In the northern regions of Canada, several people groups have been isolated. Tribes of broken men, women, and children were hurt in unspeakable ways by the Catholic Church in the late 1900s which created a deep mistrust of Christians and foreign religions. A mission organization saw this and sent missionaries to these people. After years […]
Category: Redemptive Entrepreneurship
Redemptive Entrepreneurship – MCC Thrift
Mennonite Central Committee is an international, Christian non-profit that works in disaster relief, peacebuilding, education initiatives, and many other causes. It has several headquarters all of the world, and various branches and business connected to the larger non-profit. One of these branches is MCC Thrift, which consists of a network of thrift shops all over […]
Redeeming Dance for God’s Kingdom through Entrepreneurship
Dance is viewed in many different lights in the church today. The world today has taken dance and corrupted it by using it to be something to draw bad attention to ones self. Additionally dance studio environments are unhealthy, hard on students bodies, and highly competitive. Dance was actually created by God to be a […]
Redemptive Entrepreneur- David Weekley
David Weekley co-founded David Weekley Homes with his older brother, Dick Weekley. He was a guest on the Faith Driven Entrepreneur Podcast titled “Building More than Homes with David Weekley”. He shared his testimony and the story behind creating the business and his experiences through it. He started the podcast off by talking about how […]
Redemptive Entrepreneurship in Finances
Growing up, I always viewed the wealth management and finance industry negatively. I saw it purely as a numbers game and relatively sleazy. It is just something about insurance and service sales that leaves a weird taste in my mouth. This past year, I have met some folks who actually are both in wealth management […]
DonorSee
On Monday, we had Chadwyck Cobb come and speak to the class over Zoom, talking about his life and work experiences after graduating from Grove City College. His current job is with DonorSee where he is the head of partnerships since March of 2020. While he was talking about DonorSee, he pulled up videos of […]
Hobby Lobby-Christian Mission
There are numerous companies out there that demonstrate redemptive entrepreneurship and there are many food chains and well-known stores that participate in it. Hobby Lobby is a more well-known outlet that has greatly demonstrated what it’s like to have a well-run Christian business. They are a home decor company that facilitates the Christian lifestyle. They […]
Redemptive Entrepreneurship: The Immigration Coalition
The Immigration Coalition is a non-profit organization operating in and around the Southern Border. It marries the mission of the church with entrepreneurial efforts by connecting churches and other Christian non-profits with the needs of immigrants and refugees currently detained in camps in Mexico, as well as recent immigrants who live in poor neighborhoods in […]
Sharing the Gospel While Fighting A Great Evil
Agape International Missions (AIM) is an organization that fights human trafficking in Cambodia. They are located in the heart of Cambodia’s “red light” district with the mission of rescuing, healing, empowering, and protecting women and children who have been trapped in sex slavery. With the amount of enslaved people being greater today than ever before […]
The Purpose Hotel
Jeremy Cowart has stayed in many hotels in his day. At one stay in LA, he read a sign outside of his room that said “Hello, my name is room 1002.” It was then that his humanitarian side began to kick in. He asked himself, “What if that was a photo of a child from […]