Barrington is an amazing Kingdom company based out of Dallas with a manufacturing facility in China. I was blessed to get to know them last year and help a little bit as the worked through some organizational development challenges. Here’s how the Dallas News describes Barrington:

The plant is a Chinese anomaly. Barrington pays above-market wages with health insurance and maternity leave. Workers receive financial planning, continuing education and summertime camps for their kids. In a society that shuns the disabled, Barrington hires the physically challenged and invests in orphanages that minister to children with special needs.

“Gil and I run the company based on Christian values where everybody is intrinsically valuable, whether they’re here or in China, able or disabled,” Gowdey says.

It’s such a blessing to see how something so seemingly inconsequential as a piece of luggage can serve not only to carry the Lord’s name before kings (and presidents). But it also serves to multiply the blessings of people on the other side of the world, through employment, increased standard of living, and most importantly through the love of Christ shared with them and demonstrated to them by the efforts of David, Gil, and Ben. To me, this is validation that marketing strategy and business strategy can both be powerful components of our Kingdom strategy.