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Mere Christians

Scott Harrison (Founder of charity: water)

Mere Christians

Jordan Raynor

Entrepreneurship, Christianity, Business, Careers, Master Of One, The Call To Mastery, Entrepreneur, The Creator In You, Calling, Called To Create, Vocation, Christian Entrepreneur, Call To Mastery, Christian Business, Faith And Work, Mere Christians, Author, Raynor, Tim Keller, Jordan Raynor, Christian Professional, Creator In You, Redeeming Your Time, Redeem The Day, Religion & Spirituality, Theology Of Work, Professional Growth

51K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

From nightclub promoter to working to end the water crisis

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0:00.0

The episode you're about to listen to was released back when the mere Christians podcast was called the call to mastery

0:08.9

Now if you love mere Christians, you're still going to love these older episodes because the majority of each

0:15.6

conversation focuses on how the gospel influences the work of our guests. With that disclaimer out of the way, please enjoy the episode.

0:29.8

Hey everybody, welcome to the called mastery. I'm Jordan Rayner. This is a podcast for Christians who want to do their most exceptional work for the glory of God and the good of others.

0:43.0

Each week, I host a conversation with a Christian who's pursuing world-class

0:48.6

mastery of their vocation.

0:50.8

We talk about their path to mastery, their daily habits, and how the Gospel of Jesus Christ influences their work.

0:59.0

Today's guest has been a long time coming. I'm very excited to introduce you to my friend

1:04.3

Scott Harrison. He's the founder and CEO of Charity Water, a nonprofit that works to bring clean

1:11.9

water to people in developing nations through its use of

1:15.2

public donations. Scott is one of my absolute favorite entrepreneurs. Charity Water, one of my favorite

1:22.1

non-profits that I happily support personally every single month.

1:26.0

And listen, Scott's name should be pretty familiar to you if you've read any of my books,

1:31.0

as he is one of only a handful of people who appear in two of my books called

1:37.6

to create and master of one. Scott and I sat down recently to talk about his remarkable story of how he went from running away from God very much a prodigal son's story as a nightclub promoter to now spending the last 17 years or so of his life working to end the world's water

1:56.4

crisis we talked about the very simple thing you can do today to help you stay focused on the work you believe God's called you to master.

2:08.0

And Scott and I also got up on our

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work matters for eternity, even when we're not sharing the gospel.

2:17.0

Even when we're not sharing the gospel.

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Of course, we're all called to do that throughout life and we should look for opportunities to do it

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But I want you to hear really clearly in my conversation with Scott that your work matters even when you're not

2:31.4

Evangelizing you guys going to love this episode one of my favorites

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