Choosing Christian business partners can be a challenging task. On the one hand, it can be a wonderful experience because you now will have someone to share the load and bring in new ideas for the business. On the other hand, if you don’t choose wisely, it can lead to broken relationships and frustration.

It takes some effort to work harmoniously with other people, but it can be done if you follow these four principles.

A business partnership is a business with more than one owner that is not legally organized as a sole proprietor or corporation. Working in a partnership structure has pros and cons. As a business consultant I’ve always told people a business partnership is a like a marriage; you don’t really know what you’re getting into until the marriage begins.