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Phil Tolbert and Joe Carroll sharing BLE at Faith & Work
Summit in Dallas
people who share compelling ways
they’ve encountered God in their work.
While BLE currently operates primarily
on word of mouth, the group is continually
making strategic community
alliances with companies, churches
and other organizations to expand
their reach, and is working on developing
new content for more studies.
Learning to authentically integrate
faith into work can be uncomfortable
and difficult. This is where BLE can
help. The BLE team is helping people
change the way they think about work;
not viewing work as a curse, but as a
divine institution, like family and
government, and as a reflection of God.
BLE helps people discover meaning in
the everyday, mundane tasks, and that
there is dignity and value in work. “We
are merely a dot in the space of time,
and God allows us to have meaning in
that dot, and have an impact even after
we’re gone,” Carroll illustrated.
A success story and testimony of the
BLE comes from Doug Heintz, who has
been part of the ministry for 30 years. As
a business owner, he originally got
involved by offering the studies to his
employees, customers, and later opening
his facilities to other companies or
individuals who wanted to host their
own studies. “Shortly after, I was out in
the community talking to other businesses
trying to raise awareness,” said Heintz.
As Doug’s role expanded over the
years, he served on the BLE Board of
Directors, and was later offered an
opportunity to lead a BLE study at
Hallmark University. This new collaborative
venture between Hallmark and
BLE led into a new unforeseen career
opportunity for Doug. Hallmark University
had begun offering an optional
ministry component to its students and
Doug was tasked with facilitating their
BLE study groups. Nine months into
teaching the BLE curriculum, Doug was
asked to be the university’s on-site
chaplain, which evolved into his role
today as senior director of student life
and development. Still acting as a
chaplain, Heintz also manages worship
events, prayer meetings and helps to
provide transportation, housing, childcare,
food and other resources to
students in need. His team has also
expanded to three more BLE facilitators.
Doug’s original study group still
meets weekly, and several Hallmark
graduates have taken the BLE study
with them to their new jobs.
“BLE has impacted me personally, as
well as my family,” said Heintz. “It also
confirmed to me that I’m the same
person at work, as I
am at church, as I am
on Friday night –
you’re abiding for
Christ regardless of
where you are, and I’m
excited to share what
that looks like.”
Carroll encourages
Doug Heintz
anyone called to start
a study of their own, even if they’re
nervous, “No one expects you to be
perfect. In fact, most of your impact will
come from your authenticity, and humility
in owning up to your imperfections,
which is much more powerful.”
How to get involved
and support BLE:
Get trained as a study leader. BLE is in
need of workplace Christians who want
to learn how to start new groups in
their workplace! Become a servant of
Christ and a champion for His cause at
your workplace, or as a facilitator for
other groups. No experience is required.
BLE offers training, materials and
guidance to get you started. Contact
joe@bleonline.org
Donate at www.BLEonline.org. Help BLE
keep its curriculum free and available to
anyone who is called to discipleship.
Join a group study or attend a monthly
Kingdom Connections breakfast, every
second Wednesday of the month to
hear from others sharing their experience
in walking in faith at work. If
you’re feeling frustrated or want to
experience greater purpose in your
work, contact the BLE to learn how you
can honor God through your work and
become, as one BLE participant
described it, “a fully-funded missionary,
paid to serve others.”
BLE www.bleonline.org
210.422.6891 info@bleonline.org
PO Box 781148 San Antonio, TX 78278
Be a Light
Get Involved. See the article for ways you can
participate in and with BLE. Contact BLE to
locate a group that you can join. Become a
Financial Partner. BLE relies on the ongoing
support of generous donors. Please
consider joining BLE as a financial partner.
Pray. Pray you will take the Kingdom of God
to your workplace. Pray BLE will continue to
grow and take their message to companies
across the world.
S TOR Y MADE POS S I B L E B Y:
Anonymous Partner
Thank you Lord, for this Anonymous Partner
who generously gave to BLE so that we
could feature this article in our November
issue. With this generous gift we are able
to help raise awareness for BLE and all they
do to help spread the Good News in the
workplace.
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