If you take the time to think about it, entrepreneurship and ministry have a lot in common. Both entrepreneurship and ministry revolve around the purpose of helping others. While entrepreneurs focus on fixing a physical need that a person might have, ministry focuses on a spiritual need that a person has. Therefore, many traits that…

A mission-based business sponsored by my home church is called Grounds for Restoration, which is a branch of Made for Freedom. The goal of this business is to prevent women from turning to trafficking and instead offer a living wage and restored dignity. When I first heard about this through my church, I was very…

Over the past 6 years of my life, I have been blessed to be a part of a ministry/ business program called the Charlotte Eagles. The mission of the eagles is, “We are a Gospel-centered ministry that introduces people to Jesus Christ, teaches them to follow Him, and empowers them as leaders through the global…

For this blog I wanted to have a look into a company that has woven Christian values into their business model. Interstate Batteries, founded in 1952 by John Searcy, integrates Christianity into its business model. They are, known for their automotive batteries, and have woven Christian values into their corporate culture, creating a unique workplace…

Business as Mission, also known as BAM, is an organization that helps create and grow for-profit, sustainable businesses that are intentional about ‘Kingdom of God’ purposes. “Business as Mission addresses the economic, social, environmental, and spiritual needs of unreached peoples and vulnerable communities.” Their goal as an organization is to help Christians who have dreams…

The Good Samaritan and Redemptive Entrepreneurship For my first blog post, I wanted to dive into a specific parable that I feel has a surprising parallel with redemptive entrepreneurship. The parable that stood out to me was The Parable of the Good Samaritan. Although it may seem like a story far from a marketplace parable…

A Christian organization that is relevant to me and to my generation and the church is Passion Conferences Movement. Many may have heard of Passion explained as a large conference of  18-25 year old’s meeting to glorify God and uniting students in worship and prayer. Passion conference is based on Isaiah 26: 8 which states…

Throughout many conversations with missionaries across the world, I have come to know the importance of entrepreneurship as it relates to missionary work. Due to the current political state of many nations, a person is not permitted to enter a country as a “missionary.” Rather, the person must be able to provide economic benefit to…

We discussed in class certain aspects of the cultural mandate – the commands that God gave to mankind at the creation of the world. I’d like to highlight two pairs of verbs that God commands in the first chapters of Genesis. He tells Adam in Gen. 1:28 to “subdue and rule” the earth and later,…