Raffaele Vergotti, who is the workplace group leader at Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Brescia, shared his experiences about how he became inspired to create a Christian Workplace Group (CWG).
‘In 2014, God made me aware that work is a gift from Him and not a curse. This changed my perspective about work, and I have therefore deepened the subject by studying the Bible and reading some Christian books.
Praying every day
‘Since then, God made me meet other colleagues with a predisposed heart and so was born the BCC Brescia CWG. Now 17 colleagues – out of the 400 who make up the Bank’s staff – pray every working day, divided into groups of three or four people, for everything concerning our company, on topics that we define from month to month.
Meditating on God’s word
‘Through a dedicated chat, we also share short weekly meditations to increase our knowledge of the word of God. We also intend to offer bi-monthly training meetings on specific topics. We are organising ourselves to extend the project to other Italian companies.
Depending on the Holy Spirit
‘In Italy, prayer and the reading of the word of God are not an essential part of people’s lives, even of those who call themselves Christians; moreover, the churches are less and less frequented. We believe that CWGs can contribute to a reawakening of the faith and bring people closer to God. Our vision here is to inspire Christians to live the principles of the gospel even in their workplace, transforming it, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, into the ‘best place to work’.
‘We are a ‘start-up’ and therefore what we need most is the guidance of the Holy Spirit. So pray that the Holy Spirit will give us strategy and direction.’
