The Story of Stanley Tam

The Story of Stanley Tam

"Put your heart and soul into every activity you do, as though you are doing it for the Lord himself and not merely for others." (Colossians 3:23).

Stanley Tam is founder of US Plastics Corp. He legally gave his entire business to God and the profits that have been generated to spread the Gospel across the world. To date, the business Stanley Tam has built (which is wholly owned by a non-profit organization because he gave his business to the Lord) has generated more than $140 million towards the work of the Lord.

Dr. Tam considers giving his business to the Lord as simply an act of obedience, but to so many who have heard the Stanley Tam US Plastics story, it is incredibly inspirational and an extraordinary example of what one man can accomplish for the Lord when he puts God first place in his life.

In 1945, during a time of prayer, he felt the Lord calling him to the winning of souls. Others around Stanley didn’t quite understand how a businessman could be an evangelist but in 1952, while on an evangelistic tour of Korea, the Evangelist suddenly had to return home and that left Stanley in charge of finishing the tour. Sharing his testimony and telling those Koreans what God had done in his life, Stanley later called it, “one of the greatest experiences of my life.”

In 1955, he felt the Lord urging him to give the entire business to Him, and Stanley Tam obeyed, turning over all 100% to his heavenly Father. Stanley also quadrupled the size of his plant in order to turn the side of his building into a billboard for Christ facing Interstate 75. In gigantic letters, he had a sign created that read, “Christ is the answer.” Now, both inside and out, the Lord was first place in the business.[1]

Stanley Tam epitomizes what we need to understand about our work life call – we are called to glorify and worship God through our work life. Today, realize that all that you own is God’s. Our work is to be worship to God because our inheritance is tied to the work we do everyday.