Christianity and Business
Church of God in Christ
In West Los Angeles Church of God in Christ runs a community-development corporation that aims at “economic empowerment” of the poor and needy in its community backyard. Church of God in Christ community-development includes job training and entrepreneurial development, and it also partners with major corporations and businesses to provide employment for neighborhood residents. Another…
Read MoreMississippi Boulevard Christian Church
Memphis is facing a major job crisis and local law makers and residents have been trying to fix the deficient. The U.S. Census’ American FactFinder reported only about 40,000 people hold two-year associate degrees, a certificate considered a key step into middle-class jobs. Meanwhile, 68,000 never completed high school, an additional 141,000 attended but have…
Read MoreReaching the “Churchless”
Examining the daily news cycle, it’s not hard to recognize that there has been an undeniable cultural shift in the last 20-30 years. Obvious examples of this shift can be seen in the pop culture. These trends are important to recognize and adapt to, however, I believe that there is something much more significant occurring…
Read MoreAltar’D State | Mission of the Church
A frequently asked question is how do you incorporate your faith into your business? How do you make the foundation of your business reflect your Christian ideals and beliefs? Well it is a very hard thing to do, but there is, in my opinion, a store that does this very well. Altar’ D State is…
Read MoreMinistry and Business
At first glance, business and ministry might be an unlikely pair. However, the concepts of entrepreneurship and the Church have a lot more interaction than initially thought. Every major ministry that we can think of (Focus on the Family, Young Life, Samaritan’s purse etc.) has a business attached to it. Even missionaries have to have…
Read More“Why Embrace Missional Entrepreneurship”
Often argued, Christians who want to change the work place can’t because they are too unprepared, not equipped, naive, etc. It has been made clear over and over in the Bible that God is an entrepreneur, who provides new solutions to every problem. Antonin Ficatier refers to Exodus 14, where after the Israelites successfully crossed…
Read More“Entrepreneurship and the Kingdom of God”
Drew Yancey, like so many entrepreneurs, invested in a failure start-up business. As he looks back on his experience in his investment with this company, he sees red flags that should have been obvious to him when trying to launch this business. Yancey believes that when Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God and told…
Read More“When a Church Matches Missions with Entrepreneurship”
When Pastor Daniel Harrell unexpectedly received around $2 million from a land sale in his business, the first thing he thought of was to use 20% of these funds and put it to his passion of being a missionary. At first, he didn’t know what to do with all this money, and how to put…
Read MoreGen Z and the Gospel
One thing that I found interesting about this class was our discussion about Gen Z and what the disconnect is between that specific generation and the church. After our class discussion on what the possible problems are, someone in my group mentioned that today’s generation just does not have an accurate understanding of what the…
Read MoreEntrepreneurship is the Mission of this Church
Church brings people of all kinds together. Scripture makes it clear that a church can consist of any mix of people, but that it is Christ that brings us together. When the institution of the church started meeting together in places like Thessalonica and Colossae, there was only one church in town. A Christian had…
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