As I end my 4 years of education at Liberty and my 6 years of collage total (this round), I wanted to share with you a snip-it from my last paper. I wrote this for my Nonprofit Management class and the premise of the paper was focused on how a Christian worldview impacts managing a nonprofit organization. The ideas carry through to so many aspects of life, and it’s important to understand them. The deep implications for what this is saying have repeatedly come up in my life in recent days and have impacted some relationships. Being a Christian isn’t just a fad or a a cool shirt we put on for a bit. To truly give yourself to Jesus is a relationship and like any relationship, it can completely reshape you and change your trajectory, or it can just be a side note you scribble on an application when asked what you believe. The choice is yours….
Deciding to become a born-again Christian is a deeply personal decision. The idea of extreme intimacy with our Father in heaven can be nothing but personal. There is the idea of surface level Christianity, in which someone speaks the words, but there is no relationship with the God head. This surface level faith is where so many Christians end up after accepting the Lord into their hearts. This is not true Christianity. Without a deep intimate relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, true Christianity can be missed. This relationship also brings about a new way to interact and relate to the world we live in. If we are truly born-again, how we interact and what we believe becomes effected by that intimate relationship. There is no living in the world and living in our faith. It becomes a double standard. This deep change and relationship are what defines our worldview and how we interact with the world.
How important is a Christian worldview?
If we are truly following the teachings in the Bible and have come to the Lord with our own deep intimate heart, then the Christian worldview isn’t just important, but is who we are. There is no separation of our faith from our daily living. We literally cannot go without living out our faith. To say that a Christian worldview is important, is to say that breathing or eating is important. As a believer, we seek His understanding and knowledge in all we do. This does not mean that we are unable to make choices, but that we are so deeply intertwined with the heart of the God head that our decision process and worldview is grounded in the foundation of the Bible. This does not mean that we live in perfection, we are all sinners, but it means that we seek the will of God in all things relating to our lives and beliefs.
Is it a main factor in running a nonprofit organization?
For any Christian believer, if the heart is grounded in the Father, then there is no ability to run or do without incorporating a Christian worldview. For a Christian, running a nonprofit, a Christian worldview becomes a factor in how and why the nonprofit is run. There is no way to separate the view from the organization. Does this mean that a non-Christian is not able to run a nonprofit organization? No, any individual can build a nonprofit and manage it, but it will not be grounded in the Christian worldview. To start a nonprofit, the ability to function and grow it properly does not “require” a Christian worldview, but as a Christian, there is no way to avoid this in running it. It could be argued that a non-believer starting or running a nonprofit organization must have the Lord working through them because of their heart to serve and help others. This trait goes against the purpose of Satan in the world, but the definition of a core value, although Biblical, does not define the individual as a believer. Therefore, they are not grounded in Biblical teaching or Christian worldview. They are merely built with a gift for serving, and this gift comes from the Lord. This idea shows that God can work through all individuals to bring His purpose to work.
As a Christian, it is so important to focus on our relationship with God and Jesus! If we truly allow this intimate relationship into our lives, it can shape the world in a new way. We don’t have to tell everyone who we belong to or what we believe because our actions will show it. I pray that everyone that reads this picks up an idea for their own walk, and for those that don’t know Jesus, please know I’d love to share my story and my walk with you anytime.
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