Multiplying Your Business Impact

Throughout the Entrepreneurship and the Mission of the Church class, we have talked a lot about redemptively minded businesses and how people can bring together business and the mission field to make a difference. We have seen many examples of entrepreneurs who have used their gifts and talents to create something meaningful and change the lives of those around them. A recent topic that we discussed is multiplying your impact on the people and places around you.

Redemptive entrepreneurs are entrepreneurs that look to “blur the lines between charity and business”. They seek to create companies that have a social impact in the community or world around them. A lot of people think that only non-profit businesses can be redemptive, but for-profit businesses that evoke change and help people can be considered redemptive as well.

For business owners who seek to have a redemptive impact, making a profit is often not the bottom line. Many of these business owners focus more on benefiting the common good through their product or service. An example of a business who focuses on multiplying their impact is Krochet Kids. Krochet Kids is an organization that helps to empower people to rise out of poverty by employing people in Uganda to crochet and sell hats. Their mission is to not only employ these Ugandan people, but to provide them with opportunities to gain business knowledge and possibly start their own businesses one day.

Thinking about how to multiply your impact as a redemptively minded business should strike up many other questions. These questions include: What can you do? What business can you start? What impact could you have? What difference do you want to make? Asking yourself these questions can start generating ideas in your head and allow you to think deeper about the change you want to make in the world. As Christians, we should always be thinking about how we can further God’s kingdom through the work that we are doing, and how our lives are ultimately a reflection of Christ. We should seek to use our businesses and places of work as a mission field to spread the love of God and help further his Kingdom.