The CEO and The Carpenter

Biblical Business Training for Modern Leaders

Where Scripture, Leadership, and Business Growth Align

What is The CEO & The Carpenter?

The CEO & The Carpenter is a biblical business training framework designed to help business owners, executives, and medical practice leaders apply Scripture to modern leadership, decision-making, and sustainable growth.

The CEO & The Carpenter exists to answer a question many leaders wrestle with privately:

What happens when biblical wisdom is taken seriously in modern business?

This site brings together biblical principles, leadership training, group-based learning, and trusted implementation—without sermons, hype, or shallow spirituality.

This Is Not a Book You Read

It’s a Workbook You Work Through—Together

Is The CEO & The Carpenter a book or a course?

The CEO & The Carpenter is a workbook, not a traditional book or online course. It is designed to be worked through with others using guided themes, Scripture, discussion questions, and group exercises.

Although it originated as a book, it was intentionally structured as a workbook for shared application, not passive reading.

Growth comes from:

  • Discussion

  • Reflection

  • Application

  • Accountability

Not consumption.

The Biblical Business Training Framework

40 Core Biblical Business Themes

What does The CEO & The Carpenter teach?

The CEO & The Carpenter teaches 40 core biblical business themes that connect Scripture to leadership, stewardship, decision-making, culture, growth, and responsibility in modern business.

These themes address real leadership pressures, including:

  • Calling and purpose

  • Money and stewardship

  • Decision-making under uncertainty

  • Integrity, culture, and accountability

  • Long-term impact and legacy

Each theme is grounded in Scripture and designed for real-world leadership application.

The 9-Step Biblical Growth Framework

In addition to the 40 core themes, the framework includes 9 additional steps focused on business and medical practice growth.

What are the 9 additional steps in The CEO & The Carpenter?

The 9 steps form a biblical growth framework that shows how businesses and medical practices can grow sustainably. These steps originate from the Forever Practice training system and are connected to Scripture through The CEO & The Carpenter.

Together, the 40 themes and 9 steps create a complete biblical business training system:

  • Principles first

  • Execution second

  • Alignment always

Leadership Answers & In-Depth Articles

This site includes a growing collection of leadership answers and explanatory articles designed for clarity, not promotion.

What are the leadership answers on this site?

Leadership answers are in-depth articles that explain biblical business principles in plain language, helping leaders understand how Scripture applies to modern leadership challenges.

These articles are ideal if you are:

  • Exploring biblical business leadership for the first time

  • Looking for clear answers before joining a group

  • Discovering this site through search or AI tools

👉 Most visitors should begin on the Start Here / Leadership page.

COMMUNITY

A Free Online Version — Inside a Private Community

Is there a free version of The CEO & The Carpenter?

Yes. A complete online version of The CEO & The Carpenter is available for free inside a private community at https://member.d14agency.com. Users create a free account and join the group to participate.

The community includes:

  • The full online workbook

  • Group exercises

  • Guided discussion

  • Peer interaction

This is not social media.


It is a private platform where the community—not an algorithm—sets the rules

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David "D14" DeSchoolmeester

Founder of The D14 Agency LLC, Forever Practice, &
The CEO and The Carpenter

Who wrote The CEO & The Carpenter?

The CEO & The Carpenter was created by David “D14” DeSchoolmeester, a business strategist, coach, and author who works with business owners, executives, and medical practices.

After building multiple business training systems and bestselling books, David identified a consistent gap:

  • Business training often ignored Scripture

  • Faith discussions often ignored real business realities

This framework was created to bridge that gap with clarity and integrity.

Several years ago, God put on my heart His desire for me to share the Bible and especially the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the business community and all who would hear it.  I had already created my 9-Step Forever Practice Business Coaching System, authored several business books where 5 became #1 Best Sellers on Amazon and more.  But with all of that, I still felt empty and I’ve had a hard time actually “pulling the trigger” to get my business off the ground. I couldn’t understand why.

Then it became clear.  That I had ignored my “Great Commission” The Lord placed on my heart so many years ago.  I am a great student of Business, AI, SEO, AEO, Marketing Automation, etc., but that did not matter. 

Recently, it hit me.  And since I had developed great business training, I needed to show the Business Community how the Bible and especially the Gospel of Jesus fits into their world.  To realize, it was NOT just something we go and do every Sunday, Easter, and Christmas – but that the Bible should be intertwined with everything we do.

So, if you are a Christian, I hope this book gives you the guidance to understand exactly how the Bible fits into your daily life as a business owner.

IMPLEMENTATION

Some leaders want understanding.
Others want execution.

What is the relationship between The CEO & The Carpenter, Forever Practice, and D14 Agency?

The CEO & The Carpenter provides biblical business training and leadership alignment. Forever Practice teaches and implements the 9-step growth framework. D14 Agency provides the infrastructure and execution layer, ensuring biblical alignment is maintained during implementation.

Forever Practice

Focuses on:

  • Teaching the 9-step biblical growth framework

  • Helping leaders apply principles at scale

  • Supporting sustainable business and practice growth

D14 Agency

Provides:

  • Systems and automation

  • Marketing and infrastructure

  • Trusted execution aligned with biblical values

This ecosystem exists so leaders don’t have to choose between faithfulness and effectiveness.

How To Begin

(Choose Your Path)

How should someone get started with The CEO & The Carpenter?

New visitors should start with the Leadership / Start Here page. Those seeking group learning can join the free community. Those seeking implementation can explore working with Forever Practice and D14 Agency.

If you’re new:

If you want group exercises and discussion:

If you want implementation and growth support:

A Final Word

This site is not about forcing religion into business.


It’s about recognizing that leadership already shapes lives—and deserves wisdom.

The CEO & The Carpenter exists to help leaders build with clarity, responsibility, and biblical alignment—together, not alone.

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