| 1 | Can Reduce the Level of Stress Draining Spiritual Vitality |
| Out of a sample of nearly 2000 Maestro Work Issue Assessments, the number ONE work issue for believers was managing stress and discouragement at work. Maestro WorkLife Coaching tackles this.
"Faith can be the anchor that keeps a person steady in times of stress. If followed, biblical principles can be the cornerstone of a person's life and enable them to live a life less impacted by what otherwise would be stressful circumstances."
Dale Fletcher M.S., www.faithandhealthconnection.org
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| 2 | Can Increase Volunteerism and Financial Giving to Your Organization |
| What motivates people to not only give, but consistently and intently give? For some it is spiritual maturity, but for most it is out of gratefulness for an organization having met their needs. Issues at work are consuming members focus and life. Additionally, work is where most people generate the wealth/income God has ordained for them. Ministering to this area can have a positive impact on your organization.
"People don't give money because the church has needs. At least, that is the motivator for fewer and fewer givers. People give money when they see that the church meets needs."
http://www.pcusa.org/stewardship/pdfs/thingstothinkabout.pdf
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| 3 | Increases Member Commitment and Satisfaction with your Church |
| Affirming your people's kingdom value and purpose while they serve in the vocations for which they were designed influences their loyalty and commitment to their church family.
In his 2005 Faith at Work Dissertation, Dr. Mark Walker revealed his research showing that for churches addressing the work of their people consistently, their members showed:
- An increase of 58% in member satisfaction with their church and church leadership.
- An increase of 168% in member satisfaction with how the church was equipping them for life.
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| 4 | Helps Grow Whole Life Disciples |
| Work is a leveraged spiritual formation environment. It is where we spend most of our time, interact with most of the people in our lives, and it is also where God uses the situations and circumstances of work to shape us and challenge our growth. So why are we not nurturing this incredible spiritual formation opportunity?
Four Types of Christians going to work on Monday morning:- Christians who are simply trying to survive
- Christians who are living by Christian principles
- Christians who are living by the power of the Holy Spirit
- Christians who are transforming their workplace for Christ
Source: Ed Silvoso, Anointed for Business
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| 5 | Increases the Cultural Relevance of Your Organization |
| We live in the digital age. Addressing work for your members is so relevant to where they interact with culture. Furthermore, your members are online at work. Relate with them throughout the week in a relevant way.
In a recent survey of work place believers, 69 percent stated they would prefer online spiritual resources to other forms of resourcing.
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| 6 | Can Bring New Visitors and Members into Your Church |
| According to Christianity Today, 80% of new church members were invited by a friend or co-worker.
In churches addressing the WorkLife of their people, new members and new families where found to respond to the relevance of the church (ministering to my work) and found the effectiveness of the church to be very attractive.
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| 7 | Can Help Reduce the Divorce Rate among your Members |
| The majority of affairs that destroy families start with an improper relationship with a co-worker. Research has shown that Christians are just as much at risk as the non-believer. Confronting sexual temptation at work saves marriages...it saves families. Maestro does that for you.
"From 1991 to 2000, my practice discovered 50 percent of the unfaithful women and about 62 percent of unfaithful men treated were involved with someone from work. Today's workplace has become the new danger zone of romantic attraction and opportunity."
Dr. Shirley Glass, Not Just Friends
Donald Hughes, author of The Divorce Reality, said: "In the churches, people have a superstitious view that Christianity will keep them from divorce, but they are subject to the same problems as everyone else, and they include a lack of relationship skills. ...Just being born again is not a rabbit's foot." Hughes claims that, "90% of divorces among born-again couples occur after they have been 'saved'."
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| 8 | Grows Missions as a Personal Experience of Daily Work as a Mission |
| Affirmed and equipped workers in the marketplace are a deployed mission force each and every day. Living out their kingdom purpose by utilizing their vocational gifts and resources can add dimension and depth to missions.
"The day of the Kingdom worker in world missions has arrived," says Clem Schultz, founder of Intent. "The remaining people who have yet to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ will be most appropriately accessed by Kingdom Workers who intentionally use their God-given and market-honed skills as their legitimate passport to the nations."
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| 9 | Helps your People Navigate Job Loss and Job Dissatisfaction |
| Providing an effective and accessible resource for job loss and transition during such a historically daunting season brings hope and encouragement to your members. This can also reduce the financial impact on your organization from such transition.
"The right job for you is more than work and pay. You are uniquely designed with specific gifts and talents on purpose and for a purpose. As you seek jobs and careers, listen for God's calling every step of the way."
- excerpt from Maestro WorkLife Coaching Resources.
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| 10 | Promotes a Viral Growth of Your Church into your Community |
| People are compelled to share what they love and are passionate about. Providing 24/7 spiritual coaching at work can ignite the passion of your disciples where they spend most of their time and energy.
"The life (Jesus) is attractive and contagious. Not only contagious, he is also infectious because 12 guys caught what Jesus was about and they themselves started to do the same things. Demons were cast out, the sick were healed, and people were reconciled with God. These 12 guys then went on to infect numerous others. In fact in one day, 3000 men caught the virus.
What is the virus? It is Jesus himself, in us and revealed to the world through us. How is the virus spread? Like any other virus, it spreads through personal contact or by 'sneezing' on people. It is spread through us being in the world, hanging around people, having the character and nature of Jesus. Not only will this cause others to become infected, it will build the church at the same time."
Ron Scheper, The Viral Church
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