Inspiring leadership and commitment to spiritual growth - Ministry Director Christian Union Employee Review

Christian Union is an outstanding place to work if you are serious about both professional excellence and spiritual growth. I have been consistently challenged to grow in my skills, leadership capacity, and faith. The organization has a clear and compelling mission: developing godly Christian leaders to transform culture, and, by the grace of God, see revival across our nation’s most influential university campuses and our nation. If you desire to be part of a team that is committed to seeing revival and lasting cultural impact through the next generation of leaders, Christian Union is an excellent choice. The work is meaningful, the vision is big, and you will be stretched both professionally and spiritually in the best possible ways. I highly recommend working here to anyone who wants to invest their career in something that truly matters.

Occasional long hours Occasional travel

Above average pay for a ministry role. Higher pay than other similar organizations. Amazing coworkers.

The CEO, Matt Bennett. Many current and former employees have concluded that he is not saved. He is a Matthew 7 type of person. He does many mighty things in the name of Jesus, but does not know Jesus. He is hyper controlling, often cruel, rude, and heartless. His beliefs range from soundly evangelical to heretical depending on the topic. His legalistic approach creates two cultures within the organization. The first is the false appearance that people are on board and excited and don’t think they work for a maniac. The second culture is the real one. Where employees have transparent conversations with each other when the CEO or his loyalists aren’t around. There’s a sense of trauma bonding that takes place with current and former employees who have been subject to the CEO’s spiritual abuse. The gnarly NDA’s that employees are required to sign should be your first clue that some dark stuff is gonna go down and you’re gonna need to talk about it to maintain your sanity. This organization is in effect the personal cult of Matt Bennett. It’s historically been funded by his family, so he’s been able to maintain control because people are aware that if he was removed, he would take the funding with him and the organization would close. Still, many have thought it might be better to close, in that case, rather than continue to harm people. But like a bad addiction or any abusive relationship, it takes many attempts to get out and no one has the heart to fight hard enough to remove him.