellable company, or know when it is time to exit, this episode is packed with wisdom.

You’ll Learn:

→ Why building a business to sell should start much earlier than most owners think.

→ The difference between growing and scaling, why scaling is not about working harder, and how systems, coaching, and strong leadership change everything.

→ Why great customer service is still one of the biggest competitive advantages in business, how to identify when you are the bottleneck, what it takes to build a merit-based team, and why many entrepreneurs stay stuck because they avoid the hard leadership decisions.

→ The emotional side of selling a business, including identity, purpose, and the challenge of letting go after years of building something that feels like your baby.

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You’re Not Scaling, You’re Drifting in Business

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 2 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000

If your business is growing but your life feels more chaotic, stressful, and out of control, this episode is for you.

Many entrepreneurs think more revenue, more customers, and more opportunities should make life easier, but without clear vision, business growth often creates confusion, pressure, burnout, and misalignment. In this episode of the Kingdom Entrepreneur Podcast, we talk about why growth without design leads to chaos and how faith-driven business owners can stop reacting to every opportunity and start building with intention. If you are a Christian entrepreneur, business owner, founder, or leader who feels like your company is growing faster than your peace, this conversation will help you redefine success, clarify your vision, and build a business that supports your calling, your family, and your relationship with God.

This is for entrepreneurs who want aligned growth, sustainable success, stronger leadership, better decision-making, and a business blueprint rooted in purpose. If you are tired of building a business that drains you instead of serving your life and kingdom assignment, this message will help you slow down, get clear, and build it right.

You’ll Learn:

→ Why business chaos usually starts with unclear vision.

→ Why saying yes to every client and opportunity can quietly destroy alignment.

→ How to define who you are actually called to serve.

→ Why real success must include your life at home, your faith, your peace, and your business.

→ The danger of reactive growth, the hidden cost of drifting in business, and the practical power of building around clarity instead of constant pressure.

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How to Build a Business That Funds Your Calling

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Are you a Christian entrepreneur, pastor, ministry leader, or faith-driven business owner trying to figure out why God has you in business? This episode is a powerful conversation about Kingdom entrepreneurship, building a business with purpose, and using business as ministry without separating your faith from your work.

Cory Long shares how he went from decades in full-time ministry, financial stress, and uncertainty to building multiple businesses that created income, freedom, impact, and opportunities to serve people at a higher level. If you have ever wondered how to make money without losing your mission, how to fund your calling, or how to use entrepreneurship to support ministry, family, generosity, and long-term Kingdom impact, this episode is for you. You will also hear practical wisdom on Christian business coaching, business growth, identity shifts for leaders leaving ministry, and why AI, marketing, and adaptability matter more than ever for today’s business owner.

This conversation is for anyone who wants to build a faith-based business, create financial margin, serve others, and stop thinking of business and ministry as two separate worlds. If you want a business that honors God and actually works, this episode will challenge and encourage you.

You’ll Learn:

→ How Cory made the shift from ministry employee to business owner and why identity was one of the biggest hurdles in that transition.

→ Why so many business owners stay stuck at the same income level and how coaching helps break those ceilings.

→ Why AI is changing search and marketing faster than most people realize.

→ How Christian leaders can create businesses that fund missions, nonprofits, generosity, and family freedom.

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If Your Business Disappeared, Would You Know Who You Are?

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000

You built your business for freedom, purpose, and impact, but somewhere along the way it started feeling like the very thing stealing your peace. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray Young speaks directly to Christian business owners, founders, and leaders who feel trapped by the pressure, weight, and identity that can come with entrepreneurship. If your worth has become tied to revenue, growth, leadership performance, or the success of your company, this conversation will help you step back and rebuild on the right foundation.

This episode is about business identity, entrepreneurial burnout, kingdom entrepreneurship, Christian leadership, steward leadership, purpose-driven business, and what it means to build a business with God at the center. Ray explores why so many entrepreneurs feel exhausted even when their business is growing, why outward success can hide inward pressure, and why your business was never meant to carry the weight of your identity.

If you are a faith-driven entrepreneur wrestling with burnout, overwork, hustle culture, self-worth, leadership pressure, or the fear of not being enough, this message will help you reconnect your work to God’s purpose and rediscover who you are apart from what you do.

You’ll Hear About:

→ why burnout is often deeper than time management or stress and is often rooted in identity

→ the lie that business success will finally make you feel secure, why kingdom entrepreneurs must see themselves as stewards rather than owners, and how separating identity from role creates freedom in leadership.

→ He also points to powerful biblical anchors in Genesis 1, Psalm 139, and Ephesians 1 to show where true worth, calling, and value come from.

→ how to define success with a healthier scoreboard, how to stop looking to revenue for validation,

→ how to align your business with your faith instead of compartmentalizing it, and how to lead from security instead of striving.

This is a powerful conversation for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, founders, and marketplace leaders who want to build with clarity, freedom, and a kingdom-first foundation.

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Built a 57-Location Business by Putting God First

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000

What if the secret to building a scalable business isn’t better tactics… but deeper faith?

In this Kingdom Entrepreneur episode with host Ray Young, you’ll meet Trey Merchant, the faith-based CEO behind Champion Express, now operating 57 locations with nearly 600 employees across multiple states. Trey shares what it really looks like to build a business God’s way without turning it into a “Sunday-only” brand. This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders who want to grow a company with purpose, build a strong culture, and lead people with integrity, while still staying profitable. You’ll hear how a family-run company stopped making faith just a slogan and started living it in the field through bold leadership decisions, prayer-based culture, and practical systems that uplift employees and customers.

If you’ve ever wondered how to integrate faith and business, how to lead with humility, or how to build a mission-driven organization that actually scales, this episode will challenge and encourage you. Learn how Trey and his leadership team handled criticism, stayed consistent under pressure, and watched the fruit show up in culture, retention, and results.

Highlights:

→ How a fast-growing CEO scaled a family business to 57 locations while keeping a faith-first culture

→ Why “being the church serving as a car wash company” became their real mission

→ How simple systems like prayer, encouragement, and leadership rhythms transformed employee engagement

→ How to respond when customers or partners push back against bold faith in public business settings

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The 5-Pillar Blueprint to Scale Without Burnout (God’s Way)

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Fri, 6 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

If your business doubled tomorrow, would your life get better, or would it implode? Many Christian entrepreneurs pray for growth… but secretly fear the pressure that comes with it: more decisions, more payroll, more responsibility, and less peace.

In this solo episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray Young breaks down what he’s seen after nearly 40 years in business and decades of leadership coaching: burnout doesn’t come from success, it comes from how you build. The issue isn’t ambition. It’s alignment. The issue isn’t scale. It’s structure. If you’re a faith-driven business owner who wants to honor God, lead well, and make an impact, without sacrificing your marriage, health, family, or spiritual life, this episode is your blueprint. Ray introduces the Builder’s Blueprint, a practical, biblical framework built around stewardship, sustainable systems, and leadership capacity so you can grow with clarity instead of chaos.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, trapped in constant urgency, or like your business is consuming the life God called you to live, this is for you.

Highlights:

→ You’ll learn how to anchor your identity in Christ instead of revenue, recognition, or being needed, so the business stops acting like a savior.

→ You’ll hear how to define real success with a kingdom scoreboard that includes home, peace, and purpose, not just profit.

→ You’ll discover why leadership becomes the lid on your growth, how delegation fails when you “relegate” without training, and what it looks like to build structure with clear ownership and accountability.

→ You’ll also learn how sustainable systems protect your calendar margin, financial clarity, family rhythms, and long-term endurance so scaling doesn’t turn into resentment and regret.

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Franchise Fees Worth It? Here’s What You’re REALLY Paying For

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000

There are a lot of ways to go into business, but most people accidentally buy themselves a job with the worst boss: themselves. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, we sit down with Ron Bostic, a faith-driven entrepreneur who owns multiple franchises and has learned how to build a real business using systems, processes, procedures, and leader development, all while remembering one core truth: you’re not the owner… you’re the steward.

Ron shares his journey from pharmaceutical and medical device sales into the world of franchising, why he chose proven franchise models instead of starting from scratch, and what it looks like to build a kingdom-minded business that honors God, serves employees, and blesses customers. If you’ve wondered whether franchising is worth the franchise fee and royalty, how to choose the right franchise, how to scale without burning out, or how to integrate your faith into business without fear, this conversation will give you clarity and practical next steps. It’s His kingdom, but it’s your calling to build with excellence.

Highlights:

→ Ron breaks down the difference between owning a job and building a scalable business, including how franchising can give you a proven operating system, training, and support.

→ You’ll hear how to evaluate franchises based on labor realities, leadership needs, and long-term scalability, especially if you don’t have technical skills like automotive repair or chiropractic care.

→ He also explains how to create a kingdom culture inside a franchise structure, how to handle value conflicts with corporate guidelines, and why your “mission field” is often your employees and customers.

→ Finally, Ron shares hard-earned lessons about scaling too fast, staying close to operations, developing leaders, and learning to listen to God’s direction before making big moves.

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You’re the Bottleneck (Here’s How Great Leaders Fix It)

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Most leaders are exhausted because they’re chasing work-life balance like it’s a finish line. But what if the real goal isn’t balance at all, what if it’s harmony?

In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, leadership coach and former mayor David Miller shares the framework that helped him build thriving organizations, lead through pressure, and create cultures where people actually want to show up. You’ll hear how “being integrated” (not divided) is the core of integrity, why leaders often become the hidden bottleneck in their own business, and how to build a team culture rooted in trust, understanding, accountability, freedom, and unity.

If you’re a Christian entrepreneur, executive, manager, or anyone leading at home, at work, or in your community, this conversation will help you lead with conviction while still caring for people like humans, not machines. David breaks down his simple leadership model, the Four Cornerstones and the Capstone, so you can stop guessing, stop carrying everything alone, and start building a business (and life) that produces not just results… but joy.

Highlights:

→ You’ll learn why harmony beats work-life balance and how integrity means living “not divided” across faith, family, and work.

→ David explains how leaders unintentionally become a decision chokehold, and why real delegation is less about control and more about trust.

→ You’ll also hear his practical model for building trust through wholeheartedness, competence, alignment, and production, plus how “understanding” requires discovery, clarification, collaboration, and confirmation.

→ You’ll learn how to close the accountability gap early (before it becomes a crisis), create freedom for innovation without fear, and build unity through grace and compassion so your culture produces the ultimate outcome: joy.

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3 Mindsets Every Christian Entrepreneur Must Choose From

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000

If you’re a Christian entrepreneur, CEO, or business owner trying to honor God, but still feeling pressure, scarcity, and control, this episode is for you.

Brandon Fannin shares the moment business stopped being “his” and became God’s… and how that shift changed everything: leadership, finances, team culture, and daily decisions. He opens up about the cost of building a living while forgetting to build a life, the pride trap that sneaks into “ministry in the marketplace,” and why kingdom business often feels like the opposite of normal business logic. You’ll hear a real-world framework for stewardship, trust, and surrender, plus practical rhythms that keep your heart aligned when the work gets intense.

This conversation is about more than success; it’s about identity, sonship, and leading from provision instead of obligation. If you want to lead your company with servant leadership, shepherd your team well, serve customers with integrity, and build a business that actually belongs to God, press play.

Highlights:

→ You’ll learn the 3 ownership mindsets Christian business leaders drift into and how to move into true stewardship.

→ Brandon breaks down how scarcity thinking shows up in hiring, delegation, and decision-making, and how trust reshapes your leadership.

→ You’ll hear what it means to shepherd a team instead of just managing talent, including how to care for strong performers without letting them control the culture.

→ Daily and weekly practices for spiritual alignment, gratitude, written prayer, priorities rooted in identity, and a real Sabbath rhythm, so you can lead with clarity, peace, and consistency.

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From Foreclosure to 650 Employees: God Built This Business

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 5 Feb 2026 07:16:00 +0000

What if the breakthrough in your business isn’t a new strategy… but surrender?

In this Kingdom Entrepreneur episode, Chad Merchant shares how he went from being broke, facing foreclosure, and starting over after the 2008 crash to leading a company with 650 employees, by putting God at the center of everything.

If you’re a Christian entrepreneur, CEO, business owner, or leader who feels the tension between faith and work, this conversation will reset your mindset. Chad explains why your company isn’t really yours, how stewardship changes decision-making, and what it looks like to run a business with servant leadership without turning the workplace into a sermon. You’ll hear how prayer, mentors, core values, and treating people with dignity shaped a culture where employees feel safe to ask for prayer, leaders flip the pyramid, and work becomes worship.

If you’ve been grinding, feeling pressure to provide, or wondering how to lead your family and team without losing what matters most, this is for you.

You’ll Learn:

→ How Chad rebuilt after rock bottom and why abiding in God changed his results

→ The leadership mindset behind treating work like church and service like strategy

→ How to build a faith-forward culture where people feel cared for and still perform with excellence

→ The hard lesson entrepreneurs learn about priorities, how to win in business without losing your family

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Does Your Business Belong to God… or to You?

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:37:00 +0000

If you’re a Christian entrepreneur who loves God but feels conflicted about money, ambition, and success, this episode is for you. Maybe you’ve wondered if building a business makes you “less spiritual,” or you’ve felt judged for wanting to grow, lead, and profit.

In this Kingdom Entrepreneur episode, we tackle the most confronting question in faith and business: does your life, your relationships, your money, and your business belong to God, or not? Because if it belongs to God, then how you earn, spend, invest, lead, hire, serve customers, and build wealth actually matters.

You’ll hear a personal story of making money early, feeling the tension between church and entrepreneurship, and discovering why the “American Dream” still leaves people empty. Then we anchor everything in scripture with a practical stewardship mindset: open hands, faithful management, and multiplication. This is not about God first and business second, this is about a God-centered life where faith, family, fitness, money, leadership, and work align.

If you want clarity, peace, and direction in business without shrinking back or playing small, this message will reset your framework.

You’ll Learn:

→ Why separating faith and entrepreneurship creates confusion, burnout, and quiet emptiness, and how alignment restores clarity.

→ How Ecclesiastes exposes the moving goalpost of success and why hitting financial milestones still won’t satisfy your soul.

→ A simple breakdown of the Parable of the Talents for entrepreneurs, what stewardship means, why God expects faithfulness, and how multiplication fits Kingdom impact.

→ The “open hand” mindset: how to pursue growth with contentment, discern which opportunities are from God, and use business to bless customers, employees, and your community.

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How to Scale Your Business Without Losing Your Soul

menofinfluence@mail.com (Ray Young) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:16:00 +0000

If you’re a Christian business owner who feels called to more impact, more clarity, and more purpose, this is for you.

Are you tired of the tension of living faith on Sunday and running business like everyone else Monday through Saturday? The Kingdom Entrepreneur podcast is about integrating faith and business so your company becomes a platform for discipleship, stewardship, and transformation, not just profit.

I’m Ray Young; entrepreneur, leadership coach, consultant, husband, dad, and “Pop” to my grandkids, but first and foremost, a follower of Jesus. I’ve built businesses in financial services, insurance, car dealerships, cell phone stores, car washes, laundromats, construction, and more. Along the way, I learned leadership the hard way, found great mentors, and discovered a truth that changed everything: business is one of God’s greatest tools for transformation, because work is worship and leadership is stewardship. If you want biblical leadership, a scalable system, healthy teams, and a profitable business built on God’s principles, you’re in the right place.

In this episode:

→ You’ll learn how to scale your business without losing your soul, your family, or yourself, using practical biblical principles that actually work in real leadership.

→ You’ll hear honest stories, including failures, plus proven coaching insights on building healthy team culture, hiring and leading with integrity, and creating real synergy.

→ You’ll get practical guidance on stewardship of money, planning, and learning how to profit well without compromising your values.

→ You’ll develop purpose-driven growth, a clear vision, strong leadership, and a business that honors God in every decision.

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