God at Work with Ken Costa

Published in The Telegraph

In Westminster Abbey's north choir aisle is a statue of a man who was one of the greatest statesmen of his age: a man who is my inspiration. As one would expect, the statue's inscription has a prominent mention of the achievement for which William Wilberforce is best known.

The Business Times, Singapore

Lazard International chairman says the key issue now isn't how long the recession lasts, but how to rebuild trust.

THE financial crisis goes beyond the credit crunch and ruined balance sheets. To Ken Costa, chairman of Lazard International, the crisis is one that reaches deeply into spiritual and moral issues - whatever your faith or creed.

Ken Costa spoke at one of Singapore's largest churches on Sunday 17th May.

During the English service of Faith Community Baptist Church, Ken talked about 'What Are You Doing With What You've Been Given?' The church meets at the Singapore Expo MAX Pavilion.

Ken Costa will be speaking at four separate events in Singapore in May. These include a marketplace talk, a God at Work launch seminar and he will be preaching at St Andrews Cathedral New Sanctuary and Faith Community Baptist church.

The heading was found on the front page of the FT over the Easter weekend, which reported:

'Britons are turning from Mammon to religion as the downturn bites – for advice about debt and redundancy, not simply spiritual consolation.

The Wilberforce Address 2009, hosted by the Conservative Christian Fellowship, will be given by God at Work author, Ken Costa.

He will speaking on 'The Economy' at a ticketed event to be held on 24th June, 7-9pm in the Attlee Suite, Houses of Parliament.

Around 160 men attended the men’s breakfast held at HTB on Saturday 28th March.

The men enjoyed a cooked breakfast followed by a talk from HTB Churchwarden, and author of God at Work, on the topic of ‘winning at work without losing in life’.

You can listen to the talk here.

Ken Costa spoke at HTB's Sunday service on the 29th March on the topic 'Confession,' the last in the series 'Life Transformers.'

Nicky Gumbel quipped that it was 'pure co-incidence that we have chosen a banker to speak on the subject of confession!' when introducing him.

Ken Costa spoke at the first Wharton Global Alumni Forum in Dubai on the 12th March. The 2009 Dubai Forum’s theme was “At the Crossroads for Global Economic Change.”

Ken was a member of a panel (pictured far right) which discussed, 'The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Middle East.'

The North West launch of the God at Work Course was held in Manchester, hosted by Oasis Manchester.

The event was held at Elmwood Church on the 25th February.

In his talk, Ken Costa gave examples from the Bible which are similar to the present financial status.

The Archbishop of York noted the importance of a Christian worldview in the world today during his address at HTB. His comments received widespread coverage in the national press.

The Times reported:

THE GOD AT WORK course was launched by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, at a special conference at Holy Trinity Brompton on February 16. Around 160 delegates attended the conference and received training in how to run the six-session course, which is to help equip Christians to live out their faith in their workplaces.

Ken Costa spoke to some 250 Christian leaders and business people in Nottingham as part of the God at Work Course launch.

The event was held at County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottingham, on Monday 9th February 2009 from 6:30-9:30pm.

Hear Ken speak at HTB on how to survive the current economic crisis from a Christian perspective.

AMSTERDAM - Speaking at the launch of God at Work in Holland, Ken Costa says that the international credit crisis is not just an operational accident, but a serious ethical crisis.