You probably already know what a Venn diagram is: two-overlapping shapes that demonstrate the relationship between two sets of ideas. It was named after John Venn, a British mathematician who was trying to show people how seemingly opposing concepts can be linked together.

Now hold that thought for a minute while we share what God has been showing us here at Venture. For many years, we have seen the phenomenal impact of ‘ordinary church-goers’ on helping shape local communities through their daily
work. They are teachers and health-care workers, government employees, tradespeople, truckers and farmers, businesspeople, merchants, and day-labourers. They understand that God has called them to live out their faith in and
through their work. They are Christ’s disciples in the marketplace.

Sometime though, church-leaders, usually pastors and evangelists, send confusing messages that God’s work is only what’s being done in the church; singing in the choir, teaching Sunday school, being a deacon, serving on a committee. Sometimes, businesspeople feel they are just a means of generating
income to help fulfill God’s work (i.e., in the church). Too often, people feel like second-class citizens in God’s kingdom, sometimes denigrated for choosing what was labelled as ‘secular work’ vs the spiritual work of the church.

As our logo shows, we believe faith and work can be closely linked, and
discipleship is the key, the very heart of what it means to be God’s people. It is where faith meets work and equips people with useful  resources to live out their faith every single day of the week.