PATRICK'S STORY
My family has been rooted in a legacy of helping people for at least 3 generations before me. Here we see my late grandfather with my mom and my late uncle next to him. My grandfather, Leslie Barham was a missionary in Zambia and he was called in to take care of a lion that was terrorizing the people of a local village. He’s one of my heroes.
Then when I was 22, I joined a team traveling into communist eastern Europe to smuggle bibles and Christian literature and food and medicine to the Christians in E. Europe where it was illegal to be a Christian. And then Holly (on the right in the picture) came on a summer team and here you see us in Romania during the revolution in 1989. And I asked her to marry me ... and now we’ve been married 34 amazing years.
We spent 12 years in Japan teaching the Japanese how to speak English and we worked alongside some local churches there. And in my free time, I studied marketing for thousands of hours. And we learned about kaizen and we applied the concepts to our own chain of schools and we ended up creating a true monopoly in the end.
We even had 3 children there ... all "Made in Japan"!
And it was there that I started creating software.
We sold our business in Japan and moved to Kenya at the invitation of a professor in my MBA program. I was going to be a marketing director of a safari company that was a missional business. Because of the post-election violence in 2007, there were no safaris, so I ended up being a business consultant. I was able to help companies such as Nation Media, Access Kenya (the country's #1 corporate ISP at the time), Fairmont Hotels, Kenya Airways, and a host of small and medium-sized businesses. All thanks to God's help ... and a system! I finalized the creation of my software to help myself first of all, but it evolved over the years and was eventually bought out by another company.
For 12 years we lived in N. America, getting involved in online education, teaching at the college and university levels, and helping businesses where we could. In 2020 we joined SIM, a global mission organization to see how we could help struggling businesses across Africa. Here Holly and I had a chance to speak at a Creative Hub in Ethiopia and offer business advice to startups there.
In early 2024, we decided to create Kingdom Growth Engine, a powerful, affordable platform that equips consultants with scalable tools, customizable strategies, and laser-focused analysis to deliver measurable results and drive sustainable business growth.
Based on our history, and looking to the future, here is our Mission, Vision, and Values.
MISSION
Develop and enhance state-of-the-art software solutions that empower business consultants to achieve measurable success while making a powerful impact. Our products are designed to not only drive business growth but also to align with and support Christian values and principles.
Serve our community of consultants with a spirit of stewardship, treating each one not merely as customers but as valued partners in ministry and mission. We are committed to supporting their vocation in fostering kingdom principles within the marketplace.
VISION
To advance transformative business consulting with a commitment to ethical excellence, innovation, and community empowerment.
VALUES
1. Faith-Driven Purpose: Our work is an extension of our faith. We seek to reflect kingdom principles in every business strategy and interaction, ensuring our services and growth are rooted in a higher purpose.
2. Integrity and Stewardship: We commit to stewardship and integrity, managing resources wisely and upholding ethical standards that honor our calling and our clients' trust.
3. Service and Impact: We balance service and profit, aiming to create impactful change in the businesses we serve and by extension, their communities, embodying the biblical call to be 'salt and light' in the marketplace. Profit will follow excellence in service.
4. Excellence and Innovation: We pursue excellence and innovation, leveraging technology and creativity to deliver outstanding services that can scale the impact on God's kingdom.
5. Collaborative Community: We foster a community of like-minded individuals, promoting a culture of mutual support, continuous learning, and shared success.
6. Generosity and Blessing: We are committed to generosity, using our success to bless others, support charitable causes, and spread goodwill as an expression of our faith.
7. Joyful Service: We believe in serving with joy, ensuring that our interactions with clients and colleagues are filled with positive, uplifting energy that reflects the joy of our faith.
8. Harmony and Peace: We strive for peace and harmony within our team and our clients, understanding that a united front enhances our collective witness and effectiveness in the business world.
9. Growth and Sustainability: Our strategies are designed for growth that is both sustainable and responsible, ensuring that we can continue to provide value and serve as a testament to the providence of God.
10. Impactful Leadership: We lead by example, demonstrating the power of Christ-centered leadership in the business world, and inspiring others to follow a path of righteousness and success.