How to respond when your faith is questioned at work

Tom Harper March 16, 2025

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If you're a Christian leader in a secular organization, you're among many who are not believers. What have you found is the best way to let your faith show?

Do you mute it, spill it or highlight it? Are you one of the few who boldly proclaim it? Or do you hide it out of fear?

If you're like me, "it depends." It depends where I am, when the conversation happens, and who I'm with.

Paul, in Colossians 4:5 (NIV), exhorts us: "Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity."

In the workplace, how do we practically act and speak so we don't miss opportunities to share our faith?

I like how verse six in the NLT answers this question: "Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone."

Gracious and attractive.

When a conversation turns to faith, this is how we should speak. When we're questioned about why we believe—even when we're put on the spot—there's rarely cause to respond in an adversarial manner.

Wisdom is making the most of an opportunity in this way.

With you,

Tom Harper
Founder, BiblicalLeadership.com
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Tom Harper is publisher of BiblicalLeadership.com and executive chairman of Networld Media Group, a business-to-business publisher and event producer. He has written five books, including Servant Leader Strong: Uniting Biblical Wisdom and High-Performance Leadership (DeepWater Books, 2019) as well as the Christian business fable Through Colored Glasses and its sequel Inner Threat (DeepWater, 2022). Learn More »

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