For over 6 months we met and prayed. Guest speakers including teachers on the Kingdom and the former chief economist for the city of San Antonio came to enlighten us further. Our desire was to hear from the heart of God concerning the role of the marketplace with regard to community transformation. And He remains faithful!

It is important to note that the marketplace is the heartbeat of our city. The decisions that impact our daily lives are made in this arena defined as business, government and education. The marketplace shapes and impacts our community like no other institution. It has influence and vast resources that pointed in the right direction can literally change the course of history in our city.

So how would God direct this institution? Better yet, how would He direct you to shape the institution and point it in the right direction…? His! That is exactly what we were asking over these last several months and below is the initial expression of what we believe God desires to accomplish:

The Community Transformation MAC are people in the marketplace who join forces to empower individuals, organizations and institutions to achieve their maximum purpose in Christ in order to impact our city.

The current expressions below are a starting point for engaging the marketplace in community transformation. 

OUTREACH: Developing effective ways to reach those in the marketplace with the gospel of the Kingdom and establish expressions of marketplace ministry that include Kingdom business models, mentoring and partnerships with compassion ministries.

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT: Reaching out in practical ways to establish resume preparation, job searches, job training, employment opportunities, servant leaders and financial stewardship.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNTIES: Developing creative ways to invite new business ventures which will employ residents and impact communities. Current focus is on opening a Christian pre-school.

ETERNAL INVESTMENTS: stewarding resources to ministry efforts in order to elevate impact!

In addition to these expressions, we are spending the next three months meeting with gifted teachers to learn about the Kingdom believing if we can begin to grasp and understand this important biblical topic we can better serve our city through the marketplace (click here to see the details of these meetings and join us).

Most importantly, we believe that God needs you! Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to learn more about these teams and your role. TOGETHER, we can shape the course of history in our city!

*MAC is a city-reaching initiative of Transformation