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Career Crossroads - A meeting place for those who are in career transition or thinking about making a career change, sponsored by the Stewardship Department at the First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton. Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday evenings of each month at 7:00PM.
Convene - Monthly Groups that connect Christian entrepreneurs of closely held companies into forum groups and mentor one to one coaching relationships for owners looking to increase personal capacity, develop organization structure and integrate faith. Member minimum revenue target is $2 million in sales creating a unique small group experience. Convene’s mission is to equip with focused leadership excellence, principled business counsel, and victorious spiritual growth to build significant businesses and influential lives. Membership is by invitation only.
Contact: Marc Ottestad
CBMC Forum - Monthly Business Owner/CEO Groups for men (5 hours in groups of 6-8) to discuss and learn new strategies to solve their most important issues with the realization as a business owner, they have incredible opportunity to use their business as a platform for ministry to employees, suppliers, customers and competitors.
Contact: Bill Perry
CBMC Orange County - Weekly Business Groups to help businessmen establish a firm foundation in their lives based upon the tested, enduring principles of the Bible to serve them as they face the relentless demands of family, work, and finances: all the while searching for something to make sense of it all.
Contact: Steve Garrison
Christians In Commerce - Orange County Christians in Commerce is men seeking to bring Christian values to the workplace. We are young and old, Protestants and Catholics, owners and employees, blue collar and white collar, management and front line workers along with retired individuals yearning to transform our workplace, schools, factories, hospitals and our homes into places where the love and power of Christ will be present. We are an ecumenical organization with direct ties to the Christians in Commerce national organization in Virginia, which was founded in 1982
Contact: Greg Aitkins
Marketplace Women for Orange County - gathering of Christian women in the marketplace who join together for friendship and encouragement to integrate our personal, professional and spiritual lives. The organization includes professional women in a variety of areas in the marketplace, some of which include business, education, law, ministry, entrepreneurs, etc. Meet in quarterly luncheons with guest speakers to provide inspiration and encouragement. Vital Connections is a monthly meeting for ‘networking redefined.”
Contact: Grace Marestaing
The Master’s Program - is a unique, three-year strategic life coaching/mentoring opportunity for Christian leaders from the marketplace, the professions and the ministry. It has impacted the lives of hundreds of Christian leaders around the country by helping them find increased balance, margin, and focus in their lives while bringing clarity and focus to their unique Kingdom calling. The Master’s Program will help you set your course – perhaps for the first time – to discover what God has planned for you for the rest of your life. Join us for one of our Introductory Briefings soon.
Contact: Steve Esser
The Master’s Program for Women - is designed to lead women on a journey of discovery to capture God’s vision for their future and life change for today. In this three year program, with meetings quarterly, we learn what it is that God created only “you” to do for His Kingdom. Women from all walks of life, ages, marketplace positions and stages, meet together and learn how they can be the best they can be with the strengths and gifts that God gave them in their leadership roles and take their life from Success to Significance. Come join us in “A Spa for the Soul”.
Contact: Sandy Olsson
The Barnabas Group – a partnership of Christian Leaders (that meet quarterly for ½ day) that are committed to change their world and build God’s Kingdom through their irresistible lifestyles and influential works of service. Primary goal is to use time and talents, with treasures following, as actively working in God’s Kingdom. Members are introduced to various local and national ministries as well as other opportunities where God could use them. Also, provides opportunities for continued fellowship and growth.
Contact: Jim West
Kingdom Advisors – to bring together local Christian Financial Professionals through Kingdom Advisors to motivate and equip them to integrate biblical financial wisdom into their lives and the lives of their clients. We also want to create a special community of financial professionals for support, encouragement, fellowship, and discipleship. So many successful and influential professionals are part of our local community including financial planners, investment advisors, estate/tax planners and attorneys, insurance specialists, bankers, and real estate/mortgage professionals. Be a part of this exciting movement and see how God is using financial professionals like yourself to change the lives of clients and their communities.
Contact: Jim Regitz Community Director-Orange County
Faith and Work Life (FWL)- a spiritual growth ministry that encourages Christians to rethink their work life from God's perspective and then provides the tools and training for believers to effectively work "as to the Lord" (Colossians 3:23). FWL, working with Christians in the workplace, workplace ministries, churches and colleges/universities, helps equip Christians to become intentional and deliberately about applying a biblical worldview in their workplaces that honors God. As an equipping ministry, FWL provides monthly "Insights on Leadership" luncheon (third Friday of each month-Irvine Hilton), an annual Faith WorksLeadership Conferences and other faith and work events, seminars, workshops, lectures, research, products, and curriculum for individuals, small groups, churches and workplace fellowship groups and minsitries.
Contact:
Jessica Reinbold
Stephen Christensen Founder & President
Mission America Coalition- a national network of leaders from churches, denominations, ministries, and city reaching movements encouraging Christian leaders to cooperate and collaborate toward the efforts of united prayer, reconciliation, evangelism, and outreach. This collaboration allows leaders to utilize and distribute their resources with one another in order to enhance leadership skills and share valuable information and experience. Spiritually, we exist to fulfill Jesus’ prayer in John 17:23 – that we would come to complete unity that the world would know the Father sent the Son and the Father loves them. Practically, we help Christian leaders discover what they can do better together than they can do separately. Specifically, with the Coaliton of Workplace Ministries of OC we can help connect the workplace ministries with the traditional “Church”.
Contact: John Blandford Nat'l Facilitator of Ministry Development
Crown Financial Ministries - has been equipping millions around the world to learn, apply, and teach Biblical financial principles for the past 32 years. A Christ-centered and Bible-based organization, offering teaching resources including small group studies, one-on-one budget coaching, church and business leadership tools, and multi-media learning systems for all ages. A renewed U.S. economy can’t change your life. But discovering and living in God’s Economy can change everything. Why? Because the three key principles to God’s Economy work in a synergy that impacts every area of life. The three principles-Lordship-God is our provider and our only Master; Stewardship-we are managers of all God has entrusted to us; Generosity-we are blessed to live generously
Contact: Jim Sullivan, So California & HI Area Consultant
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