Corporate Giving for Impact NOT Advertising (Interview w/ Janet Ward Black)
Release Date: 02/06/2024
From Scaling Blockbuster to Serving Churches (Interview w/ Scott Beck)
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, Scott Beck shares his faith journey through starting and scaling successful businesses such as Blockbuster Video, Einstein's Bagel, and Boston Market to helping 65,000 church leaders use technology to engage their people and reach local communities. Scott Beck is the co-founder and CEO of Gloo, a technology platform that releases the collective might of the faith ecosystem. After starting and scaling successful businesses including Blockbuster Video, Einstein's Bagel, and Boston Market, Scott turned his expertise to helping ministry leaders scale their impact through...
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How Does Business Matter in Eternity? (Interview w/ Jordan Raynor)
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, Jordan Raynor explains why business matters in eternity and makes a biblical case for why some physical products and services will last in eternity. Jordan Raynor is a leading voice of the faith and work movement and bestselling author of Redeeming Your Time, Called to Create, and his latest book, The Sacredness of Secular Work. And he’s the host of the Mere Christians Podcast. Through his books, podcasts, and weekly devotionals, he helps millions of Christians in every country connect the gospel to their work. Jordan also serves as the executive chairman of Threshold...
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Facing Ethical Dilemmas in Business (Interview w/ Brad Hawkins)
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, Brad Hawkins (Co-Founder and CEO at WideFi) shares how he has partnered with God in growing multiple successful companies and how he has responded to some unique ethical quandaries along the way. Brad Hawkins is Co-Founder and CEO at WideFi, which has developed SaferNet, a CyberSafety & Internet Control App. Safernet turns exposed business owners into thriving entrepreneurs who grow their businesses without cybersecurity fears. He has started and built eight companies, including two event centers that he currently owns and operates in the Denver, Colorado...
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Corporate Giving for Impact NOT Advertising (Interview w/ Janet Ward Black)
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, Janet Ward Black shares the story of how God led her to start tithing on her top-rated law firm’s gross income at a time when the firm’s profit margin was only 1 percent. Ward Black Law is now one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. Attorney Janet Ward Black is the principal owner of Ward Black Law located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. The firm’s clients have received settlements of more than $100 million over the last 10 years. The firm represents people injured at work, in accidents,...
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Entrepreneurship and God’s Kingdom Economy (Interview w/ Rylee Meek)
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, Rylee Meek shares a biblical blueprint for building a business based on the biblical Creation account. Rylee Meek has built eight companies launching them to 7 and 8 figures within the first year of each, generating 9 figures over the past decade. Utilizing his proven methods and strategies to build lasting relationships and lifetime customers, Rylee has helped thousands of entrepreneurs gain clarity and create massive acceleration in their businesses and brands. Through The King's Council, his mission is to disciple Christian entrepreneurs, equipping them with the...
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A Pastor Built a Granola Company (Interview w/ Mark Plaza)
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, Mark Plaza shares how he started building his successful granola company while pastoring a church so he could understand and relate to his congregation more effectively as a fellow marketplace Christian. Mark Plaza is the founder of Olde Man Granola, which began in 2008 and now has their granola sold in several large grocery retail chains such as Whole Foods and Safeway. He has served in pastoral ministry for about 20 years and has been a missionary in the Congo and Honduras. He’s currently the pastor of a church in Jefferson City, Missouri while simultaneously...
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A Redemptive Use of Artificial Intelligence (Interview w/ Luke and Jennifer Richey)
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, augmented reality gaming company co-founders Luke and Jennifer Richey share how they’re leveraging artificial intelligence for a Christ-centered purpose. Luke Richey, a software coding prodigy from a young age, co-founded Gravity Jack, Inc. in 2009, pioneering mobile-based Augmented Reality. With prior success in startups and a strong patent portfolio, he established the company as an industry leader. Jennifer Richey, hailing from southern California, is a tech futurist and entrepreneur. She entered the tech world in 2002, serving as CFO for Tometa Software, which...
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Employee Engagement and the Parable of the Four Soils (Interview w/ Krystal Parker)
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, US Christian Chamber of Commerce President Krystal Parker shares practical lessons about employee engagement from Jesus’ Parable of the Four Soils. Krystal Parker is the president of the U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce. A former executive for a Fortune 200 publicly traded oil and gas company. A former college dropout, Parker advanced her education at Harvard Business School for senior executive leaders, focusing on innovation, globalization, and leadership diversity. As a certified DISC behavioral specialist, trainer, speaker, and coach, Krystal opened a boutique...
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BOOK LAUNCH w/ first chapter: The Christ-Centered Company
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, you’ll have an opportunity to listen to the Introduction chapter from Darren’s new book, “The Christ-Centered Company: 37 Biblical Business Habits to Build a Thriving Company That Honors God and Blesses the World.” The book is now available at and on in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.
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Pastoring in the Marketplace and the Church Building (Interview w/ Joshua Brown)
Theology of Business with Darren Shearer: Helping Marketplace Christians Explore and Apply God's Will for Business
On this episode, Joshua Brown (aka. “The Pressure Washing Pastor”) shares a business model that is helping ministry leaders pastor in both the marketplace and in the church building. Joshua Brown, a former drug dealer, pothead, and high school dropout who was radically changed by God’s love and his people, is now pastor of Brown’s Pressure Washing, one of the largest pressure washing companies in Nashville, TN. After serving inside church organizations for over 20 years as youth pastor, children’s pastor, and family pastor, he is now the Pressure Washing Pastor. ...
info_outlineOn this episode, Janet Ward Black shares the story of how God led her to start tithing on her top-rated law firm’s gross income at a time when the firm’s profit margin was only 1 percent. Ward Black Law is now one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina.
Attorney Janet Ward Black is the principal owner of Ward Black Law located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is one of the largest woman-owned law firms in North Carolina. The firm’s clients have received settlements of more than $100 million over the last 10 years. The firm represents people injured at work, in accidents, and by dangerous products and environmental hazards across North Carolina.
A graduate of Davidson College cum laude in economics and Duke Law School, Black served as the third woman president of the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers and the fourth woman president of the North Carolina Bar Association. She was the second lawyer in history to serve as president of both organizations.
The program she created while president of the 16,000 member Bar Association, “4 ALL,” has been used as a model in the United States and Canada for providing free legal services to the poor.
Black is a frequent lawyer educator and motivational speaker. She is a Trustee Emeritus of Hood Theological Seminary and has served on many non-profit boards and on many international mission trips. She received the North Carolina State Bar’s Distinguished Service Award in 2009 and the Charles Murphy Award for Public Service by Duke Law School in 2010. Black has been named in North Carolina Super Lawyers, North Carolina’s Legal Elite and The Best Lawyers in America and her firm has been named as one of the Best Law Firms in America by US News & World Reports since 2010. She is a member of the Women’s Presidents Organization and C12, Christian CEOs and Business Owners’ Group. She was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2016, the highest civilian honor in the state of North Carolina. She received the North Carolina Bar Association Litigation Section’s “Advocate’s Award” for skill, ethics and dedication to clients and the community in 2018. She was named the Community Foundation of Great Greensboro’s Woman of the Year in 2018 and Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” in the Triad by US News & World Report in 2020. Black served as Miss North Carolina 1980. She won a Grand Talent award at the 1980 Miss America pageant.
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