Conversation with Tom Mercer (Classic)

About this episode

J.D. Pearring interviews Tom Mercer about his journey from ministry to marketing.

J.D.'s guet on this episode is Tom Mercer. Odds are, if you have worked in ministry, you have probably read at least one of Tom's many books. He gew up in a Christain homa and his father was a pastor. Tom had always thought he would go into the “family” business of ministry. However, he witnessed the mistreatment of his father by the church he was serving in, and decided he wasn’t going to be a part of that. He left seminary and joined a friends marketing firm. It was a conversation with that...

People in this episode

Host: J.D. Pearring

Guest: Tom Mercer

Topics covered

• ministry
• Christianity
• marketing
• family business
• church
• spirituality

Keywords

• Tom Mercer
• ministry
• Christianity
• marketing
• family business
• church mistreatment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christian, marketing firm

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