While a college student at Rice University Scott Key, along with the help of another student founded Every Shelter. The two young men saw the problem of shelter for displaced individuals across the globe, and came up with a solution. Every Shelter is a non profit designed to provide relief goods to those living in […]
Category: Underdeveloped economy
There is HOPE in Coffee
No – I don’t mean that there is actual, dependable hope in the wonderful, caffeinated drink too many of us depend on throughout the day, widely known as coffee. This hope I speak of is found in the heart of a company called HOPE Coffee, who proudly serves their customers as an openly Christian coffee […]
Compassion
If you have been to a summer youth camp or a concert for a big-name Christian artist, chances are you have heard of Compassion. They are a humanitarian aid organization whose mission is to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name. This movement started when Rev. Everett Swanson went to South Korea to minister to […]
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 […]
The Warren Family Mission
In Warren, Ohio there is a great need for food and shelter and all sorts of rehabilitation. It is my hometown and I love it here. But, much of Warren is an area of poverty and a serious opioid problem. The Warren Family mission is located downtown in the heart of it all. They are […]
JoyCorps
JoyCorps is a business centered around redemptive entrepreneurship and empowering businesses to drive innovation in desperate areas around the world. Since 1999, JoyCorps has been involved with businesses dedicated to economic development in the developing world. They noticed that entrepreneurs with redemptive centered ideas face tremendous challenges when it comes to running profitable businesses in […]
What a D.light!
I’m sure as you sit here reading this on either your cell-phone or your computer, the thought of not having electricity at the tip of your fingers is unfathomable. Cofounders Sam Goldman and Ned Tozun of D.light discovered through research that one in three people in the world do not have the opportunity to appreciate […]
Operation Christmas Child
Some of us may be very familiar with Operation Christmas child, a ministry by which millions of children have received the gospel message along with what may be the first gift they have ever received. Operation Christmas Child is an annual mission hosted by Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief ministry that helps those in need […]
Samaritan’s Purse: An Entrepreneurial Nonprofit
Samaritan’s Purse is a well known nonprofit Christian organization. This organization is best known for their amazing ministry “Operation Christmas Child” in which 10.6 million Christmas presents are sent across the world to underdeveloped countries. In addition to sending Christmas gifts, “Operation Christmas Child” also spreads the gospel to millions of people every year. Not […]
Cards from Africa
A mission-based business could be considered the ultimate mix of redemptive entrepreneurship. Using a creative, innovative idea fully for missionary purposes. Cards from Africa is one of these organizations that strives to use God’s purposes for each person and demonstrate his love for everyone. The website mentions they began because they “believe that God has […]