P R A I S E F O R
Evangelpreneur
“This book is a paradigm in the financial mind-set like Jesus was 2,000 years ago in the religious mind-set. Evangelpreneur is the perfect mix of faith, family, and finance. This book is not a book; it is a curriculum for life!”
—PASTOR JIM STALEY,
Passion for Truth Ministries
“Listening to you talk, Josh, I’m ready to do something! I’m ready to bust down some walls somewhere!”
—ANDY ALBRIGHT,
CEO of National Agents Alliance
“Congratulations, Josh. You hit the ball out of the park with your latest book, Evangelpreneur. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to have a practical, readable, step-by-step guide to becoming an ‘Evangelpreneur.’ I have read numerous self-help, motivational, and leadership-type books. Your approach is fresh as well as balanced. I am a better Christian, minister, citizen, provider, husband, father, and grandfather as a result of your book. I am in your debt.”
—PASTOR MICHAEL JACKSON,
New Life Assembly of God
“Thoroughly impressed. Good job on your speaking and writing. Very rarely do you find someone who can do both well.”
—ORRIN WOODWARD,
founder of LIFE Leadership
“The committed always conquer the complacent and Josh Tolley’s valiant volume reveals how the rituals and restraints of religion build commitment. By boldly brandishing the banner of faith in the area of wealth creation, Josh describes the road map to real riches. This book contains valuable insights that will help the fiscal transformation of all readers.”
—RABBI DANIEL LAPIN,
president of The American Alliance of Jews and Christians and author of Thou Shall Prosper and Business Secrets from the Bible
“We have had the had the privilege to book every past president since Reagan and superstars like Michael Jordan, Payton Manning, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and Jack Canfield. Josh Tolley is one of the best speakers I have ever witnessed. Josh is the BEST!”
—BRUCE MERRIN,
booking agency owner of 40 years
“Go into any Christian bookstore and you’ll find a plethora of books that teach you how to ‘name it and claim it’ or achieve vast riches with some secret Biblical principle. This book isn’t one of those. Josh Tolley has provided a concise program for handling finances by changing how one thinks about money and labor, while remaining in fidelity to Biblical ethics and morals. This book does not fill the reader with outlandish claims of financial prosperity just because one prays for it, but details the steps one needs to take in order to achieve financial success that is within everyone’s grasp. Tolley has provided reasoned, logical, proven and, most important, Biblically consistent approaches to good stewardship. If you’re serious about being that good steward, you need this book!”
—FR. JACK ASHCRAFT,
featured on The Travel Channel and Animal Planet
“I believe every Christian needs to read this book! Josh’s book teaches us how to implement the following two verses in our lives:
Deuteronomy 28:13 ‘And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and not beneath…’ Deuteronomy 8:18 ‘But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.’”
—PASTOR RICK RYAN,
Arizona Bible Church
“Wow! How I wish I had this book when I started out decades ago. As a successful businessman and Christian, this powerhouse of financial management would have saved me tons of time and money during some of my terribly uninformed trial and error years! In Evangelpreneur, those principles are available to all through practical, uncompromising, unrelentingly motivational common sense and Scriptural dissertation.”
—DR. THOMAS R. HORN,
author of Blood on the Altar and founder of SkyWatch TV
“Josh nails it in Evangelpreneur … You will truly be empowered once you know the truth about money and its relationship to a fulfilled and Godly life.”
—TERRY WHIPPLE,
cofounder of iLead Entrepreneurial Charter Schools
“As Josh Tolley brings up in his brand new powerful book on finances—the Bible talks about providing financially for yourself, your children, and your children’s children, but with majority of Americans just one paycheck (or less) away from the poverty line! Is it ever God’s will for someone not to be able to provide for their offspring? The Bible calls poverty a curse, so are four out of five churchgoers cursed?
This is a book that incorporates all of the Scriptures, including our responsibilities when it comes to money, the solid Biblical principles to follow, and the concept of free enterprise. This book challenges us all to look into what we TRULY feel about money! How to get free to use our money wisely to provide for our family and for our ministry! How to have provision for fulfilling the destiny and purpose that God has entrusted us to achieve while we are on planet earth.
I highly recommend this book as it is unlike any book you’ll ever read to help us in our endeavors to be Godly men and women showing forth the kingdom of the most high God.”
—WARREN MARCUS,
vice president of TV, Radio, and Development for Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural
HOW BIBLICAL
FREE ENTERPRISE
CAN EMPOWER YOUR FAITH,
FAMILY, AND FREEDOM
Josh Tolley
BenBella Books, Inc.
Dallas, TX
Copyright © 2015 by Josh Tolley
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. All scripture is from the King James Version of the Bible unless indicated otherwise.
This book is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information about entrepreneurship. Neither the author nor the publisher is engaged in rendering legal financial or other professional services by publishing this book. If any such assistance is required, the services of a qualified financial professional should be sought. The author and publisher will not be responsible for any liability, loss, or risk incurred as a result of the use and application of any information contained in this book.
First e-book edition: April 2015
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Tolley, Josh.
Evangelpreneur : how biblical free enterprise can empower your faith, family, and freedom / Josh Tolley.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-940363-77-6 (paperback)—ISBN