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Building a Franchise with Faith (With Meredith Layton) – Episode 478

Building a Franchise with Faith (With Meredith Layton) - Episode 478
In this episode, I chat with the amazing Meredith Layton, an entrepreneur who owns a franchise system of pie shops.

Meredith dives into her journey into entrepreneurship, starting from childhood with sidewalk sales to owning bakeries and franchising a pie business. We talk about the importance of understanding our identity in Christ, leadership lessons from managing franchises, and how to honor different gifts within a team.

Meredith also shares about the spiritual challenges and warfare faced in business, emphasizing the integration of faith and business.
In this episode, I chat with the amazing Meredith Layton, an entrepreneur who owns a franchise system of pie shops.

Meredith dives into her journey into entrepreneurship, starting from childhood with sidewalk sales to owning bakeries and franchising a pie business. We talk about the importance of understanding our identity in Christ, leadership lessons from managing franchises, and how to honor different gifts within a team.

Meredith also shares about the spiritual challenges and warfare faced in business, emphasizing the integration of faith and business.

You can listen to the full episode here 🡻

  • 0:00 – Introduction to Rodney and the work he does
  • 4:07 – What is demonization and how does this happen to Christians?
  • 9:58 – The link between mental illness and demonization
  • 12:46 – The open doors we have that can invite demons in
  • 25:08 – The truth about the effects of new age practices
  • 35:10 – Stories of healing and unexpected ways they’ve happened
  • 38:20 – Rodney’s book on how to get and stay free
  • 40:50 – Can anyone start casting out demons?

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Key Lessons in Leadership, Business, and Faith

We dove deep into so many things in this episode: 

  • ✦ Entrepreneurial Journey:
    From sidewalk sales as a kid to owning a pie franchise.
    • – Meredith shares her background, her entrepreneurial spirit from a young age, and the journey of starting and franchising their pie shop.

  • ✦ Starting the Pie Business:
    Transitioning from cupcakes to pies.
    • – How they began with cupcakes with Meredith’s sister’s influence and moved into pies, leading to successful franchising.

  • ✦ Leadership and Franchising:
    Lessons from managing a franchise system.
    • – Insights into the operational changes needed for franchising and the importance of refining processes.

  • ✦ Spiritual Identity and Business:
    Integrating faith with entrepreneurship.
    • – Meredith discusses the role of spiritual identity and how it shapes leadership and business practices.

  • ✦ Challenges in Franchising:
    Overcoming obstacles in business.
    • – Dealing with legal, leadership, and operational challenges while maintaining a relationship-driven brand.

  • ✦ Honoring Gifts within a Team:
    Applying Ephesians 4 to business.
    • – Understanding and valuing different leadership gifts to build a cohesive and effective team.

Actionable Advice

  1. Embrace Your Entrepreneurial Spirit: Trust in your natural inclinations and experiences to guide your business journey.

  2. Plan for Franchising Early: Set up your business operations with the intention to franchise, simplifying processes and refining product offerings.

  3. Stay Rooted in Your Identity: Knowing who you are in Christ can guide your decisions and leadership style.

  4. Prioritize Relationships: Build and maintain strong relationships within your business, emphasizing connection and unity.

  5. Adapt and Refine: Be prepared to continually refine your business model and processes as you learn and grow.

  6. Integrate Faith and Business: Don’t be afraid to let your faith influence your business practices and leadership.

Bible Scripture Mentioned

Ephesians 4:11-13 (NIV)

“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.”

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