#8: Author, Radio Host, and Wealth Advisor Pete Benson

(1:13) Dr. Wayne Schmidt shares with Jeff Clark about the catalytic Kingdom impact he has seen Pete Benson have over the years and also gives insight into his relationship with Pete's pastor Darren Whitehead.

(4:38) Pete Benson, co-owner of Beacon Wealth Management, is interviewed by David Drury about his path from vocational ministry to wealth advisor. He shares practical ways he leads for Christ in the marketplace.

(17:37) Pastor Darren Whitehead tells the story of Pete Benson being the first financial backer to the Church of the City. He gives insight into how the Church can deploy people to establish the Kingdom of God in new places.

Show Links:

Marketplace Multipliers Website

Church of the City

Darren Whitehead

Beacon Capital Management

Advisors Magazine

SWU Renames School of Business

Pete Benson interviewed on Fox Business

Let Go It's God's

Show Quotes:

"Pete’s is a generous person but his Kingdom involvement goes beyond giving. His whole idea is, ‘let’s not think separately about marketplace and local Church ministry, let’s connect them." -Wayne Schmidt

“It doesn’t matter if it’s fishing or helping people with finances. We learned we are going to live lean, work really hard, pray a lot and surround ourselves with good people.” -Pete Benson

“People began to see that I’ve taken this relationship with Jesus to the marketplace, and I was still Pete. I’m just in a different arena now but I’m 100% on board for the Kingdom of God.” -Pete Benson

“Every person has their circle of influence. There’s probably 4-6 people at work that you resonate with and have grown close to…We actually spend more time with these people than with our family in a given week, so being intentional, being transparent, praying--if following Christ is who you are, it’s going to leak out.” -Pete Benson

“When people talk about vision, they often ask ‘what is the vision of our church.’ We’ve kind of reversed that and said, what is the vision God is giving you, and how can the church help you.” -Darren Whitehead

“I grew up in a tradition where ministry was pastoral ministry or missionaries. The vision for business people was to give to those ministries. But we have learned we are all in full time ministry. Every single one of our people is deployed on mission and this is a much more exponential approach to the role the Church should be playing.” -Darren Whitehead