For my Entrepreneurship and the Mission of the Church class, myself and a few other students had the opportunity to work on a project together. The project was assisting Hagans Christian Church in West Virginia with updating some of their technology and streaming resources, creating a new website for them to use, and updating and […]
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James Cash Penney
James Cash Penney was born in 1875 to an impoverished family who lived on a farm in Missouri. To teach his son the value of money and self-reliance, James’ father made him pay for his own clothes once he reached the age of eight. James showed entrepreneurial thinking at a very young age when he […]
Clean Juice: Faith-based, Holistic, Organic
A couple of weeks ago I was delivery driving for Uber Eats. When I show up at a restaurant to pick up an order, I will sometimes order food for myself when the place looks elite. In this instance, I ordered an avocado turkey wrap from Clean Juice in Pittsburgh. I will say, the ingredients […]
Buy On Purpose
Simon Lee had been working for his father’s business for 7 years, and he and his family planned for him to eventually run the business. Things changed however, when Lee had the same dream 30 nights in a row. He dreamed a neon sign flashing the number 50. After much prayer and reflection, Lee eventually […]
Praxis
Praxis describes themselves as a “creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship, supporting founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to love their neighbors and renew culture.” The organization has taken on the mission of helping the world of entrepreneurship approach business in a new, redemptive way. Praxis has broken up the different ways that business […]
Wilderness 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 […]
Evangel Ministries
One of the big questions surrounding a church is how that church is going to have a positive on that church’s surrounding community. For many churches this looks consists of programs like soup kitchens, homeless shelters, or other volunteer organizations. While these are all excellent programs, Evangel Ministries, which is located in one of America’s […]
Creativity
Many people say they are not creative. They consider themselves incapable of generating a new idea or making something brilliant for people to enjoy. This is a very limiting belief that does not make sense. Part of God’s being is creativity. He surprises over and over again throughout the Bible in the way He works. […]
God’s Desire for Newness Extends to the Business Sector
God loves newness. He delighted in it when he first created the world (Genesis 1 – 2) and he continues to delight in it as he makes “all things new” in our present age (Revelation 21:5). One of the beautiful ways God makes His glory known on Earth is that He deposits attributes of himself […]