Redemptive Entrepreneurship
Humphreys Street Coffee
“Drink Good Coffee for a change.” You have my attention! Humphreys Street Coffee is a business that seeks to provide jobs, mentorship opportunities, and leadership skills for teens who find themselves in an under-resourced neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee. Teens who work at Humphreys Street are provided with not only a positive financial opportunity, but also…
Read MoreRedemptive Chicken “Nuggies”
I am sure almost everyone has heard of chicken nuggets. They are a great snack! Tyson, one of the leading producers of these scrumptious treats, has a redemptive impact that they strive to achieve in their business. Their core values state: We strive to: Be honorable and operate with INTEGRITY; Be FAITH-FRIENDLY and INCLUSIVE; Serve as STEWARDS OF THE RESOURCES entrusted…
Read MoreOld Skool Café
Old Skool Café is a restaurant with a significantly redemptive impact on the youth culture of San Francisco. It is a jazz club/restaurant in the city of San Francisco that employs at-risk youth ages 16-22 in all aspects of the business. Their aim as a program is to break the cycle of poverty, violence,…
Read MoreImpact Foundation
What if there was a company that was set up to help redemptive minded companies get themselves off the ground and help to grow their companies. Companies like Praxis and other organizations are committed to these goals. One of these companies is the Impact Foundation. The Impact Foundation is an organization that blends the traditional…
Read MoreWorking Chance: Recruitment Redefined
Working Chance Working Chance is a charity that helps women with criminal convictions find employment. Ex-convicts are some of the most overlooked and rejected members of society, and it is often nearly impossible for them to have a second chance at life. Working Chance was founded in 2009 by Jocelyn Hillman. She saw how stigmatized…
Read MoreInterstate Batteries
Sometimes the Lord shows up in big and marvelous ways, other times it is the still quiet voice. Regardless of how loud or small the voice of the Lord is, we can all agree that it is still the voice of the Lord. Similarly, certain companies print bible verses and seek to be a public…
Read MoreA Societal Bombshell Normalized
Jessica Rey is an actress and designer. She is a known non-conformist because of her unique view on specific topics. Jessica Rey made a video on the evolution of women’s swim wear. She explained the history of the bikini. She explained the word ‘bikini’ came from the name of a nuclear warhead because introducing this…
Read MoreWilderness Collective
Wilderness Collective is an outdoor focused adventure company that is redemptively focus in their interactions with customers. Though they are a for profit business, they focus it around letting their customers relax and enjoy the experience provide and guide discussion that gets them thinking deeply about their purpose. Products they offer include a wilderness magazine…
Read MoreJoyCorps
JoyCorps is an organization that comes alongside entrepreneurs in Asia and assists them in starting their own businesses. They are believe specifically in the power of redemptive entrepreneurship in aiding economic development in the developing world. They work with entrepreneurs who already have a defined business plan that will help their community and they surround…
Read MoreThe Rabbit Room
The Rabbit Room is a faith-based, non-profit organization that seeks to share the beauty of God’s creation and truth through music, art, story, and poetry. Inspired by a visit to C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home, musician and author Andrew Peterson founded the Rabbit Room (named after the back room of the pub where the Oxford Inklings…
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