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Ignite Christian Business Podcast: E09 - Bob Pettigrew, VP of Services
June 11, 2022 · 18 min
Today's episode features Rich "Trigger" Bontrager of Rock the Stage and Bob Pettigrew, VP of Services.
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0:04 Welcome to the Ignite Christian Business Podcast. Today's episode is part of a special series leading up to Ignite 22, an Ignite Christian Business Conference taking place July 20 eighth and 20 ninth at the Beardmore0:16 Event Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Ignite 22 is for Christians with a passion for business, leadership, and serving others. Get your tickets today at ignite dash c b dot com.0:29 Today, Ignite cohost Rich Trigger Bontrager of Rock the Stage sits down with Bob Pettigrew, VP of services and friend of Ignite.0:38 Hey. It's Rich Bontrager back once again for another Ignite 20 22 podcast interview as we prepare for the upcoming Ignite conference. We're back in Omaha once again, year number 2 of this0:50 amazing conference for faith business leaders, for Christian business leaders to come out, whether you're a small business, big businesses, whether you're growing and scaling, we want to bring back the idea that it's1:01 okay to show your faith, to make a mark in your community. And how do we do that more and more? This year, the theme is wrapped around the book of Nehemiah, and how Nehemiah led a visionary trip to rebuild the1:13 city. He got resources, he got support, he got the community involved and so much more from the book of Nehemiah. And today we're talking with Bob Pettigrew. Bob was an attendee last year with it. And1:25 now we've got a little bit more involved this year, we're gonna hear more about that. And he comes out of the VP area. He is a vice president, heavily involved in Omaha area. So Bob, thanks for taking the time and1:35 talking with us today.1:37 You're welcome, Rich. Good to spend time with you.1:39 So let's go back last year, pandemic is all in action. What was your reaction when you kind of heard that we were gonna have this Christian Business Conference right there in Omaha?1:49 You you have a great perspective, you know, with the pandemic and everything we were trying to do to recover from that. It seemed like, gosh, is now the right time. But, you know, in God's2:01 timing, sometimes what appears to be in the natural on the outside doesn't quite meet with what we would think would be the right time. God just paved the way and made it happen in that moment. So it was2:13 pretty cool. I was surprised when Craig said he was doing this. But when I started to learn about what it's all about and some of the speakers and I couldn't help but get jazzed and really be on board and was excited to2:25 go. It's a good conference.2:26 It was a great first time to go out and we built it really fast. People do not know the backstory, but we worked really fast because the vision was burning in Craig's and my heart to go do something now,2:37 not later. We really thought it was critical for the moment in time that we were at. Since then, how has that conference impacted you? What did you get? What were some of the takeaways you got last year?2:48 Well, Rich, I appreciate you asking. I don't want to be too dramatic, but there were some aspects of the conference for my wife and I were life changing. So 1 of the speakers was Doctor.3:00 Ronnie Pinkerton. She came and spoke and she shared quite a bit. And she shared a very timely message that related to the pandemic and the virus and what we can do as3:12 individuals, as people to help prepare ourselves physically, prepare ourselves mentally from a health perspective. So since then, my wife and I have started to go to her as3:25 a provider. And my wife and I have never been healthier. It's been, like said, it's been life changing. And that would not have happened that Ignite 20 21 not happened.3:37 And we've got an opportunity to hear from just a great thought leader and a local physician that's really on the front lines of helping make it healthy.3:45 Last year, did have the local flavor very strong. We did have some national 1 comes in as well. This year we're raising the stakes a little bit. So what are you hearing? Because you are involved with Craig and I behind3:55 the scenes. What's going to get you pumped up for a Nehemiah theme?3:59 Yeah, know when you've got folks like Lance Wall now coming in, some of the other speakers, national speakers who, again, they're thought leaders in this concept of4:11 Christian faith in our personal life and Christian faith in our business life don't need to be mutually exclusive. Those things are together, they're connected. I'm wearing gray hairs and wrinkles and it's taken4:23 me a long time to try to figure that out in my life. So to me the huge benefit of this conference and when I look at the conference speakers and some of the additional speakers, we've got a younger millennial4:34 crowd. We've got some that are involved in this. So what I'm hoping to do, because these wrinkles and white hairs have fought and paid for, is help share some of that knowledge and wisdom with the younger4:46 crowd who can carry that torch. They're going to run with it way faster and way deeper than I think we can. But in the background, we're there as leaders to support what's happening. I think that's 1 of the big messages4:58 that's going to come from Ignite 20 22.5:01 That's great to hear that you're catching that vision. Greg and I spent a lot of time talking about that in the past year. In my full time past for ministry years, my passion was next generation leaders, college young My5:13 heart has always been there. And you're right that to give them the stage, them the opportunity to share their messages, hearts or dream, because their visions are just so as important as our visions. And Nehemiah is a5:24 book of visions. I mean, it was a vision of a broken heart, a prayer, supplication, and then seeing a broken city and what it can be back again, the splendor of God's amazing5:36 city. Yep. How important do you think it is for our country to hear That we were we're we're broken right now. The United States is very broken, and it's not just spiritually only or5:48 financially broken. It's the holistic. We're broken. How do you think this message is for our time and day that we live in now?5:55 Yeah, Rich, for the timing of it is critical. Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. Our society in America, maybe even globally, but just to zone in for a moment on America, we are broken, we're fractured. We're fractured6:07 because there's an intentional effort to fracture us. And that's, it's not godly, it's not based on scripture. It is absolutely impacting our way of life and our businesses,6:19 our investments. This fracture is really in 20 21 and 20 22 seems to be at least penetrating more aspects of society. We're coming at6:31 this from a completely different perspective that God is good. And that we as Christians, we have a challenge in front of us, not just to share our faith,6:43 but to share it, to live it, to let that faith permeate every aspect of our lives. And as we do that, we champion the message that God wants, which I think is completely counter6:55 and completely polar to what we see in our media, with many of our politicians, with what's happening in this country. You know, we're in a pretty tough spot right now. And the hope comes from7:07 God. And without God, there is almost no hope. So let's get this message out.7:13 We record this at a time when Roe v. Way is exploding. At the same time, the Supreme Court made a major blunder in releasing information through a leak. So7:25 again, Roe v. Wade has been hot topic. It's been a stain in our country, but now we have the political side failing again at the same time as collision of that. Interesting in the book of7:37 Nehemiah that Nehemiah got the favor of the king that he served. He was a foreigner in their city, and yet he got favor of the king. And the king said, what's so wrong? Why are you7:48 broken? How can I help you? Yep. Do you think we have a new Nehemiah somewhere in our world waiting to step up and have a cleansed blessing to have someone to see their heart and go,8:00 this is wrong, we need to change it?8:02 Yeah, I think we do. It's hard at least to pinpoint who that person is. Know there's great anticipation. We've had leadership in the past handful of years, leadership that has put8:14 America first. That again, on the outside, you might not think would this be God's chosen or God's anointed? But when you look at the fruit, when you look at the results, I8:26 think there are leaders, up and coming leaders, maybe even leaders we haven't even heard of yet, are God's anointed. Ironically, I've been spending some time reading the book of8:37 Judges. And I won't go into a long story here, but it's interesting because to me it mirrors some of what's happening today. And maybe that's throughout history, but it just resonates with me that8:49 God will rise up somebody who nobody would have ever guessed is that next leader who's going to fight for Israel, help with the Lord's help and9:01 blessing, redeem Israel, then there's a period of peace. And then successive generations from that person come and they fall away from God. And then that cycle is repeated about a dozen9:12 times in the book of Judges. And it all leads up to Solomon and then David and then everything that we really remember. Some of that information that's in the Bible,9:24 sometimes it gets lost. But it's just been really good to go back and read that. And I think you're spot on. We have leaders that God is rising up, I think are going to help lead us to a9:36 state of redemption in this country.9:39 And interesting the way you paint that picture so well, David, Solomon, the others in the book of Judges and leading up all play into the glorious city of God's city, Jerusalem. And in Nehemiah, the city9:50 is shattered and broken and in a rubble. And then after the early chapters, which we're mainly gonna focus on during the Ignite conference, the second half is all about rebuilding the temple and the blessings and finding10:02 the ancient scrolls and breathing spiritual life back into a broken community. Do you think we're ready for having spiritual life breathe back into our country? Do you think we're ready to really open up the10:14 scrolls and say, so says the Lord?10:16 I think we are. By nature, I'm a half full person. I'm always optimistic. I'm always hopeful. I have an incredible wife and family that really help reinforce that. But just by nature, I think I'm10:28 positive and optimistic. To me though, it goes deeper than the nature of Bob Pettigrew. You mentioned Roe v. Wade. So some of the things that are happening politically, you can look at them10:40 as maybe even more disastrous. But what I see is a turning, a reckoning. And I can also see10:51 there's a lot of young people. I think the youngest adult generation right now, these Gen Zers, it's that generation that's going to live with Roe v Wade overturned.11:03 Those are some of the folks that are helping champion this. That's what I think is building momentum for this. So yes, I think now is the perfect time to see God move11:15 mightily. And it might not be every minute of every day that we see that outward expression, but you can kind of see the underpinnings of this change that's happening. The side that's against us,11:27 the side that's against America is going to get louder. They're not going to stop. But ultimately, I think we're gonna see God and God's people triumph. And I think it starts in this hour. It's probably already11:39 started.11:40 Well, and that's why we're focused on the business leader, the grassroots.11:44 Yeah.11:44 The church is still always a church. However, I believe transformation comes from within the community. Yep. So as a business leader, as a faith leader, I believe the transformation comes from11:56 the office shops, the mechanic working with somebody and giving some love and support, maybe even praying briefly. I believe it comes from the community, and then you will go to church, but the church is12:08 not the destination. We were told to go and be disciples. So going is in your business world. How does that fit in to your expectations? Do12:20 you see your business as your place to serve the Lord?12:25 Yeah, I do. I do. And it's really been just a, you know, renewed faith in me that as a Christian, I can show up and be myself. I can show up the12:38 mindset in the corporate world right now is all around diversity, equity, inclusion. And that's important. It's important. Our children, I won't use the actual term that I heard from my son,12:50 it's probably not fit for Tate, but he basically said isn't DEI just don't be a jerk? Use the word jerk but that's kind of it right?13:01 Yeah.13:01 But the reality of DEI sometimes in a corporate setting is if you have a Christian identity or you have some aspects of your identity that are counter13:13 to the narrative that maybe you shouldn't have a voice. I've experienced that in the corporate culture, but I think where my purpose is, I don't have13:25 to go to work and fight that. I just have to go to work and be me. And part of being me is to use this reference. Sometimes I'll use this reference that says, hey, I read this really old book, and it says13:37 X. So I'm sharing my faith in a little bit of a subtle way, but people ultimately know what I'm talking about. And that's been fun to do. And it's been fun to do within the context13:49 of this accepted diversity, equity and inclusion culture, which I think some Christians are probably timid about and rightfully so. But I think it's time for us to be bold and take stand.14:00 I love that. It's not about the bible track being shoved on your car window or in your hand in the mall. It's about just naturally having it ooze out of you as part of a general conversation.14:11 Yep. You know,14:12 Jesus never took a sign and picketed on the Roman steps. Never. And I'm not saying you shouldn't. I'm just saying the relationship side was much more powerful and made a lasting impact. What's your biggest14:24 dream and hope for Ignite 20 22? It's gonna be coming up in July 20 eighth, 20 ninth on a Thursday and a Friday. What's What's your big hope and expectation here?14:33 Momentum. My big hope and expectation is that year number 2, know, more attendance. Like you said, last year, it was14:46 something God put on Craig's in your heart. And in a very short period of time, you put together a wonderful conference that went off without a hitch. At least to the attendee, it went off without a hitch. I'm sure there14:57 was lot on the hamster wheel in the background. But this it's even better plan. It's got a number of really important people that15:09 we need to hear from in the speaker community. You can see the momentum that started last year, maybe even prior to that, because God birthed something in the 2 of you that didn't just materialize and you went after it.15:21 This is something that's been a passion for a while. So my big hope for Nehemiah 20 22 is we're setting the stage for this culture leadership, this business faith culture15:33 leadership to continue to build momentum into 20 23, 20 24, 20 25. It's pretty exciting, pretty exciting time to be involved.15:42 We already are beginning to plan 20 23. Awesome. So we are not done yet and we do feel that momentum. We do feel the traction and a greater movement across15:54 the board on this. Bob Pettigrew, I thank you very much for taking the time and joining us today. I look forward to seeing you back in Omaha once again and having a great time. Don't forget everybody, you can get your16:04 tickets. You can register now. Please join us for Ignite 20 22. Again, it's the Faith Business Conference for Christians. We want to make that very clear. This is a Christian faith driven16:16 movement of God to help us build back our communities where we're at, where our businesses, where our family, just like it was in the book of Nehemiah. Look at the link as it's here in the description. Hit the link, get16:27 your tickets and come join us. And July 20 eighth, 20 ninth, we will see you in Omaha for Ignite 20 22.16:35 Thanks, Rich.16:38 We hope that you've enjoyed today's episode of the Ignite Christian Business Podcast. Are you a business leader, owner or employee with a passion for excellence in stewarding your business for Jesus? Then we would like16:49 to invite you to Ignite 22, an Ignite Christian business conference July 20 eighth and 20 ninth at the Beardmore Event Center in Omaha, Nebraska. You can get your tickets and book your hotel today at ignite dash c b dot17:00 com. The goal of this event will be to encourage us all to grow our faith and our businesses to become a part of a network of leaders from a myriad of vocations and build lasting relationships as business leaders within17:11 the body of Christ. Speakers will include strategist, futurist, thought leader, doctor Lance Wallnau Kevin Jessup, President of Global Strategic Alliance. Jerry Perera of the Leiden Preservation Group. Pastors Hank and17:23 Brenda Kuneman of Lord of Hosts Church. Health Freedom Advocate Doctor. Ben Tapper. Mindset Disruption Strategist Eric L. Dunavant. Chief marketing officer, Michael LaBroad, and Desiree Bouyer, president of Extreme17:35 Recognition. Special music and worship will be provided by multi Grammy nominated members of the Grand Ole Opry, the Isaacs, and Jasmine Christmas Brady of Regeneration Nashville, who provided the intro and outro music17:47 for the Ignite podcast. Other special guests will take the stage, and the event will be amazing. It was made possible by partnering with Patriot Mobile, XR Outfitters, and many other amazing businesses.17:59 Thank you for listening. And remember, Jesus is in business. Is he in yours?
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