Tom Nelson

After years of pastoral ministry, Tom Nelson realized he’d spent the majority of his time preparing Christians in his church for Sunday mornings, neglecting the rest of their lives as workers. Tom realized he’d committed “pastoral malpractice,” neglecting to disciple his congregants in the world of their lives. He realized that worked needed a new story. Nelson and a team of church, business, and private sector partners launched Made to Flourish in order to “empower a growing network of pastors” to better engage, equip, and encourage each other as they integrate a more robust theology of faith, work, and economics into their churches. Closing the gap between Sunday and Monday is why Made to Flourish exisits.

Tom is the author of Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work and The Economics of Neighborly Love. Tom is also the senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Kansas City. He is on the Board of Regents of Trinity International University. He holds a Master’s of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and a doctorate from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Tom and his wife, Liz, have two grown children and reside in Leawood, Kansas.

Website: madetoflourish.org