Christian Business/Ministry Planning (Part 1): Should a Christian Entrepreneur Have a Business Plan?
If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that a Christian business is supposed to be different from a non-Christian one, if for no other reasons than what its focus and motivations are supposed to be.
I heard a guy say once from the stage at my church, in the beginning of a year, that in the past he had set goals and didn’t achieve them, so that for that coming year he was not going to set goals and just depend on the Holy Spirit to direct him.
So should a Christian entrepreneur have a business plan (or ministry plan, for a ministry)?
“…don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first getting estimates and then checking to see if there is enough money to pay the bills? Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of funds. And then how everyone would laugh at you! They would say, `There’s the person who started that building and ran out of money before it was finished!’” - Luke 14:28-30 (NLT)
This is what Jesus said! Yes, in the context He was talking about the cost of following Him, but He is using an illustration that also speaks to the principle of the necessity of planning!
Yet I’ve met some Christian entrepreneurs that are going to start businesses without business plans or who have businesses and never had them! Go figure!(???)
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