Evaluating Christian Home Based Business Opportunities

By Bobby Pena


Are Christian home based business opportunities better than the other work at home offers on the internet? Well, they should be, but you cannot throw your common sense out the window just because someone puts the word 'Christian' in their ad. You still need to research every work at home opportunity to see if it is legitimate and to see if it is right for you.

One thing you may find with a Christian centered organization that you might not find with other business plans is a strong mentoring system and a true desire on the part of people already in the business to see you succeed. Building a business is not all technique - which just as many Christian programs as mainstream ones seem to claim is failure proof - and having the right product. There will be many times in starting any business when a word of encouragement or a bit of advice will be very welcome.

Read a lot of invitations to establish a home business so you will be familiar with the jargon and the sales hype. Then you will be able to look beyond the come hither enticements to the real facts. As you go, you should develop a feeling for the kind of business you are most interested in.

Then you must evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses. Can you do your best to help a recruit succeed? Do you have the time and energy it takes to communicate with those you enroll in your business? Many plans depend on you getting others to sign up, so if you do not feel that you can or want to do this, look for a different type of opportunity. As a believer, you yourself must be sure you can deliver what you promise.

Remember that most small businesses fail. A true entrepreneur will try over and over again until the perfect match leads to success. You must be able to help others understand this, be able to accept your disappointment and theirs as well, and keep going. Once you do succeed, you will be able to use your testimony to truly help others. If this sounds familiar, good. It is no surprise that what works at church will work in business.

Sometimes you can find a program that allows you to do something you enjoy anyway, like making jewelry, for instance. Companies that sell you supplies will also often buy the finished items from you, but will encourage you to retail them yourself to make 'even more profit'. This means that relying on the company to buy your work back will not make a very good return. If you have an outlet for your merchandise, well and good, but otherwise you must get enough satisfaction out of the process to make it worthwhile even if you make a small return.

Christian home based business opportunities often involve selling, but there are some jobs that provide a service rather than a product. An online search will bring up many interesting possibilities that you can evaluate through the fundamental values that govern your life and work.




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