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Finish Line Podcast Episode 96

Pat and Janel Hord, Business Owners, on Creating Multigenerational Impact and Legacy

You want to steward God’s resources faithfully. But questions about generosity, calling, and impact are rarely simple.

In this conversation, you’ll hear from someone who has walked through these kinds of questions and learned along the way. Listen for the next step God may be inviting you to take.


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Meet your guide

Pat and Janel Hord are the owners of Hord Family Farms in Ohio. Pat and Janel each had generosity modeled for them in their early years and they developed a passion for it, but God has led them through increasing levels of thoughtfulness and complexity with regards to what exactly that looks like for them. They have navigated the challenges of running a large, generational farming enterprise across multiple states with the mindset that God owns it all. They have a passion for loving their team members well, loving their community well, and bringing the gospel to the rest of the world. Pat and Janel also have great insight concerning fostering growth in generosity and in their business through good stewardship, and passing on a legacy of wisdom, wealth, and a Kingdom culture to the next generation.

What you’ll gain

  • Their spiritual background and upbringing
  • Their perspective on ministry and vocation
  • Learning to steward their time, talent, and treasure over the years
  • Being led into knowing what and where to give
  • How they intentionally fostered generosity in their kids
  • Flowing together in giving as a married couple with individual and shared passions
  • How knowing your “why” helps you to grow in generosity and business
  • Sharing stories about God using your giving for His Glory
  • Transferring a legacy of wealth and wisdom to the next generation 
  • Collaborating with people and organizations to serve the local community
  • Fostering generosity within the team
  • Making sure the team is taken care of first, then your community, and the nations

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What does genuine ministry partnership look like?

Explore how to foster trust, alignment, and shared mission in your giving.

In our Intervention Series on the Applied Generosity Podcast, we’ll help you become a more thoughtful, discerning, and faithful partner.

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Quotes to Remember

  • Pat – “I feel like God gives us the desires of our heart, He just wants us to surrender to Him.”
  • Pat – “Everything we have comes from the hand of God.”
  • Pat – “God owns everything. So how do we steward our time, talent, and treasure?”
  • Janel – “Just get started on that first step in generosity.”
  • Janel – “What we’ve been given we are responsible to give back.”
  • Pat – “We’re just trying to figure out how to follow Christ in the best way we know how.”
  • Janel – “Our responsibility is to ask, ‘How is Christ honored through that organization?’”
  • Janel – “It may be in our county, or it may be across the world. Nothing’s off the table.”
  • Pat – “God has knit our hearts together in the area of generosity.” 
  • Janel – “How do we take what God has given us and make an impact in our community as well?”
  • Pat – “We look at our business as a giving engine to do good.”
  • Pat – “You have to know your ‘why.’”
  • Janel – “Not all of us are called to go into Africa, but we are all called to give what we’ve been given.”
  • Pat – “We don’t want to transfer wealth without wisdom to the next generation.”
  • Janel – “As a giving engine, how do we support organizations that are trying to make a difference in the community?”

Links from the Show

Bible References from the Show

Psalm 37:4 | Delight in the Lord

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Matthew 6:3 | Humble Generosity 

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Matthew 6:21 | Heart Treasure

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 5:16 | Your Light Glorifies God

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

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