About Fate Thompson

They Said:

Inside of every man there is a God-shaped vacuum that only god can fill.
- Pascal

I believe one of the next great moves of God is going to be through believers in the marketplace.
- Billy Graham

A vocation from God was no longer limited to the clergy or church, but applied to any occupation or trade.
- Martin Luther

God is at work in all realms of existence, whether secular or sacred. The plan of God is worked out in every event. It is an all-encompassing pattern of life that, in principle, applies to any mundane task just as it also applies to taking communion.
- John Calvin

The glory of God is man fully alive!
- John Eldredge
(Author of Wild at Heart)

God has uniquely prepared us with gifts we are to use in our vocation. Interest and aptitude in business were given by God to glorify Him and fulfillment in the workplace.
- Kent & Davidene Humphreys
(Authors of Show and then Tell)

ABOUT FATE THOMPSON

Fate Thompson, in partnership with his brother Ron, own and operate American Agricultural Services, a project management consulting firm to the agricultural chemical and bio-technology industries and iAdvantage Software, a software development and marketing company for R&D Study Management Software for Life Sciences. They have been in business together in Cary for over 25 years. During most of that time, they have recognized their businesses as ministry unto the Lord.

In July, 2007, while on a mission trip to Ecuador, his tenth year in a row there, Fate heard God say, "I have shown you the need around the world" (Fate had been to Kenya in 2005 in addition to the nine earlier mission trips to Ecuador and business travel across the undeveloped world. "Now that you know the need, go back to the Research Triangle and work with other business men, and help them understand that their business is their ministry and that I will use them to take dominion of the earth".

Before he left Ecuador, he told his pastor, Pastor Richard Dial, that in 2008 for the first time in 11 years, he would not be returning with the Cary Church Of God mission team to Ecuador because God had called him to a new ministry.

As soon as he returned to Cary, Fate began to pray, asking God to define how he should structure this new outreach to businessmen, and to study what he came to know as "Marketplace Ministry". Prior to this time, he had never knowingly seen or heard the word "Marketplace Ministry", though he understood immediately that he had lived it for over 20 years. In fact, his one question to God when God spoke to him about this ministry was, "Why me?" and God said, "Because you have lived it". God didn't mean that he had lived it perfectly, but that he had lived his life in community rather than in silos. In the western world there is almost no community anymore. People live their lives in silos; they have their family, they have their church/religion, if they are religious people, and they have their work. Fate understood that God was saying, "Your faith is not only a part of you on Sunday but it always has been a part of you in your family and in your work during the week."

In studying, investigating marketplace ministry, Fate discovered that this concept, while new to him, was not a new concept, that many organizations had been teaching the value of ministry in the marketplace for decades and that several of these organizations were active in the Research Triangle. Therefore, he assumed that God was calling him to be a part of one or more of these ministries, but as he sat before the Lord asking for direction, it became obvious that God wanted something else done, something that was new and fresh. Not more or better than any of the other ministries, but different and Fate wasn't sure in what way it would be different, but that it needed to be separate and fresh. Therefore, he began to pray into this and the concept of Men Of Significance began to develop. Therefore, this organization and this web-site.

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Desire to Destiny:

The marriage of personal dreams with God's purpose launches an adventure more exciting and fulfilling than we ever imagined. The revelation to connect our personal life with God's plan to take the gospel to the ends of the earth and bless the nations is the journey of a lifetime. From Preface of Desire to Destiny by John S. Garfield

Transformation:

God is passionately interested and invested in human affairs and He cares for what you do as much as He cares for you. What will you do with the rest of your life? From the cover of Transformation: Change the Marketplace and You Change the World by Ed Silvoso

Day of the Saints:

Our life is His work and our work is to demonstrate His life in our worship, way of living, and the excellent manner in which we do our professional work. Work done in such a way that it glorifies God is just as spiritual to God as the things we do inside a local church. The criteria are whether it is biblically approved and whether it glorifies God and causes others to glorify God. From The Day of the Saints by Dr. Bill Hamon.

Releasing Kings:

Finding purpose is the hallmark of motivation in vocational and spiritual life. Personal destiny is captivating, empowering, and releasing. We've used "Kings" to refer to this dynamic. There is an entrepreneurial, conquering, creative, and contagious aspect of Christianity that is sweeping over the Body of Christ. From Preface of Releasing Kings for Ministry in the Marketplace by John S. Garfield & Harold R. Eberle

Anointed For Business:

Being in business for the glory of God adds the most sublime purpose to your occupation. Do not let your occupation block your destiny; instead, allow your destiny to shape your business by turning it into your ministry. From Anointed For Business by Ed Silvoso