Page 169: Dave Munson: From Missionary to Saddleback Leather CEO
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
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🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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When Dave Munson graduated from Bible college, he was sure of one thing: the most spiritual thing he could do was full-time ministry. Then Dave went to Mexico as a missionary and that's where he purchased the leather bag that God used to change everything, including Dave's pride-filled heart. Dave is the founder of Saddleback Leather Company, whose goal is to love people around the world by making excessively high-quality leather bags. How does a prideful missionary become a humble but super-successful CEO? That's Dave Munson's story.
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| 0:00.0 | Page 169 of the unfolding is the story of Dave Munson. |
| 0:05.1 | I would say and do things so that people would acknowledge that I'm spiritual. |
| 0:09.1 | Then I thought, I'm going to go into full-time ministry or I'm going to be a missionary |
| 0:13.0 | because that's what first-class Christians do. |
| 0:15.4 | And that was my spiritual pride. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm more spiritual than everyone else. |
| 0:18.9 | And that was super displeasing to God. |
| 0:23.9 | God's story has been unfolding. |
| 0:27.4 | Since the beginning of time. |
| 0:30.4 | He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 0:36.8 | Another page in the unfolding. |
| 0:43.6 | Hi, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 0:51.2 | When Dave Munson graduated from Bible College, he was sure of one thing. The most |
| 0:56.0 | spiritual thing he could do was full-time ministry. And then God took Dave to Mexico as a missionary, |
| 1:02.3 | and that's where he purchased the leather bag that God used to change everything, including Dave's |
| 1:09.3 | pride-filled heart. Dave is the founder of Saddleback Leather Company, |
| 1:13.9 | whose goal is to love people around the world by making excessively high-quality leather bags. |
| 1:20.1 | How does a prideful missionary become a humble but super successful CEO? That is Dave Munson's story. I was born into a Christian home. My dad was a pastor |
| 1:33.1 | when I was born. He was in Bible college when I was born. And then he became a pastor. And so I kind of just |
| 1:38.6 | grew up, man, being passed around the church. And then when I was about in kindergarten, and my mom explained the |
| 1:46.4 | great story to me about, you know, how God himself came to earth, became banned, and he paid for |
| 1:51.9 | my sin, so I wouldn't have to pay for them. And then God erased him from the dead. She explained |
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