For Christian leaders, discipleship doesn’t stop at the church door — it extends into hiring, leadership, and the way we treat those society often leaves behind.

In this blog, Esther Champion shares her personal journey from growing up in a home shaped by lived faith to working inside the Criminal Justice System, and ultimately founding Myrtos Consultancy to support employers in recruiting prison leavers.

She explores how inclusive employment can restore dignity, transform lives, and embody God’s compassion in action, offering practical guidance, professional insight, and inspiration for businesses ready to make a real difference.

What if the true measure of a Christian business isn’t growth, impact, or influence — but character?

Drawing on nearly three decades across the music industry, media, and consultancy, Duncan reflects on the slow, often uncomfortable journey of learning to place identity in Christ rather than work. T

hrough moments of success, anxiety, and necessary falling, he explores how Christlikeness — not achievement — becomes the only metric that truly endures.

The piece traces how this inner formation has shaped a way of working marked by trust rather than striving, leading to the launch of Here On Up and, more recently, ReBible — a hopeful collaboration seeking to equip the UK church to give away one million Bibles. A story of manna, faithfulness, and fruit beyond ourselves.

A Leap into the Unknown: James's Faith-Filled Journey Building a Tuition Centre in Bristol

In September 2021, James started a new chapter after 17 years in the classroom, taking a bold step into entrepreneurship by joining the First Class Learning franchise. What began modestly in a Westbury-on-Trym village hall—offering maths and English tuition—has grown steadily over four years into something far greater than he imagined.

At the same time, James's Christian faith was awakening. Fresh from completing an Alpha course and becoming a regular at church with a small group, he found his spiritual path running parallel to this business adventure.

Looking back, what once felt like scattered experiences and uncertain plans have revealed a clear thread of divine guidance. Varied teaching roles that seemed like weaknesses became perfect strengths, and a vision for serving affluent areas gently shifted toward diverse, lower-income communities in Bristol.

This is James's story of surrender, unexpected doors opening, and seeing God’s fingerprints on an ordinary life turned extraordinary.

If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people?” (1 Corinthians 6:1).

At first glance, Paul’s words seem to forbid Christians from ever taking fellow believers to court. But for UK Christian entrepreneurs, directors, trustees, and business leaders, the reality is far more nuanced.

Fiduciary duties require acting in the best interests of the company — protecting employees, shareholders, and beneficiaries. Sometimes, failing to enforce accountability isn’t grace… it’s negligence.

This article explores the historical context of Paul’s rebuke, the moral tension between reconciliation and stewardship, and practical ways forward — including mediation and Christian arbitration.In business as in faith, the goal isn’t victory, but reflecting the character of Christ.

Bristol Spring began with a quiet conviction rather than a strategy: that entrepreneurs don’t just need better tools or bigger networks, but friendship, pastoral care, and permission to follow Jesus wholeheartedly in their work.

Born out of a personal journey of faith and a growing awareness of the loneliness and pressure many founders carry, Spring exists to bridge the false divide between the sacred and the everyday. It is a simple, relational response — people gathering for coffee, conversation, prayer, and shared wisdom — trusting that when God builds something, it will carry life far beyond what we could plan.

Behind every faith-driven business is a hidden curriculum — a slow, deliberate forming of the founder’s heart. In this article,

Toby and Paul from Wonderborn share 12 lessons learned through cash flow challenges, prophetic promises, and moments of impossible risk. From discovering that obedience is the new definition of success to learning when to hold prophetic words lightly, these insights show how living by faith as an entrepreneur stretches, humbles, and transforms you — all while pursuing meaningful, Kingdom-focused impact.

When the Kingdom Looks Like a Wildflower Garden

What if Kingdom life among Bristol’s Christian entrepreneurs doesn’t resemble a perfectly curated rose garden — but a slightly untidy wildflower garden, alive with bees, possibility and unexpected beauty?

In this reflective piece, Brad explores how Spring’s first year has quietly revealed a culture rooted in friendship, trust and imagination, where creativity and courage are released not through control, but through spaces that are attentive to the wind of the Spirit.

In November 2025, Christian entrepreneurs asked the question the sons of Issachar once answered: given the explosive rise of artificial intelligence, what should the people of God do?

The answers were surprisingly hopeful:

67 % believe AI will ultimately create more jobs and opportunities than it destroys, 25 % remain genuinely uncertain, and only 8 % fear widespread unemployment.

Yet the real power came from the stories already unfolding in our city: dyslexic youth workers freed for deeper care, lifelong dyslexics finally writing the stories God gave them, and a man sleeping rough who used ChatGPT to navigate the benefits maze and find a home.

What emerged were five clear, shared convictions about how the Bristol church can respond with wisdom, compassion, and distinctly Kingdom courage—refusing both hype and fear while becoming stubbornly, gloriously human in an age of simulation.

Bristol Spring Boards: Behind the Scenes with Dez Futak

How Christian Entrepreneurs in Bristol Are Building Businesses with Faith, Prayer and Real Accountability

If you want to see what Christian entrepreneurship in Bristol really looks like in 2025, picture this: six founders squeezed around a wobbly coffee-shop table at half-nine in the morning, cappuccinos going cold, laptops half-open, and Bibles quietly poking out of rucksacks. It’s a far cry from the usual start-up hype – and that’s exactly why it works.

At last week’s Bristol Spring Burger and Beer Night, Andy Street shared his remarkable story — a journey from civil engineering to city transformation, marked by faith, surrender, and a growing heart for Bristol.

From his early days in South London to co-founding a global environmental consultancy, Andy’s life seemed a picture of success. Yet it was through his daughter’s serious illness that he discovered what it truly meant to trust God — learning to hold life’s trophies loosely and live open-handedly.

Andy’s passion is serving Bristol’s most vulnerable, championing unity, relationships, and community as the foundations for lasting change.

His story is a powerful reminder that when we let go of control, God often opens new doors of purpose and impact.