David and Jason Benham have gained success through "missioneering," a business model they say mixes engineering and pioneering ideas with missions and biblical principles.
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Reporter: AS BUSINESS
PARTNERS, THEY COULDN'T BE A
BETTER FIT.
WE SHARED A WOMB, WE
SHARED A ROOM, AND NOW WE
SHARE AN OFFICE.
BUT THAT'S ALL WE SHARE.
Reporter: THE TRUTH IS
THE IDENTICAL TWINS SHARE
MUCH MORE, A PASSION FOR
ATHLETICS AND HEALTHY
LIVING, FOR FAMILY, FOR
THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND
FOR BUSINESS.
WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS,
THEY MAKE NO BONES ABOUT
THEIR LACK OF TRAINING.
WE NEVER STUDIED ANY
BUSINESS.
WE WERE NOT TRAINED BY A DAD
THAT HAD A BUSINESS.
WE WERE TRAINED TO BE
BIBLICAL THINKERS.
Reporter: THEY STARTED
A REAL ESTATE COMPANY ABOUT
12 YEARS AGO.
THEY TODAY OPERATE IN 35
STANDPOINTS, AN35 STATES,
AND THEY SAY THAT'S JUST THE
BEGINNING.
AFTER COLLEGE, BOTH WERE
DRAFTED TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL
BASEBALL.
DAVID WENT TO THE BOSTON RED
SOX, AND JASON PLAYED FOR
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS ON THE
FIELD, THEIR DREAM OF
PLAYING BALL TRANSFORMED
INTO SOMETHING MORE.
AND GOD USED THREE YEARS
FOR ME IN THE MINOR LEAGUES,
AND FOUR YEARS FOR MY
BROTHER, TO RESHAPE OUR
DREAMS INTO SOMETHING I
CONSIDER A LITTLE BIGGER.
Reporter: WHILE THEY
APPEARED TO BE ON THE TOP OF
THEIR GAMES, RUNNING THEIR
BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL, BUT
THEY
ACTUALLY HIT ROCK
BOTTOM.
I
WENT FROM SWINGING A
BAT IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ON THE MAJOR LEAGUE
ROSTERSE, TO BUSHING A BROOM
AS A JANITOR.
Reporter: DAVID LEFT
BASEBALL TO FOCUS ON HIS
FAMILY,
MOVING TO
CHARLOTTETOWN TO BE CLOSER
TO HIS BROTHER.
BUT THEY STRUGGLED TO PAY
THE BILLS.
WE WANTED TO DO REAL
ESTATE, BUT TO GET TO THAT
POINT HE HAD TO MOW LINES.
WE STAINED SOME DOORS AND
STACKED PRINTING PAPER.
Reporter: BUT FOR THE
BROTHERS, THEY BECAME A
TURNING POINT.
THAT WAS ONE OF HIS
MILESTONES, AND A TEACHING
POINT.
GOD TOOK HIM TO THE BOTTOM
AND SAID BE GOOD AT WHAT YOU
DO, NO BHATD WHAT I MATTER
WHAT YOU DO.
PRODUCE MORE VALUE THAN
YOU TAKE IN PAY, BREATHE
LIFE, FAITHFUL AND LITTLE.
WE STARTED BUILDING OUT WHAT
WE ENVISIONED A KINGDOM
BUSINESS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE DIDN'T READ ANY BOOKS BY
ANYBODY.
EVERYTHING WAS FRESH.
AND GOD EXPLODED OUR VISIT
BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GLORIFY
THEM.
Reporter: RATHER THAN
TRIBUTEIN ATTRIBUTING THEIR
SUCCESS TO GOOD TIMING, THEY
BELIEVE IT IS MISSIONARING.
YOU'VE GOT PIONEERING,
AND MISSIONARING.
Reporter: YOU SEE BIBLE
MOTIVES AND OCCASIONAL
PRAYERS.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
WHAT YOU'RE DOING AROUND THE
CITY.
Reporter: ONE EXAMPLE
HOW THE BROOTD BROTHERS ARE
MAKING A MARK IN THEIR
COMMUNITY, THEY HAD AREA
PASTORS TO ORGANIZE THE
PRAYER EVENT CALL CHARLOTTE
714.
IT DREW 9,000 PEOPLE FROM
MORE THAN 700 DIFFERENT
CHURCHES.
GOD ALLOWED AN OLD,
BROKEN DOWN BUSINESS OWNER
LIKE ME TO PUT THAT CALL
OUT, AND CHURCHES FLOCKED TO
THE IDEA OF IT BECAUSE IT
WASN'T HELD BY ANY ONE
PARTICULAR CHURCH.
Reporter: THEY'RE NOW
SETTING THEIR SIGHTS
OVERSEAS.
THE GOAL: START COMPANIES
THAT PRODUCE MORE MISSION
MISSIONARS.
WE TAKE THE PROFITS AND
REINVEST THEM INTO THE CITY
AND INTO THE PEOPLE, AND
REACH OUT AND MINISTER TO
THE UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS
THROUGH FUNDS THAT ARE
DERIVED OVERSEAS.
Reporter: DAVID AND
JASON BELIEVE THEIR BUSINESS
PHILOSOPHY EXTENDS TO ALL
PEOPLE OF FAITH, TO SEE
THEIR CAREER FIELD AS THE
MISSION FIELD.
MISSIONARING TO US IS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN BUSINESS
AND MINISTER AND TO
COMPLETELY ERASE IT AND SAY
YOU ARE SIMPLY COMPLETING
YOUR ASSIGNMENT.
WHETHER THAT IS RUNNING A
CHURCH, OR WHETHER THAT IS
RUNNING A BUSINESS, YOU ARE
RUNNING AN ORGANIZATION, AND
GOD WANTS YOU TO BRING THIS
KINGDOM IN THAT.
Reporter: THAT'S WHAT
THEY DESCRIBE AS THE SECRET
TO THEIR SUCCESS.
JOHN JESSOP, CBN NEWS,
CONCORDE, NORTH CAROLINA.