Christianity in Business Center for Christianity in Business at Houston Baptist University

On this episode, social media expert Keenya Kelly discusses the need and opportunity for Christians to brand themselves and leverage social media video for marketing, with the goal of glorifying God rather than one’s self or one’s company.
Keenya is the CEO of Keenya Kelly LLC, a Vertical Video Marketing & Consulting agency in San Diego, CA where she strategically helps business owners develop video & funnel marketing strategies. 
In just 3 years through vertical video marketing, Keenya has grown an audience of over 500,000, generated over $1 million dollars in her business and has helped thousands of business owners scale and market their businesses online. She recently helped one of her clients reach over $1 million dollars in her business in 10 months on the TikTok platform. 
www.keenyakelly.com  
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On this episode, Dr. Paul White explains how to help your team members feel more appreciated at work.  
Dr. Paul White is a best-selling author (having sold over 600,000 books), speaker, psychologist, and leadership trainer who "makes work relationships work." For the past 25 years, he's improved numerous businesses, non-profit organizations, schools and medical facilities by helping them:
* Decrease cynicism and negative communication among employees
* Create positive workplace relationships and environments
* Increase employee engagement, attendance, and productivity.
His recent research with remote and working-from-home employees has focused on how to practically support and encourage team members and how to keep colleagues connected while many work from home.
Clients include Microsoft, NASA, L'Oreal, MGM Resorts, Mayo Clinics, the Million Dollar Round Table, MillerCoors, Caterpillar, HP, The Salvation Army, numerous hospitals, schools, government agencies, and over 750 colleges and universities.
He has published articles or been interviewed by the New York Times, BBC news, Fortune, U.S. News & World Report, CNN/Forbes.com, Bloomberg Businessweek, FoxNews, Huffington Post LIVE, Fast Company, Entrepreneur.com, and numerous other publications.
He’s the author of several books, including The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, which he co-authored with Gary Chapman. 
You can receive a free sample report of Dr. Paul’s Motivating By Appreciation Inventory and a discount to purchase a registration code by emailing Dr. Paul White at yesdrpaul@gmail.com with “Christianity in Business Podcast” in the subject line.  
Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com 

On this episode, CEO and Tennessee State Senator Shane Reeves shares how he and his team at TwelveStone Health Partners apply biblical values in business.    
Shane Reeves, PharmD is CEO of Twelve Stone Health Partners, which is Nashville, Tennessee’s regional leader in delivering pharmaceutical and medical equipment to post-acute patients. Founded in 2016, TwelveStone is the third iteration of pharmacy organizations founded by Shane Reeves and the Reeves family. Their mission is to honor God, care well for patients, develop their team, and generate profit.
Shane holds a Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee and also serves as a State Senator representing the 14th District of Tennessee. 
https://www.12stonehealth.com/ 
Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com
          

On this episode, Dr. Jason Stansbury discusses the destructive impact of sin on the marketplace and what Christians ought to do about it.
Jason Stansbury is the James and Judith Chambery Chair for the Study of Ethics in Business at Calvin University, the denominational university of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. He earned a PhD in Organization Studies from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in 2011. Before graduate school, he worked as a Systems Analyst and then as a Consultant in the Detroit office of Deloitte Consulting. He graduated from the University of Michigan with Honors in Economics. 
Jason is a former Executive Director of the Society for Business Ethics, an international association of business ethics scholars, and received that organization’s Presidential Award for Service in 2023.
Jason’s research is on religious ethics in organizations, moral imagination, and the application of Christian theological concepts in business ethics.  His calling to the management academy is informed by his desire to forge and share insights into faithfulness and ethics that he wishes he had during his consulting career.
A native of Atlanta, Jason lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his wife and colleague Marilyn Stansbury, herself a Deloitte alumna who also serves on the accounting faculty of the Calvin University School of Business.
Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com
 

On this episode, Dianna Kokoszka shares how a thankful attitude can make us more effective and Christ-centered in business. 
Dianna Kokoszka is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, author and award-winning mentor. Dedicating 13 years as CEO of KW MAPS Coaching and Training at Keller Williams Realty International, she played a pivotal role in propelling the company to become the largest and most profitable coaching enterprise in the real estate industry. 
Dianna is a Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP), a founding member of the John Maxwell Team of Certified Coaches, (IMC) and actively participating in the Strategic Coach training program. As a lifelong learner, she has followed and been mentored by John C. Maxwell since the mid-1990s.
She is the author of Becoming More: You Can’t Get to Better Until You Get to Different.
https://diannakokoszka.com/
Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, Brett Harris shares his entrepreneurial and faith journey as the founder of an organization that is seeking to raise up the next C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Brett Harris is the bestselling co-author of Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations and co-founder of The Young Writer's Workshop and The Author Conservatory, which have trained thousands of writers in writing craft and entrepreneurship. His mission is to raise up the next C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and build a thriving business that glorifies God in every aspect.
https://authorconservatory.com/
Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com