In this episode of 12-Minute Convos with Jesus Believers, Engel Jones connects with author, speaker, and university co-founder Chantell Cooley, joining the show from Southern Alabama. Originally from Mississippi, Chantell shares her exceptionally solid and encouraging journey of faith. Grounded deeply in the Word of God since she was a 12-year-old in youth group, she decided at age 15 that she wanted to be a trained leader for God’s Kingdom and she has never looked back. Chantell opens up about the miraculous expansion of her family's business.
Coming from a background of poverty, they received a bold prophetic word when they had absolutely nothing: that their company would rise up like a rocket. Grabbing onto that word and refusing to let it go, Chantell and her family went on to build a university that has educated over 100,000 students.
She discusses her practice of reading Proverbs daily since the age of 19 to gain an edge in business, how she wove biblical principles into corporate culture, and the message of her latest books, Living in the Overflow and Marketplace Mantles. If you are a Christian in business feeling overwhelmed by secular environments or waiting on your next level of growth, Chantell’s bold authority and her reminder that the Word of God will literally jump ahead to fix your problems will completely revolutionize your faith!
Guest's Bio
Chantell Cooley is a marketplace leader, author, and mentor who has spent more than three decades proving that faith and business were never meant to be separate. As Co-Founder of Columbia Southern University and Co-Owner of Columbia Southern Education Group, she helped build one of America's most respected online universities from a single prophetic word into a global institution serving more than 100,000 graduates, all while operating with excellence in the secular marketplace and staying deeply connected to God as her CEO.
Today, Chantell equips business leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives to do what she has lived: hear God's voice in real decisions, position themselves with clarity, and build with excellence without separating their calling from their strategy. Her message is direct. What holds most businesses back is rarely the lack of a better plan. It is the lack of clarity on what God is actually saying right now.
Chantell is the author of several books, including Stand on the Word, Stand on the Word for Leaders, Beyond the Basics, Winning the Game of Life, Cooley Farm Adventures, Living in the Overflow, and Marketplace Mantles. She is not a pastor and she is not a consultant. She lives in the space between both, bringing prophetic discernment and real marketplace results into one voice, raising a generation of Marketplace Ministers who lead with integrity, build with vision, and advance the Kingdom of God through their business and influence.
WEBSITE AND LINKS TO DIRECT LISTENERS
Website: www.chantellcooley.com
Instagram: @chantellcooley
Youtube: @ChantellCooley