Scaling What Ron Blue Started: $500 Million for the Kingdom — Jeff Thomas, Arkos Global (Ep. 19)

How does a Christian wealth manager move from career to calling - and then scale what a mentor built?In Episode 19 of The Don't Bury It Podcast, Tim Barker interviews Jeff Thomas, founder and CEO of Arkos Global, about the mentorship and three questions that have shaped a firm directing over $500 million to Christian ministries since 2017.Jeff shares how Ron Blue shaped his entire career - from writing him a literal letter in the early 2000s, to three years of discipleship over coffee at the Atlanta airport hotel before Kingdom Advisor coaching events, to hearing God say audibly in their last session together: "I want you to scale what this guy started." That moment sent Jeff on a sixteen-year discernment path that ultimately led him to leave Morgan Stanley and launch Arkos Global in 2017.Tim also shares his own personal Ron Blue moment - walking into Kingdom Advisors' headquarters off the freeway with a white paper on ministry vetting, getting confirmation from Ron Blue himself, Hugh McClellan of Generous Giving, and David Wills of National Christian Foundation (NCF) that the idea was worth pursuing. That meeting became the catalyst for ROI Ministry itself.The conversation closes with three questions Ron taught Jeff that Arkos still uses with every client in transition today: How much is enough for you? How much is enough for your kids? And what do you do with the rest? This is the third episode in a new Don't Bury It series on Christian wealth management, generosity, stewardship, and kingdom impact.ABOUT ROI MINISTRYROI Ministry reviews 100+ ministries a year and publishes a top-10 list of those beating the world's best charities on cost per person served - while still sharing the Gospel and making disciples. EROI: the eternal return on investment. Every dollar Tim receives from BOOM goes to vetted gospel + compassion ministries.Free resources:• Top-10 list + 90 reviewed ministries: https://roiministry.org/• BOOM book: https://www.amazon.com/BOOM-What-When-Blows-Around/dp/1646459016/ Know you're making a difference.