Synopses & Reviews
God loves you and has a unique blueprint for your life–but it’s up to you to find it and live it out. Mingling contemporary stories and biblical anecdotes with practical advice, Silvoso shows how God intervenes in human affairs today to transform people and nations. In these pages, you’ll hear extraordinary stories about the power of God working through those who discovered their specific purpose. Read about the amazing things that happened in Hawaii when a secular society turned over its businesses and schools to God. Learn how a community’s endemic crime and school problems in Minnesota underwent dramatic transformation after being dedicated to God. Find out how an out-of-control prison system in Buenos Aires totally reversed its course by the efforts of people who listened to God. Learn Silvoso’s five critical paradigms for implementing change: discipling nations, reclaiming the marketplace, seeing work as worship, using the power of God to overcome evil in everyday situations and eliminating systemic poverty. Then be challenged to transform yourself–and by doing so, transform your family, school, business and nation. Just think! You can make a difference in the world. It’s time to look at yourself the way God does, as loved and designed with a unique purpose. You can aim high, knowing that He has entrusted you with great things. “God sees you as a nation transformer,” says Silvoso. God has faith in you!
Synopsis
Every Business Is God’s Business. The notion that labor for profit and worship of God are now, and always have been, worlds apart, is patently false. The Early Church founders were mostly community leaders and highly successful business people. The writing of the Gospels was entrusted to Luke, a medical doctor; Matthew, a retired tax collector; Mark, the manager of a family trust; and John, a food supplier. Lydia was a dealer in purple cloth. Dorcas was a clothes designer. Today, more than ever, the heart of our cities is the marketplace. Yet the perceived wall between commercial pursuit and service to God continues to knock down that wall and build the foundation for an unparalleled marketplace revival. Only then can we extend God’s kingdom to every corner of our world.
Synopsis
The notion that labor for profit and worship of God are now, and always have been, worlds apart, is patently false. The Early Church founders were mostly community leaders and highly successful businesspeople. The writing of the Gospels was entrusted to Luke, a medical doctor; Matthew, a retired tax collector; Mark, the manager of a family trust; and John, a food supplier. Lydia was “a dealer in purple cloth.” Dorcas was a clothes designer. In this expanded version of the best-selling Anointed for Business, Ed Silvoso focuses on the heart of our cities, which is the marketplace. Yet the perceived wall between commercial pursuit and service to God continues to be a barrier to advancing His kingdom. Silvoso shows Christians how to knock down that wall—and participate in an unparalleled marketplace transformation. Only then can we see God’s kingdom invade every corner of our world. Readers will appreciate Silvoso’s passionate call to men and women in the workplace to rise to their God-appointed positions. The included study guide will enable the reader to put these revolutionary concepts into action.
Synopsis
When The New York Times Magazine (October 31, 2004 issue) featured a front-page account of Elk River, Minnesota's faith-filled transformation, Rick Heeren was the city's leader behind the scenes. Here, he shares his story and many other motivating how-to accounts of businesses, schools and communities that have invited God to be at the center–and seen miraculous turnarounds.
-See how one company in Minnesota planted 600 churches in the Ukraine
-Discover how a school on the edge of survival became one of the best Christian schools in the United States
-Learn how one woman’s self-published book blossomed into a movie
- Discover how a pastor’s idea for a motion picture camera led to the funds to make his first major film
-Learn why a prison in Minnesota is changing—one man at a time
Heeren also shares practical ideas for readers who want to bring about transformation in their own communities. He urges Christians to align their thinking with God’s thinking. Then, he shows how dedicating everything to God and meeting people in the marketplace at their point of need with excellent business service, prayer and the gospel can transform communities and nations and begin to end systemic poverty.
Ordinary people. Extraordinary miracles. After reading this inspiring book, you’ll see why with God, nothing is impossible!
Synopsis
When the New York Times wrote a front-page account of Elk River, Minnesota’s faith-filled transformation, Rick Heeren was the city’s leader behind the scenes. Here, he shares his story and many other motivating how-to accounts of businesses, schools and communities that have put God at the center of their vision and seen miraculous turnarounds. See how one company in Minnesota planted 600 churches in the Ukraine. Discover how a real estate developer turned a foreclosed mall into a focal point that would change a city. Learn how one woman’s self-published book blossomed into a movie, and a pastor’s idea for a motion picture camera led to $200 million to make his first major film. Heeren also shares practical ideas for readers who catch his enthusiasm and passion for bringing about transformation in their own communities. After reading Heeren’s book, you’ll see why with God, nothing is impossible!
Synopsis
God loves us and has a unique blueprint for our life–but it’s up to us to find it and live it out. Mingling contemporary stories and biblical anecdotes with practical advice, Silvoso shows how God intervenes in human affairs today to transform people and nations. He also shares five critical paradigms for transformation that are pivotal for change: Discipling Nations, Reclaiming the Marketplace, Looking at Work as Worship, Becoming Salt and Light, and Eliminating Poverty. In these pages, readers will find extraordinary stories about the power of God working through those who discovered their specific purpose. Then, they’ll be challenged to transform themselves and, by doing so, transform their families, schools, businesses and nations. Silvoso encourages readers to aim high, knowing that God has entrusted them with great things. “God sees you as a nation transformer,” says Silvoso. He has faith in you!
Synopsis
As a result of the growing worldwide prayer movement, powerful changes have taken place in the Church and in scattered cities transformations beyond anything imaginable only a few years ago. Of the revelations to come out of this movement, perhaps the most dramatic and promising is the rediscovery of biblical principles for changing the spiritual climate over entire cities and regions. Fulfillment of the Great Commission is no longer a distant hope but rather is a fast-approaching reality for a Church that will take hold of and utilize the biblical principles for changing cities as described in "That All Should Hear." In it Ed Silvoso shares his heart and his passion for reaching cities the way the Early Church did it: the whole Church modeling the whole gospel to the whole city thorugh prayer and prayerful evangelism.
Synopsis
Ed Silvoso weaves together the solid biblical basis and practical outworking of how to reach entire cities for Christ. He presents a working model for reaching each city through his own personal battle scars and triumphant victories. Every believer will be challenged and equipped for leading seekers into the Kingdom of God.
About the Author
ED SILVOSO, founder and president of Harvest Evangelism, is widely recognized as a missions strategist and solid Bible teacher who specializes in evangelism, city reaching, marketplace transformation and gender reconciliation. He is the author of best-selling books That None Should Perish and Anointed for Business. Initially trained in business, his background includes banking, hospital administration and financial services. Silvoso and his wife, Ruth, reside in San Jose, California.