CALVIN AND HOPS: Small Business Hiring Practices for Christians

CALVIN AND HOPS

DATE TBD

TIME: 8-9:30 p.m.

O'Doherty's Irish Pub Downtown

Small Business Ethics for Sinners who hire Sinners

As a small business owner, what hiring policies should one have where "publicly acceptable" sin is concerned?
Should Christians knowingly employ activist-minded sinners (e.g. promoters of sodomite marriage, seeking to remove "in God we trust" from everything, etc) in service industries?
How should a Christian business owner deal with employee theft? How about employee substance abuse? How about suspicion of abusing sick days?
Do Christian business owners have a greater responsibility to customers or employees when seeking to redeem the culture?
Is it better to welcome the lost onto your staff in hopes of winning them to Christ - or - keep the staff "untainted" in hopes of transforming culture through your business?
Should hiring policies differ depending on the business? For example, Is employing a homosexual waiter different from employing a homosexual teacher, or physician?
Should Christians in service industries refuse service to those with practices obviously and openly contrary to God's Word? (e.g. If I run a banquet hall, should I refuse to serve a party for an unmarried couple celebrating the birth of their child?)

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PHILOSOPHY BEHIND CALVIN AND HOPS

Gentlemen,

One of my all-time favorite quotations comes from John Wayne. “Life is tough…it’s tougher if you’re stupid.” Though not necessarily related to stupidity, there exists a common failure on the part of Christian men to humbly sharpen their reasoning skills and learn from one another. We, like much of the heathen world around us, fall into the trap of failing to ever challenge one another’s thinking either because of personal cowardice or for unreasonable fear of causing offense. While I do not advocate offense for its own sake, I do advocate the sharpening of one another in the bond of true Christian love, toward the end of excellence in spiritual warfare with the forces of darkness around us. Let us help each other “take every thought captive to Christ!”

Calvin and Hops is a monthly (generally) meeting of men from a variety of Christian churches in the Spokane area in an informal setting to discuss a topic of general interest. Our primary objective is to grow in knowledge and wisdom and the ability to reason, for the sake of the gospel. Christ is Lord of all, and we need to be able to communicate that to others. This is true whether we are discussing Biblical canon or homosexual marriage. But, I ask you, which is the more likely subject in your workplace? Which is the more likely handle with the unbelievers around you that you can use to lead them to knowledge of the Holy One?

I will establish the topic of the evening as indicated on this blog. However, the topic of the evening may be trumped by another “hot” topic if it seems appropriate. Please use information posted on this blog to prepare for meaningful discussion. Also, I’m always soliciting for topics of interest. Just email them to me at: jack.jkfam@gmail.com

Please mark you calendars and feel free to pass this on to other men you think will be interested. If they want to be on the mailing list they’ll need to send me an email address and a name.

Press On!

Jn 3:30

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Small Business Hiring Practices for Christians

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